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States, however, and the expenses of transportation, the American- 
style package can not be used in Europe for the original packing 
of eggs unless the cases and fillers are manufactured there. Some 
American cases in which exported eggs have been shipped, mainly 
from Canadian ports, are used as secondhand cases in England and 
Ireland for the transportation and storage of English and Irish eggs. 
The results of storing eggs under refrigeration in the European 
export cases have caused some storers to remove the eggs from the 
cases and store them in open trays. Unless both the eggs and pack- 
ing material are absolutely dry when packed the eggs are almost cer- 
tain to mold in storage. Also the large quantity of packing material 
used prevents the cold air from reaching the eggs promptly, thus 
allowing the eggs to continue decreasing in quality, even though the 
room temperature is about at the freezing point. 
Fig. 21. — Loading a truck with eggs for export shipment, Padua, Italy 
TRANSPORTATION OF EGGS 
Transportation of eggs from the farm to the small dealers is 
accomplished, as in Czechoslovakia, by women with baskets on their 
backs or, as in other countries, in baskets and buckets by fanners 
and by hucksters who pack them in straw in crates or large baskets. 
Poultry coops are used as containers by packing the eggs in straw. 
From the huckster's viewpoint this is very satisfactory, as only 
one style package has to be carried on his wagon. Most of the eggs 
are hauled by wagons drawn by oxen or horses or in the low coun- 
tries by dogs. But few motor trucks are used in rural service. 
From the small villages and the larger cities eggs are shipped by 
train, by boats on canals, and to a less extent by truck (tig. 21). 
This method is gradually increasing. 
