EGGS IN COLD STORAGE. 79 



moisture and impure gases from the vicinity of the 

 eggs. This must be done, otherwise the fillers and 

 package containing- the eggs would shortly be in as 

 bad condition as the fillers in the experiment just 

 mentioned. The theory and explanation of the other 

 conditions in the storage room necessary for success- 

 ful egg- refrig-eration have also been taken up under 

 the various heads. We will now look into the require- 

 ments of the packag-e containing the eggs while in 

 cold storage. 



The questions contained in the letter of inquirvQ ueries 



J relating- to 



relating to the egg package are as follows: package. 



1. What egg package have you found to turn out 

 the sweetest eggs? 



2. Have you used any kind of ventilated egg case, 

 and with what results? 



3. Have you ever used open trays or racks, and 

 with what results? 



As many different people have experimented with various woods 



. m use for cases. 



different packages, hoping to get something which 

 would turn out perfectly sweet eggs, with little evap- 

 oration, the replies received to the questions relating 

 to packages are interesting, and many contained in- 

 formation valuable as data. The favorite package is 

 the ordinary 30-dozeii egg case, made of white- 

 wood, using the so called odorless fillers. The term 

 whitewood is usually meant to include either poplar, 

 cotton wood or bass wood, but two or three other vari- 

 eties of wood, not so well known, are designated as 

 whitewood. Basswood is by some not placed in the 

 whitewood list, but the best authority known to the 

 writer says that basswood is as properly a whitewood 

 as poplar or southern whitewood. Poplar and cotton- 

 wood are most in use for storage purposes, and many 

 insist that basswood is objectionable because of its 

 liability to ferment or sour and cause tainted or musty 

 eggs. All kinds of cases have been in storage in the 

 house operated by the writer, and if all were thor- 



