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posed of two pieces, and during transportation or handling these pieces be- 

 come displaced, or pass each other ; then the eggs above drop down on the 

 lower ones, and break them. This difficulty, however, can easily be avoided 

 by pasting a piece of stiff paper over the joint, which will prevent them pass- 

 ing each other. Should there be too much space in the top of the case, place 

 a paper or two over the eggs, and fill with straw or hay, which will keep all 

 tight and compact, without any fear of breakage. Any sized box desired 

 can be used for this style of case, and, with a little care on the part of the 

 packer of the eggs, can be carried as safely as with any of the patent boxes 

 or egg-packing cases now in vogue. 



SUSPENSION EGG CARRIER. 



Figure 3 consists of an outside case or crate, in which are fitted a num- 

 ber of trays, with cords laced through the sides and ends, dividing the space 

 into small squares or meshes, and making a delicate spring, which responds 

 to the slightest jar. Rows of pockets are suspended from the cord work, 

 giving to each a separate apartment, and so arranged that no jar nor jolt the 

 carrier may receive can cause one egg to strike another; and being thus sep- 

 erated, a free circulation of air is obtained, which prevents heating by any 

 possibility. Each tray is provided with a protector, which keeps the eggs 

 in the pockets even though the carrier be overturned. As each tray contains 

 a certain number, no errors in count can ever occur, and the purchaser can 

 determine at a glance both the number and quality of the eggs. By using 

 the carrier a child can pack as well as a man, and much faster than by the 

 present system. One of these carriers, the size shown in the illustration, will 

 hold sixty dozen eggs. 



THE CHAMPION EGG CARRIER. 



This carrier consists of a case or box, with a tight cover, and trays fitted 

 inside, each to contain three dozen eggs. The trays are made of strips of 

 straw board, folded double, and so arranged as to make pyramid pockets, 

 smaller at the bottom than the top. By an ingenious invention these pockets 

 are provided with delicate springs in each corner, at half the depth of the 

 pocket, and where they are not subject to wear, which causes the bottoms of 

 the double strips of paper to spring apart or diverge from each other, so that 

 eggs being placed in the pockets on their small ends, although of various 

 sizes, are held in an upright position, and no jolt or jar can cause one egg to 

 strike the other. 



PRESERVING EGGS. 



We have tried several modes of preserving eggs, and never found any 

 difficulty in keeping them any length of time, for culinary purposes, nearly as 

 good and fresh as when first laid. Our principal mode has been that recom- 

 mended by Mons. CHAS. JACQUE, which, from several years experience, 

 proved one of the best we ever tried ; having succeeded in keeping eggs nice 

 for use from six to eight months after they were laid. 



