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Poultry Societies in Ireland. 



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eggs is 1 20, which is called "a long hundred." As the cases 

 are required for only one journey, it is not necessary that they 

 should be made of high-priced durable wood. On the contrary, 

 the lightest and cheapest quality suits very well, and it is 

 usually sawn by local saw mills from deal, poplar, lime, or some 

 similar native timber. 



It is most important that the cases should be accurately sawn,, 

 in order that they may be neither too large nor too small for 



the number of eggs they are required to hold. In the one case 

 it would be necessary to use extra packing material, and in the 

 other the eggs might get smashed for want of sufficient packing 

 or on account of tight packing. The cases must be of different 

 sizes, to suit the size of the eggs. For instance, a case which 

 will be just the right size for twelve hundreds of 1 3^-lb. eggs 

 will not suit at all for twelve hundreds of 17-lb. eggs. The 

 exact sizes which are most suitable for the eggs of various 

 grades have been ascertained by experience, and the society 



