The chronicle=news., 1914-04-18
poor PACKING CAUSE
Of bREhklGE Of
EGGS N TRANSIT


Nearly seven .,er seat Oi all egg
packet in crates ssd shipped arrive
at their destination in bad order. se-
sordinx 10 figures just obtained BY
the Food Research Laboratory OF the
4. y Department Ut Agriculture,
, Thi. means that ON an average sS.ss
eggs oa, os every 80 iOzsn psrkesi
and .hipp-d arrive a. ,hs market
either as cracks. d-ats. issaefs. ut
mssh-fs. These figures -rss OBJ
'sinsa as a result of thu Individual
! I.samihs,ioa Of 500" iSl-n .ss. be-
for. ANA after shipmshi. aaa q faf,h-
or xrh-fai study Of tn. coalition ds
la carloads. or over 5o".c.c dos@h
'Isgss shipped from &c paskia. hoas-
re in the ."sh-b~il io 10 alffe,-ni
markets On tho eastern coast, Til.
results of thi. study have been for
Haaiaisi in = preliminary r-por,
which is sabniss-i Ia the ioia, com
tniiirs representing the -ss shippers.
tho railroads aaa the 4, y Depart
meat of Agriculture.
]! These figures mean ,ha. in Nes
York city sion. lis.ssS...; -srs ar
rive ~ tho Railroad asa other term
ihass in bad eosdition. This ,-pr--
stats a sr-skaks Of :ts. -sx. In
Each at tn. t.sse.ii; thirty -sossn
ss.-. Of eggs ehieh represent N-s
York ciiys annual ~xs receipts,
To a-,-fmih- whether the .xs
bs-aAas~ ras due principally la III.
iaFrias at sh- -xxs received in rail-
road sags. as sn ess-isssnrss On tn.
past ~ the issek-r.. the Department.
ins-ssisalafs personally untark-i at
The raskihE house over sSs sas-s os
-sss. containing s.r"o s.s-ns Ever,
-ss ss. -samih-,i and the iosatian
in tn. .afsboar,i partitions of ~sst
broken -Ge On zach layer .f EGGS sss
shssi-i ss determine .hS,hsr break.
as- ~as uausasii, hsssy in snS par
tieuisf point OF the bon IL Aas
found. houes-f. that the br~aha<r u
the rs.kins hsas~s ~as distributed
thsousho-,i the sss~
i
nask-'i cases -sg by exs. II "a. fos,ns
that 1879 .sss per case on sn aver
asr. or 'sii pr- -rai. had .ss.hes
she'll. before ,h-y were rat aa the
railroad .afs. The.~ cxsh ~rsr th-,
rvrssksd and shipped To dissaat
points. and assin -sasnis-d ~sx b.
-ss sn their arrival u wss t"un.
that dnTins the transfer in the car
s,o-inf. hauling. failrrsa 'sip ans
ua..saainf. ,h~t- 4as an ass'sticna'
hr-.kas- of SIS -sss rrr .as~ sn at
average. which made a total at :iss'
-ss. in had order ou, a. every 'hir''
ias-n ,hst arrived In other words
ss.i p-s cent Of all -zEs shipped II
car lot. are received With damage
shells.
These figures. however. do no; y
ali represent the actual total dar1ass /
srom bt-atas.. Practically ever!
i-as-r ard every mashed rEs In .
case lower. the raiu. of several ~sxs
around or b-in~ II. because cae,
leaking -se soils n number at oshc'
-rrs and reduces their market value l
Further. II docs not include any dc
t-t iora'ian or sIoiisH- ot whole csr
on acCeun, pt hsa; or faulty r-frs
Grafton.
As a rcs;iis of III" study. tn" D~
paTim.n,'. specialists have issue.
the following preliminary suxzcs
;ians for tn. consideration OF the cxi
| chipping Industry:
THE PACKAGE t'sc oni, |
sound. s'ionE. new Casss and nc"
iidc Never r--u.c filters and flat
These are the cardboard PARTITION
in the cases. The specialists f!nt
that fiiicrs tina, have once been usct |
ar. very apt to have their ears. a.
the little projections that keep the
-Ers from the sides Of the case az,
called. bent or weakened so that tn.
cgg may hit the box when the box Il
Jared or moved.
PACKING THE EGGS. rsc
more care in handling eggs to pre-
ven, cracked shells: do not permit
eggs already cracked to enter the
case. and establish an inspection
system to ensure obedience In youi
oandling room. The ,hreadbarc en-
cusc of disohodicnt labor can no lon
ger be accepted in this day OF "scicn
tiric mana cement" In the final
analysis II IL the manager who II
most commonly incfficicnt---not tho
labor.
3.-STOwfNG. Handle the casei
more carefully. DO not walk or
them. See that the car Is in good re-
pair. with drain pipes clear. Make q.
tight load. Tho injunction about
the drain pipes is particularly impor-
ltant to prevent leakage of water from