TltE POtTLTUT TAUD, 



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taken short trips as high as 110 degrees. The only wonder is that I got a 

 chicken out of any of the eggs. It is astonishing how much an egg will stand. 

 " From my experience a 



with hens I am satistied I ■ a , 



will be able to get more ^'xssf-t?^ -" =-7 



chicks from a given num- ' ^ ^ " 



ber of eggs with the ineu- \'.'" ~ 



bator than I ever could with 



hens. It would be a poor 



hand who could not raise 



from a fourth to a third 



more chicks with broodei-a 



-than with the beat hens." 



Packing £^gg« for 

 Market— We present here- 

 with three different styles 

 or methods of packing eggs 

 for shipment or for storage, 

 any one of which will be 

 found simple, inexpensive 

 and practical. 



Our illustration, Fig. 1, 

 represents a substantial 

 carrying case, with, nine 

 drawers, the frames of 

 which are of wood covered 

 with canvas or sacking:. 



na. 1. — CASTAS OOTEB£D CASE. 



with cords or strings underneath, for the purpose of keeping the eggs in 

 their places. The sacks, at the top and bottom, have depressions, aa 

 shown in the cover of the engraving, so that the eggs fit.snngly and are not 



liable to be displaced 

 by handling or trans- 

 porting. Each alternating 

 layer, coming between these 

 depressions in each box or 

 drawer, fills up the inter- 

 8 1 i c e 8 perfectly. With 

 proper care these cases will 

 last for years, are always 

 ready for packing and can 

 be filled as the eggs are laid, 

 thus avoiding repeated 

 handling. The eggs can 

 also be kept in them per- 

 fectly secure when the 

 owner desires to hold his 

 stock for better market. 

 There are nine layers or 

 drawers of eggs in this box, 

 each layer containing eight dozen, or a total of seventy-two dozen of eggs. 



Fig. 2. shows a cheaper case in every respect. It is a common packiucc 

 box, made with paste or binders' board partitions, and each layer of eggs. 



no. 2. — COMXOM TRANSPOBTHfO CASE. 



