dy BULLETIN 664, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
a platform on trucks through long tunnels to private warehouses. 
In some instances the unloading was direct from the car on the 
same level as the house. This was especially true at platforms of 
cold-storage warehouses. Some of the warehouses used 4-wheeled 
trucks exclusively, while others used both 2-wheeled and 4-wheeled 
trucks. In one place, delivery was made direct from the cars on the 
float to a private warehouse. Whatever the manner of unloading 
happened to be, the experimental cases received exactly the same 
treatment as the other cases in the shipment. 
Eggs received at various terminals in experimental shipments were 
examined individually, and charted on a diagram similar to that 
used by the investigators at the point of origin. A comparison of 
the two diagrams showed at a glance the damage which had occurred 
during transit to each individual egg in the case. 
RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATION. 
FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO TRANSIT DAMAGE. 
A study of the conditions surrounding the transportation of eggs 
leads to the conclusion that the damage referable to transit may be re- 
duced to less than 1 per cent, provided the eggs are’shipped in ear- 
lots, packed in good, well-made, standard cases, with new medium 
or heavier fillers and flats, with properly placed and suitable cushions 
at top and bottom, and with cases tightly stowed and efficiently 
braced in the car. As a rule the average well-packed, well-handled 
carlot shipment shows a damage of less than 2 per cent. 
TABLE 1.—Damage in transit to eggs in well-stowed cars. 
Experi- | Damaged} Experi- | Damaged 
ment | eggs per ment | eggs per 
No. case. No. per case. 
5117 2.0 5114 3.5 
5118 Sh 5126 3.5 
5120 3.0 5131 345 
5121 1.5 5139 4.0 
5122 2.0 5150 4.5 
5124 2.0 5154 5.0 
5127 250 5171 4.0 
5129 4.5 5173 220) 
5130 3.0 5177 4.0 
5132 5.0 5181 BoD 
5135 3.0 5137 4.0 
5104 3.0 5105 | 4.0 
| 5172 5.0 5145 3D 
Table 1 shows the damage observed in some cars which, well 
stowed, buffed with either straw or wood, and well braced, traveled 
without any shifting of the load; all were handled during transit 
according to the usual railroad routine. Viewed from the aspect of 
eggs per case, the number is small. Viewed in the light of the egg 
trade in the United States, the damage is still sufficiently great to 
