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in different parts of the car shows that the extra protection afforded 

 by straw is largely distributee! over the rows close to the straw. 

 where apparently it visibly reduces the number of eggs broken. In 

 the rows toward the middle of the car both forms of buffing, so long 

 as the load is tight, are equally efficient. 



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Fig. 10. — Rate of cooling of eggs in refrigerated storage room. 



The effect of straw buffing on the temperatures maintained in 

 refrigerator cars is too important to be omitted in a discussion of its 

 relative value in the saving of waste in eggs. It is difficult to chill 

 eggs packed in cases even when conditions are favorable. Figure 10 



