MARKETING THE EGGS 117 
down to a little over one. If the shipper 
could induce several families to take a crate 
of 30 dozen eggs to be divided up upon ar- 
rival, it would pay him to prepay the charges. 
Thus the mutual saving of expenses would re- 
sult in the cheapest price at which his eggs 
could reach the consumer, and he would be 
much better off by the saving which would 
result from packing, labeling and delivering 
one case, instead of three or five. 
The packing of these eggs, whether in 6, 
12, 20 or 30 dozen crates is a matter of great 
importance. The wholesale trade requires 
eggs to be packed in regulation 30 dozen 
crates, with cardboard fillers and partitions. 
Why half the eggs are not broken in transit 
is a mystery. That many are broken must 
be the case as the government is investigat- 
ing the great losses with the idea of offering 
suggestions looking toward saving the 
waste, as any loss by breakage is a direct 
addition to the cost of living, because the 
breakage has to be reckoned into the ulti- 
mate price to the consumer. 
Any method that will save this breakage 
is of value to the shipper. As I ship only to 
private trade I have my way, which although 
entailing more labor in packing, still pays for 
