| Show MARKETING EGGS BY FIBER BOARD BOX WITH corrugated LINING Op prepared alor b bv it the states depart meet ot of agriculture the prattle practicability ability of thip shipping ping eggs by parcel lost met Is demo demonstrated by the mil fact that diore to parcels of ago the than of any my 0 other th at one or product 0 duct pass pan through the met mails Is in order to it test various meth ill ad oda of bacling and handling balge the lit bureau of market mark st has bas shipped more the than bovea hundred dozen eggs egg through tile the mails from various h pw points under various card conditions a and iri different or I 1 of containers II 11 without undue undo loss either in the expense of shipment or the condition of the eggs a oa reach lag ine the consumer 3 wit while i Is the great bulk of sags lag which opine come t tto from to distant dw t producing t territory will continue im to be sl tipped bt be other the methods 0 its tt it 1 la DO do doubt lit t tnie chat is many 1 th c y I 1 cities can be sur plied W with a conald stable portion of t their h ea r f fresh fh h eggs from within the first ond and second zones bv bir parcel post to the advantage of both pend producer let and c consumer clamer lamer by Y such 1 di 1 rea cornet contact the producer should secure somewhat better p prices az for his hii eggs tt than are realized by present methods of marketing and ill tina consumer should obtain a fresher freher quality of at no increased cost or frequently even at a aadne tie tion its in p price r fcc ucc the producer produce uh who does not have a satisfactory marketing awill ties may find in the is lift parcel leal W post I a means of solving his hii egg ma marketing I 1 problems this applies especially to the man whose flock Is sa BO that a be niche make case a shipments blim ests L 1 fc shipments shipment in the regular 30 dozen tire size egg case summay summary of results of experimental shipments shipment four foor hundred and ad sixty six shipments in cut aers mail made la a the experiments pe cluen they comprised a lot total 11 of abo ll 11 12 doz dozens or 1 8 ill in lots of from one a dust dozen to ten d doren ce anch ill the numb number e r of eggs broken was or slightly less than 38 30 per cent of the whole hole number of these eggs or slightly ithe leia than 23 2 3 P per ar cent eat war were broken broke it too badly to use the remaining were usable able jt if sl 91 egal broken in an partial parcels known to have received violent ug usage be oil eliminated lowed the b breakage kg re a suiting a 0 it in loss hns Is les theio 13 3 per cent the k instructions ame issued by the pait host nit other office depart department lm for the U of f lil lm fragile mail all an mutter a which includes 1 d egi eggs are tactfully carefully drawn will and quite quit ample will if ill the P proper are pr preparations pr wr atre made ad for mailing ailing wit aud if nil it rom cm phleas of the postal pavia acle ac le could be educated to observe the instructions faithful faithfully 7 the breakage until could be r reduced do d to a negligible eligible minimum these experimental shipments were made do ever various routes croutc and rus tance including not onla I local II I ship hl ments over short routes but points is as in far aana a fr washington a as manne apol apons Is auto and ad the cocky rhoun on coloa toloa they ingemi in october and extended to february 1914 ill thus including the holiday rush h the 1 ue ship dp ineata cuts ww were sufficiently numerous a to to ja justify tiby the that eggs can be snipped by mail under the existing postal Dr provisions 1111 provided these are rigo rigorously bously observed fo chance for better price under the present method the gen am eral farrier farmer or in most cases tile far farm er r s u wife pic bells all ill the liar surplus lilus eggs to the local m ck p r taking their 1 value I I 1 on out in trade the parcel wier post offers b r I 1 on an opportunity tor for a calli outlet s at t bet t t r prices it should prove a valuable nial c help especially to in ill those forms farms that sea are feinted ut faver in m sveard g ird to a con bev binning a a market I 1 it I 1 is not to too much to say any that by parcel steel post has beba as a 4 practical prop 0 atlon uhlu pro properly lurly conducted 10 a send oil a t to a dozea RU size wo parcel win donld ild Z cost t about a follows leor for con taller and wrapping 8 cents tor far p postage tag 9 cents or a total of 17 cents cei wit which th would be 84 cents a dozen war mar set g cost t ft A five ald dozen p parcel would re ld cent about it 33 cents for walter container and wrapping doll and 11 cents potage postage or a total of 27 cents a 4 teu ten dozen lot would ent cost A about t 21 22 cents to tor contal mr and a rapping and 25 canta postage or a total of 47 cents postage rates as tile postage rates it here ro used at are tamm within the or first at and ad a second ml bonef a tile rates to the third will and tar far aber h yonia a or are beghe hlf flier red and the silvan oliver to anbi s of f mariet log by parcel PO post cow COD less les tins fiorta a include the ot ct of a me new em amtower tower each it time tom the es ex show that 0 joe from froin the ie too four do dozen ela el 1 a up wll will stand on I 1 an average a two iwo to imm four trips trip very satisfactorily at containers commin for f smaller senall lots in will stand ad a on ku an average from three to or five trip trips A As the postage cost of air returning containers contat nera is considerably less than the the price pl re of cf new am the average c expense deose for containers container tan can be ante catly reduced from the fi figure gurse quoted led it la Is quite possible Pe sible that once having 11 secured it a p parcel I 1 post past market k ot tor or am egea g many farmers com er bal having other commodities noti ot readily tillable salable at home wall roar open up markets in kats tor far them tile in the way methods ot of arriving at prices would a it be the same we the producer ad adas lag ing the com consumer eamer us as to the commodities quantity ae md and p VI ace by this in means cans a market may my be f found d for far i many products which or ore dot at now ilow being marketed mainly fw for the reason eagon that th they are in the nature of by products or op small surpluses 0 over the family s need which do not dustir justify ft a special trip to market alot there la Is bli ala a field of open for development la is making a special effort to produce such k things as a town or city residents are to obtain tind and by proper attention a sep income could be built up no by developing euh business |
