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eggs, the layers of eggs and sea grass alternating 

 until the case is nearly full. More sea grass is 

 then put on and the cover fastened by nails or 

 screws. While this case is preferred by the Eng- 

 lish, it is doubtful whether it would be sufficient 

 to withstand the rough usage given by the Ameri- 

 can express companies and freight lines. 



Many commission men prefer to have eggs 

 shipped to them in barrels, packed in dry fine- 

 cut clean wheat or rye straw. A barrel will 

 hold about seventy dozen, if properly packed. 



PRESERVING EGGS 



During the spring and early summer months, 

 when a large proportion of the hens that are 

 kept on farms are laying, the price of eggs is 

 frequently very low, particularly in local markets 

 where most of the farm eggs are sold. In such 

 times many eggs are preserved until late fall, 

 when the price is usually the highest. Many 

 persons make a business of preserving eggs in 

 order to reap the benefit of the advance in price ; 

 others preserve them in times of plenty for 

 home consumption when the hens are not lay- 

 ing. Many others would attempt to keep them 

 if they but knew of a simple and safe way of 

 preserving them. To such persons it may be 

 said that there is no well-known way of keeping 





