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dozen lots in pasteboard boxes which are inclosed in wooden 

 cases of special design. The object of these special cases is 

 to deliver the eggs in good and attractive condition when- 

 ever a higher price may be obtained by so doing. It is 

 not our intention to describe the different cases in use, for 

 most of them are for sale by poultry supply dealers and 

 descriptions may be found in their catalogues. 



Taken as a whole, the business of grading and shipping 



Winter Quarters for a Farm Flock, Built Almost Entirely of Straw, 

 Baled or Loose. 



consists principally in so grading the stock that it shall 

 be most attractive and thereby command the highest price, 

 and in so shipping it that it will arrive safely, secure from 

 substitution and in the sort of cases that will serve to recom- 

 mend the quality of the contents. These are matters which 

 cannot be profitably neglected. Careless sorting or grad- 

 ing is always accompanied by a loss in price, for a mixed 

 lot of eggs usually takes the price of the lowest grade repre- 

 sented. Carelessness in shipping, as well as the use of 

 unattractive cases, will not serve as a recommendation of 

 the eggs nor of the shipper as a man to do business with. 



