BREAKAGE OF EGGS IN TRANSIT. 25 
days were required to-reduce the eggs from 73°F. to the tempera- 
ture of the car, approximately 45° F. On the other hand, the main- 
tenance of the desired temperature in pirecooled eggs 1s compara- 
tively simple (fig. 11), experiments having shown that eggs reduced 
to a temperature of approximately 45° F. before loading maintained 
that temperature throughout the haul. The placing of straw buffing 
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Fig. 12.—Car temperatures with open straw buffing and closed straw buffing. 
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from the top of the load to the floor of the car prevents the exit of 
cold air from the bunkers. To determine the extent of the loss of 
refrigeration under such conditions, temperatures were taken 
throughout the haul by means of electrical thermometers in cars 
having solid buffing at one end and a frame supporting the straw 
