The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-10
Farmers and Egg Shippers
Invited to See Demonstra-
ton in Richmond on Au-
gust Is.
Car Moves to Centerville on
August 10 and Will Be in
Cambridge City on August
On

The United States car showing
how to test, grade and pack local
eggs for long shipment will be at
Richmond, August 10; centerviiIe,
August 10, and Cambridge City,
August 20. Farmers are urged to
visit the exhibit and hear the
lecture.
Uncle Sans special egg and poultry
'efrigerating and demonstration car
will leave Rushville on August II, and
s due to arrive in Richmond on Aug
ust 10, about o'clock. It will be in
Centerville August 10, and Cambridge
City August 20.
The egg shippers and producers
along the road already visited by the
department of agriculture poultry
shipping car have expressed them
selves as highly pleased with the DEM
onstrations given in their towns. At
each stop, under the direction of H.
A. McAleer, the specialists with the
car have tested, graded, chilled and
packed without charge local eggs for
the local shippers.
When the car reaches Richmond it
will be located on the side track most
convenient to the town. The demon
stration will begin at $3.50 o'clock and
continue until 4:3O. The car will
spend one day in this place.
The department specialists on this
summer tour will give special atten-
ton to eggs and their proper prepare
ton for shipment. They will also give
demonstrations to those especially in
terested in most approved methods
of dressing, chilling and packing Of
chickens and turkeys for shipment to
the New York and other distant mar
kets. The purpose is to increase local
profits from poultry and eggs, prevent
waste, and preserve quality.
Thousands of eggs will be candled
according to the commercial standards
and fresh eggs" "hoaters," blood
rings" white rots," BLACK rots," and
other grades will be exhibited. The
demonstration in detecting white
rots" is said to be very important as
many Gamblers confuse white rots'
with fresh" eggs. The eggs will then
be sorted by market standards of size,
cleanliness of shell and condition Of
shell. These gradings will show ex-
actly the standards now set by COM
mission men in distant markets.
The eggs will then be put into the
refrigerating rooms of the car which
will chill them to 40 degrees Fahren-
heit in "a hours, Eggs chilled in this
way before being put into the ordi-
nary refrigerator car do not deteriorate
rapidly Eggs packed warm in a re-
frigerator car do not get chilled prop
erly for about Ave days, during which
time they undergo constant deteriora-
ton.
The chilled eggs can then be loaded
In cars for shipment. The demonstra-
plans of using filters, fats and buffers,
placing and number of nails and the
best way of storing cases in the cars.
The eggs thus packed, the local owner
will be free to ship to his market
with the certainty that they started
right from his warehouse.
All interested are cordially invited
to attend. The car in itself is we'll
worth seeing as 1t contains the prin-
ciples Of thoroughly modern poultry
and agg refrigerating plant operated
by its own gasoline engine. 1t also
provides it's own electric lights so that
the refrigerating rooms can be we'll
lighted and night demonstrations can
be held This same car spent last
season in Texas. In previous seasons
the car was in Missouri and Ken
lucky and shippers who followed its
methods were able to ship turkeys
for the Thanksgiving and Christmas
trade in New York in such a way that
they reached the eastern markets in
prime condition in spite of abnormally
warm weather.