THE FARMER AND THE PARCEL POST 107 



when each egg is wrapped separately and surrounded with ex- 

 celsior, cotton or other suitable material and packed in a strong 

 container made of double-face corrugated pasteboard, metal, 

 wood or other suitable material and wrapped so that nothing 

 can escape from the package. All such parcels should be 

 labeled " EGGS." 



Eggs in parcels weighing more than twenty pounds shall be 

 accepted for mailing to offices in the first and second zones 

 when packed in crates, boxes, buckets or other containers 

 having tight bottoms to prevent the escape of anything from 

 the package and so constructed as properly to protect the 

 contents. Such packages to be marked "EGGS THIS 

 SIDE UP," and to be transported outside of mail bags. 



Mailable liquids, including preserves, in securely sealed glass 

 bottles or metal cans shall be accepted for mailing when packed 

 in strong boxes and surrounded with other suitable substance 

 to prevent contents from breaking. All such packages to be 

 marked " FRAGILE." 



Pastes, salves, etc., not easily liquefiable, shall be accepted 

 for mailing when enclosed in water-tight containers and placed 

 in a strong pasteboard or wooden box. 



Mailable hides and pelts shall be thoroughly wrapped to pre- 

 vent grease soaking through the packing and damaging other 

 mail matter. 



Permissible Additions. You may tie or otherwise securely 

 attach a letter in a sealed envelope to your parcel post package 

 if it bears the same address as the package, but the letter must 

 have on it the regular letter postage and the parcel must have 

 on it the proper amount of postage. It is better, however, to 

 mail your letter and parcel separately. You may place in the 

 parcel a printed circular describing the matter sent, and in- 

 close a printed or written bill for the articles in the parcel. 

 Any other written matter, however, will subject the whole pack- 

 age to the letter postage rate. In addition to the name and 

 address of the sender, which is required, it is permissible to 

 write or print on the covering of a parcel of fourth-class 

 matter, or on a tag or label attached thereto, the occupation of 

 the sender, and to indicate in a small space by means of marks, 

 letters, numbers, names or other brief description, the character 

 of the parcel, but ample space must be left for the full ad- 

 dress and for the necessary postage stamps. Inscriptions such 



