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Spaces of one-half to three-fourths inch are left between the strips to 
allow, theoretically, for ventilation (fig. 19). 
These boxes will hold 1.440 ordinary-sized eL r L r s: that is. eggs run- 
ning from 22 to 26 ounces to the dozen. Larger eggs are packed 960, 
Fig. IS. — Export egg case commonly used in Europe. Each box holds 1.44' eggs 
Fig. 19. — Export cases of eggs in storage cellar. Pozen. Poland, showing style of package 
1.200, or 1,380 to the box and smaller eggs from 1,620 to L,680 to the 
box. This selection of 1.440 as a basic unit for export eggs seems to 
have been chosen with foresight, because it is a multiple of the units 
of purchase and sale used in most of the countries, as shown by 
Table 4. 
