Show l I I I 1 I I I CONTAINER OF PROPER KIND D I I Those With Handles Are Much Less Likely 1 to Be Damaged In Transit I in the tho Malls Prepared by the United Slates States Department Department Depart Depart- ment of or Agriculture One Important requirement for parcel par par- cel post shipping and nd marketing marketing- Is a n proper and satisfactory container Sometimes the consumer can secure I containers more readily and economically economically cally than tho the producer Those with handles handles nrc ore much less likely to be he damaged damaged damaged dam dam- aged In transit in the thc mulls malls than those thos which arc not thus supplied and which are likely to be tossed or thrown or handled by hy the string or 01 twine use used In Int I I t tying Ing them A bamboo basket serves the purpose vcr very well and may be used a long time Ordinary splint baskets ets I made of strips of veneer may also be I used and I if they e can n be secured at tv a I I I tz i iI 9 iI I ij I j I Container for Shipping Cheese by Parcel Par Par- eel cel Post price sufficiently y che cheap p a ne new one for each shipment nt Is more economical 1 th than n having them returned unless they are sent back hack in lots o of ten or more Under under un Un- der one cover coyer This of course necessitates necessitates using them without a wooden handle in which case a heavy twine should be used for fora a handle This twine can an an be untied ni d' d dand and the baskets used or placed In one another for return return re re- re turn turn shipment If fi a basket with a n wooden handle Is used care should betaken be betaken betaken taken to see It Is securely nailed not only at the flue rim o of the basket but hut farther down dr toward the bottom so as asto asto asto to prevent undue leverage which may break brenk loose the nailing Corrugated pasteboard cartons frequently frequently fre fre- may be found useful nn and desirable desir desIr- able for this service They are made in ina a great variety of sizes dimensions and patterns und anti when empty are shipped knocked down flat fiat Few persons know how to prepare and pack fruit and produce for market Proper packing for parcel post marketIng marketing market- market marketIng Ing is of primary importance and n needs eds to be emphasized so that both the contents contents contents con con- tents and the container may carry properly arrive In good condition and present a satisfactory appearance The pack should be regular of as nearly nearly near near- ly Iy uniform produce as possible and of full measure accor according ing to the quantity quantity quan quan- quantity ordered A little practice will vill enable enable enable en en- able almost anyone to pack a basket or container of any uny kind in a n satisfactory satisfactory satisfactory tory manner I |