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In the trade, eggs are sorted as to color into three classes : 

 white, gray, and brown. Even though the market has no 

 special preference, a carton of mixed eggs does not look 

 well. The size of the cartons depends on the quantity of 

 eggs the buyer needs. 



There is an increasing number of fresh eggs now being 

 sold by producers directly to distant consumers through 

 the medium of the parcel post. Pasteboard boxes hold- 

 ing from one to ten dozen eggs each are manufactured es- 



HIGH SCHOOL BOYS PREPARING FOR THE POULTRY SHOW. 



pecially for this trade. The boxes are made of fiber board 

 with corrugated lining and fillers or partitions of the same 

 material. Each egg is securely wrapped in corrugated 

 pasteboard. Farmers should avail themselves more and 

 more of such opportunities afforded by the parcel post, and 

 thus keep in their own pockets the profits that would go 

 to middlemen. 



If a storekeeper can sell fifteen dozen eggs a week, car- 

 tons of that size should be furnished him. To others 

 using larger quantities the regulation case having two 

 compartments each holding fifteen dozen eggs is most 

 suitable. 



