1904.] 



Packing of Eggs. 



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by fire, theft, burglary, storms, floods, seizure by foxes, and 

 accidental death. The rates are inclusive of all kinds of stock 

 (fowls, ducks, geese, turkeys, pheasants, partridges), and also 

 all the plant necessary for poultry keeping (bins, brooders, 

 coops, incubators, fattening sheds, machines, &c). The poultry 

 must be in enclosed runs, or reasonable care taken to guard 

 against loss by theft or foxes. 



The rates of premium charged to members of the club are 

 £5 per cent, if the total value does not exceed ^500, 2 J percent, 

 if the value does not exceed ,£800, and 2 per cent for higher 

 sums. Stock may be insured without plant, but in this case 

 an additional rate of 25 per cent, of the premium is charged. 

 Chicks under six weeks old can only be insured as part of the 

 plant. The insurance covers fresh additions to the stock 

 made from time to time in substitution of those disposed of. 



No bird will be considered as worth more than £1, unless 

 specified. 



The Utility Poultry Club, in order to place this enterprise 

 upon a sound commercial basis, have made arrangements with 

 a firm of underwriters of Lloyds' for the payment of com- 

 pensation in case of losses from the causes enumerated above. 



The Board have received through the Foreign Office a trans- 

 lation of a notice issued by the Commercial Intelligence Branch 

 of the Norwegian Department of Trade, 

 Invention for Shipping - , and Industry, in which it is stated 



Packing: of Esrg:s. 



00 that Mr. Alb. L. Barstad, of Stavanger, has 

 the intention in the near future of placing on the market a new 

 patented packing for eggs, called the " Ideal." 



This packing consists of thin cardboard in which oval depres- 

 sions, each taking one egg, have been impressed. 



By turning every other sheet half round a completely self- 

 supporting tier of cells is formed. Each tier can contain 750 

 e gg s ( 2 5 trays of 30 eggs). 



