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part of the year. Because of the fact that this class of goods is ad- 

 mittedly extremely perishable, the railroads have endeavored to per- 

 fect its transportation, but, lacking definite information concerning 

 either the detriment or the benefit of present equipment and practices, 

 the advances have of necessity been slow. 



Temperatures for dressed poultry. — The experiments indicate that 

 less than 31° F. is the niost satisfactory temperature of dressed 

 poultry for long hauls. It will be seen, by referring to figure 2, that 



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THERMOGRAPH, TOR OP LOAD , CEA/TEF? OF CAR, M/DDLE. 



--o- ELECTRIC THERMOMETER, TOP OF LOAD, CENTER OF CAR, /A/S/DE PACKAGE. 



THERMOGRAPH, BOTTOM OF LOAD, BUA/KER EA/D, M/DDLE. 



—o- ELECTR/C THERMOMETER, BOTTOM OF LOAD, BUA/KER E/VD, M/DDLE, /A/S/DE PACKAGE. 



THERMOGRAPH, TOP OF LOAD, BUA/KER EA/D, M/DDLE. 



—o- ELECTR/C THERMOMETER, TOP OF LOAD, BUA/KER EA/D, M/DDLE, /A/S/OE PACKAGE. 



THERMOGRAPH, BOTTOM OF LOAD, CEATTER OF CAR, A/EXT TO DOOR. 



--o- ELECTR/C THERMOMETER, BOTTOM OF LOAD, CEA/TER OF CAR,A/E/CT TO DOOR, /A/S/DE PACKAGE. 



Fig. 16. — Thermograph and electric thermometer records in cold-weather shipment. 



a 10-degree rise in the temperature of the car during the haul makes a 

 difference in keeping time of at least five days on the New York mar- 

 ket when the market environment is favorable. Such an observation 

 is worthy of the serious attention of shippers, receivers, and carriers, 

 since all feel the depression that ultimately results from putting poor 

 goods on the market. More far-reaching, however, is the further 

 observation, pictured hi figure 3, that even such excellently handled 

 poultry as comprised these experimental shipments, if exposed to 



