20 BULLETIN 664, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
THE POSITION OF THE-.CASE IN THE CAR. 
The data on the damage to the eggs, due to the part of the car 
in which the case is placed, are given in Table 9. These data are com- 
piled for well and poorly loaded cars, and for both straw- and wood- 
buffed cars. In the straw-buffed cars, as the distance from the straw 
buffing increases, there is a slight but definite increase in breakage, 
amounting to about 1 egg per case. Although this increase is not 
visible inthe wood-buffed loads, the total breakage with this form 
of buffing is slightly higher. Regardless of their position the rows 
show a uniform tendency toward an increased damage along the 
sides of the cars, becoming progressively less toward the center line. 
The layers of cases show no consistent tendency toward increased 
damage in any definite locality. 
TABLE 9.—Transit damage to eggs in different parts of the car. 
Stacks. 
Description of car. oo loOO0 CO | 
First. Seeond. | Third. | Fourth. Fifth. Sixth. | Seventh. 
Per cent.| Per cent.| Per cent.| Per cent. | Per cent.| Per cent. | Per cent. 
Sitrawwa tie dee eta seer a= 0.69 0.88 0.73 0.90 0.84 0.90 1.06 
Wioodtbutied saree seem see ee 1.18 1.32 1.52 1.36 1.82 1D 1.08 
Poorly loaded: == = 2 =e ae-~-25ce 2.08 1.07 162).|: aoe 88 1.72 2.40 
Rows. Layers. 
Description of car. 
Side wall.| Second. | Third. | Fourth. | Bottom.} Second. | Third. | Fourth. 
Per cent.| Per cent. Per cent. | Per cent.| Per cent.| Per cent.| Per cent. | Per cent. 
Straw buffed-.......- 0.84 0.90 0.84 0.84 0.75 | 1.00 0.75 0.84 
Wood buffed..-....-- 1.60 1.36 1.32 1.28 1.24 1.07 1.25 1.90 
Poorly loaded.......: 1.68 1.60 1.50 1.40 1.50 1.40 1.94 1.18 
THE CHARACTER OF THE BUFFING AND BRACING OF THE LOAD. 
A correlation of the character of the stowing of the load at the 
point of origin and its effect on the amount of damage to the eggs 
apparent at destination scon convinced the investigators that a re- 
vision of many common practices must occur before any noteworthy 
improvement in the condivion of the eggs at the market center could 
be expected. 
The experiments here reported indicate that the load of egg cases 
must be a solid unit in the car, fitting in so tightly that not an inch 
of play is available, and its rigidity must be entirely independent of 
braces nailed to any part of the car. How such stowing and bracing 
can be readily and cheaply done is told on pages 5 to 9 of this re- 
port. Of all the various factors entering into the breakage of eggs 
during transportation, the placing of the load in the car and the 
maintenance of its rigidity during transit are the most important. 
