BREAKAGE OF EGGS IN TRANSIT. 15 
serious damage during transit. It should be remembered, however, 
that these 19 eggs per case as they leave the shipper are not damaged 
to such an extent that they are detected in the usual terminal inspec- 
tion, unless the inspection includes candling or clicking. 
TABLE 3.—Number of eggs with shells damaged before loading in car. 
Number of eggs per case. ° 
ber of Cracked Dent d Teaved 
re i racked. ents. amage 
Packing house No. Sark: [ahelarh Total | eggs per 
ments. | average | Case. 
Maxi- Mini- Aver- | Maxi- Mini- Aver- | damaged. 
mum mum age mum mum age 
Per cent. 
Ra ike ee tre 6 20. 75 3. 38 15. 92 28. 85 0. 50 11. 56 27.4 7. 64 
LLC SR Ra ae 1 10. 37 10. 37 10. 37 3. 88 3. 88 3. 88 14. 25 3. 96 
LLU Ss See eae ee 10 21.90 6.37 14-11 6. 50 ~20 2. 56 16. 67 4. 63 
Nee OT a BL No his De | ee alevecnioe ic lsestaccaet 2. 00 2. 00 2. 00 2. 00 56 
atic Soces ee ie 15 18. 00 4. 33 10. 00 12. 67 3. 00 8.11 18. il 5. 03 
Ni St) PE eee 7 17. 00 8. 67 11. 60 10. 00 5. 67 8.14 19. 74 5. 49 
WOU eae ee aa 11 230K 11. 25 19. 30 8. 63 . 63 3. 85 2305 6. 43 
VLE BTS eae a eae eine 8 23. 60 16. 75 19. 48 5. 00 Stts 2.45 21. 93 6. 09 
LOC a ee ene a 1 19.10) _ 19.10 19.10 1.00 1.00 1.00 20. 10 5. 59 
DSO See ee ea 1 10. 50 10. 50 10. 50 . 63 . 63 - 63 11.13 3.09 
pes 2! Fe, on fe 1 10. 75 10. 75 10. 75 ~15 A705) 75 11. 50 3. 20 
NT eS eee 2 8. 75 8. 25 8. 50 5h) B20 50 9. 00 2. 50 
NOT ee ea Sey. Se 1 15 7B 12.75 12.75 2. 25 Dao 2.25 15. 00 4.17 
2G ee eae 1 12. 25 12.25 12. 25 -19 5 (05) .75 13. 00 3. 61 
Beat skeet orl 3 8 20. 40 | 8. 67 14. 80 GX00r ae Ree es 2.85 17.65 4. 90 
2 ON a eae 2 23. 00 15. 50 19. 25 1.50 1.25 1.38 20. 63 7B 
= ES Se 8 23. 00 8. 88 17.10 . 88 . 29 -O7 17. 67 4.91 
os WL hel eta at 7 23. 00 Bi) 15. 00 ReHOillentocaaee 1.76 16. 76 4.65 
PRONG aed es 3 30.9 29.1 27.03 3. 38 io 2.46 29.49 8. 20 
BON ne et ee 1 1. 90 1.90 1.90 2.00 2. 00 2.00 3.90 1. 08 
2 Ee I ne 2 34. 50 23. 60 29. 05 3.12 2. 00 2. 56 31. 61 8. 78 
PROXGM a Se 1 207082205 70 20. 70 4.75 4.75 4.75 25. 45 7.07 
20) ee 1 18.30 | 18.30 18. 30 3. 63 3. 63 3. 63 21.93 6. 08 
BROXGIIV (ps are 1 4.00 4, 00 4. 00 19. 67 19. 67 19. 67 23. 67 6. 58 
XOXO ors kS seca se 3 17. 67 | 6. 00 13.78 15. 30 6. 67 9.88 22. 66 6. 30 
PXOXGW AT Fi hess soaks ie. 5 16. 00 5. 67 9. 73 19. 67 6. 33 15. 20 24. 93 6. 92 
SOTA DSS oe See 20 16. 00 7.33 12. 70 13. 00 75 4.50 17. 20 4.78 
NOON AU 0 Eee eee ee 8 17. 67 8. 00 12. 50 8. 67 .38 3. 74 16. 24 4. 50 
NG Dea ay Sia 1 6. 00 6. 00 6. 00 5. 00 5. 00 5. 00 11.00 3. 06 
BROKENG oe Ema 9 26. 40 5. 00 16. 20 DAOMpl ea ete ae -96 17.16 4,78 
OO" UES pen Sees 1 4, 33 4, 33 4,33 | BO FOd . 67 5. 00 1.39 
All packing houses 147 BAOO Nears oe MGR GIss ||) Meh CH) jledosaecee 4. 03 19.41 — 5.39 
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To determine the extent of the damage when the lightly cracked 
or dented eggs were well packed and well stowed, a comparison was 
made of the injury to sound and unsound eggs. The results are 
given in Table 4. 
TABLE 4— Damage in transit to sound and unsound eggs. 
Individ- | Eggs damaged in 
Condition at packing house. ual eggs iranisit 
Number. | Number. | Per cen’, 
RE HONS EOL Sere eye ne ee ort haps eho No Se eee ee 76, 386 1, 162 Hef 
PEE asec Se eae cent Sears ol SR tee nee ee an 4, 368 125 2. 88 
Sst oecec 8 GE Seka E ee ee ae Se Se a 972 22 2.37 
Little difference is shown between the amount of injury to checks 
and that to dents, when the shell membranes are not broken. There 
