The first documented reference to a shipping crate in the United States is in a 1930 handbook , `` Technical Bulletin No. 171 '' written by C. A. Plaskett for the U.S. Department of Agriculture .
The first documented reference to a shipping crate in the United States is in a 1930 handbook , `` Technical Bulletin No. 171 '' written by C. A. Plaskett for the US Department of Agriculture .