BREAKAGE OK EGGS IN THAN SIT. 



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The damage in a number of cars, typifying good bracing, buffing, 



and stowing, is shown in Table 1. Table 10 shows the damage in 

 some individual cars which were not stowed tightly enough to pre- 

 vent a certain amount of shifting. In these cars, the shifting of the 

 load was plainly visible on arrival at destination, and even before that 

 time they had been classed as "poorly loaded " by the investigators 

 in the producing territory. In no case, however, were these cars 

 comparable with those known commercially as "in bad order." and 

 none of them contained cases stained on the outside by liquid egg. 

 In the language of the trade, there was no " visible damage." They 

 are given here to illustrate how rapidly damage increases after the 

 occurrence of a noticeable shifting, not as examples of the amount 

 of damage often seen in cars commercially loaded. 



Table 10. — Damage in transit due to poorly stowed ears. 



Experi- 

 ment No. 



Damaged 



eggs per 



case. 



Experi- 

 ment No. 



Damaged 



eggs per 



case. 



5111 

 5161 

 5106 

 5156 

 5176 



7.5 

 8.0 

 6.5 

 12.5 

 14.5 



5141 

 5180 

 5107 

 5165 

 ,5186 



9.0 

 9.5 

 7.0 

 9.5 

 7.5 



A comparative study of the step-joint and straight- joint loads in- 

 dicates that, all other conditions being equal, one is as efficient as the 

 other, in so far as the safety of the eggs is concerned. Table 11 

 gives the damage in typical cars, when both forms of placing the 

 cases were used, and when the buffing and bracing prevented the 

 shifting of the cases during transit shocks. 



Table 11. — The relative damage in step-joint and straight-joint loads. 



Step-joint loads. 



Straight-joint loads. 



Experi- 

 ment No. 



Damaged 



eggs per 



case. 



Experi- 

 ment No. 



Damaged 



eggs per 



case. 



5122 



5126 



5130 



5137 



5127 



5135 



5131 i 



5150 



5116 



5115 



2.0 

 3.5 

 3.0 

 4.0 

 2.5 

 3.0 

 3.5 

 4.5 

 2.5 

 3.0 



5121 

 5124 

 5114 

 5117 

 5118 

 5120 

 5129 

 5139 

 5171 

 5173 



1.5 

 2.0 

 3.5 

 2.0 

 3.5 

 3.0 

 4.5 

 4.0 

 4.0 

 2.0 



During the early part of the investigation it was observed that 

 while many step-joint loads showed damage at destination, the}* were 



