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wooden boxes, generally with lock and key, inside of which 

 are cardboard partitions, forming squares, of sufficient size 

 to allow an egg to stand upright in each. Between each 

 row, a sheet of thick felt is placed, and no other packing 

 is required, the eggs travelling in this way with very little 

 danger of breakage. Fig. 14 shows one of these boxes, hold- 

 ing six dozen eggs. The benefits of the system 'are obvious, 

 for the boxes are easily filled, as easily emptied, and can 

 be used over and over again, so that the first, is the only 

 cost, and that is by no means a heavy one. Another kind 



Fig. 15.— The " Ovifer " Egg Box. 



of package is that known as the " Ovifer," shown in Fig. 

 15, the eggs in this being held by springs fixed to tin trays, 

 which latter are fitted into a wooden box. It is customary with 

 those who send their eggs to market every day, to date each 

 one as soon as collected, but, whilst in their case such a 

 plan is to be recommended, for obvious reasons it would 

 not be wise for others to do so. But when eggs can be sent 

 out daily, better prices will be obtained, and present ex- 

 press rates, as well as the cheap freight now charged by 



