60 BULLETIN 1385, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
eggs are sold in solid car lots, they are not considered strong enough 
for shipment to Europe. To stand the transfer from car to steamer 
and unloading on the docks in Great Britain requires stronger cases 
and fillers. The heavy American export case made of sawed lumber 
equipped with No. 1 tillers and flats and excelsior pads, as are now 
used, makes a very satisfactory export package. The cases stand 
transportation well and are preferred by the English retailer to the 
flat, excelsior-filled box commonly used in Europe, because they 
occupy less floor space per do/en and the eggs are more easily and 
readily exposed for sale. 
UNITED STATES EGGS SUITABLE FOR EXPORT 
From an examination of eggs in several British markets as re- 
ceived from various countries, it would seem that the American 
0(_r<r S best adapted for export to Great Britain are brown eggs that 
would grade as V. S. No. 3 Extras, U. S. No. 4 Extras, or U. S. 
No. 1 Standards as described in the proposed United States whole- 
sale grades. These eggs would weigh 45 pounds net to the case, 
should be of uniform size, with a firm air cell not over three-eighths 
inch in depth, firm white, no appreciable germinal development, 
sound and clean in shell and of good flavor. 
Eggs such as these are produced in large quantities throughout 
our large egg-producing section in the central United Slates. They 
compare very favorably with good Danish and Netherland eggs of 
the same size and weight as to quality and are cleaner in shell. 
American vji^s better than this grade, such as U. S. Specials and 
1". S. No. 1 Extras, under the tentative official grades would prob- 
ably command a higher price in this country than could be obtained 
in (heat Britain. 
Eggs poorer in interior quality, such as I". S. Xo. 3 Standards or 
U. S. No. 4 Standards and smaller-sized eggs of any grade, would 
come into direct competition with Polish, Russian. Hungarian, Bul- 
garian, and Egyptian eggs, of which rapidly increasing quantities 
are becoming available for British markets. 
