The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-11
Eggs Garry Well
in Good Packing
Series Of Tests Made to Show
Efficiency Under Com
mercial Conditions.

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prepared by the United States Department
OF Agriculture.)
The economy Of careful packing of
eggs has been demonstrated in series
of shipments to test the comparative
efficiency under commercial conditions
of eight different methods of packing
eggs in cases and two methods of
bufing the cases In the cars. The eggs
carried through to market with COM
paratively little damage.
The tests were made recently under
the auspices of the interrelations COM
mittee, representing egg case and filler
manufacturers, shippers. railway and
express companies and receivers in
cooperation with the bureau of agri-
cultural economics, United States De-
partment of Agriculture.
Different Methods.
The eight different methods of pack
ing used were as follows:
l. Standard case, standard filters
and flats. four excelsior pads.
2. Standard case, standard filters
and flats. six excelsior pads.
8. Cut down three-eighths inch less
In depth than standard, standard fill
ers and flats, four excelsior pads
4. Standard case. standard flats, fill
ers one-eighth inch deeper than stand
ard, four excelsior pads.
5. Standard case, standard filters
and flats. cup fats top and bottom.
6. Standard case. standard filters,
cup flats throughout.
z. Cut down case, standard filters,
embossed flats, four excelsior pads.
8. Standard case. standard filters,
embossed flats, cup fats top and bot
tom.
Six different shipments of two cars
each were made. The different ship
ments moved from Enid, Okla. to Bos-
ton; from Wichita, Kans., to East st.
Louis; from Hutchinson, Kans., to
East st. Louis; from Clarinda, Iowa,
to Chicago; from Columbus. Neb., to
Washington. and from Marion, Ind, to
Jersey City. Each car was loaded with
an equal number of the eight different
packs, one car in each shipment being
braced with wood and the other buffed
with baled straw or hay. The eggs
were packed in the cases by employees
of Swift & Co. at their plants located
at the various shipping points.
Two cases of each pack. in each car,
were thoroughly candled and inspected
to determine the number of damaged
eggs at shipping point and again at
destination in order to ascertain the
damage occurring in transit Impact
recording instruments were placed in
each car to secure record Of the
shocks to which the eggs were sub
jected during shipment.
Damage in Transit.
The damage occurring during tran
sit was reduced to terms of the aver
age money loss per case. On this
basis the results show that for all
shipments there was slight, but hard
~ significant. advantage in favor Of
the straw and hay-buffed cars over
the wood-braced cars. The average
loss in the former was 149 cents and
in the latter 1872 cents.
The various packs. all shipments
considered, ranked as follows in terms
Of average money loss per case: Pack
8. 0.94 cent; pack Z, 1.22 cents; pack
2. 1.49 cents; pack 4, 1.55 cents; pack
8, 1.62 cents; pack 5, 1.8S cents; pack,
l. 30 cents and pack 3, 2.46 cents.
K A mimeographed report entitled
Comparative Efficiency of Various
Methods Of Packing. Loading and
Bracing Eggs" has been issued which
describes the tests and gives the data
secured in detail. Copies Of this re-
port may be obtained on application
to the Bureau Of Agricultural Econom-
les, United States Department Of Ag-
riculture. Washington.