Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1918 — How to Ship Hatching Eggs. [ARTICLE]

How to Ship Hatching Eggs.

Eggs for batching can be shipped extensively over long distances successfully, but in many Cases the shipment appears to affect the hatch. Setting eggs are packed for shipment in several different ways. One of the best methods is to use a common market basket well dined on the bottom and'sides with excelsior. Aftdr wrapping the eggs In a thin layer of paper and enough excelsior to make a ball of about three, inches in sdlameter, pack them tightly In the basket, then put on a,covering of excelsior, and over all sew a piece of strong cotton cloth; or the cloth can be pushed up under the outside rim of the basket with a case knife. The latter method of fastening the cloth is much quicker than the former and just as effective.' Eggs are also shipped safely almost any distance by packing them in a stiff pasteboard carton or box made for this purpose, the... space

around the egg being filled with either chaff or bran. This package is then placed In a basket, the bottom and sides of which are lined with excelsior, and the spaces at either end of the box are packed with the same material. On top of this package is placed more excelsior and all is covered with t cloth, as previously mentioned. Extra stiff cardboard cartons made to hold from one to several settings are used in which to ship eggs. These cartons or egg boxes are fitted with a handle for carrying, similar to that on a market basket f Bushel baskets are commonly used to ship orders of from 10 to 12 sittings of eggs, the manner of packing and covering being the same as mentioned in the first method.