Identifier: poultrylaborator01lewi (find matches)
Title: Poultry laboratory guide ; a manual for the study of practical poultry keeping
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Lewis, Harry Reynolds, 1885-
Subjects: Poultry
Publisher: New York : The Macmillan company
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries

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ive shipping crate is very de-sirable. Construct a shipping crate for a three-dozensize carton as follows. Make it 11; x 12 inchesinside measure and 4 inches deep; the sidesand bottom should be made of f inch material,light and durable, as Georgia pine, the ends ofthe same material about ; of an inch thick, andthe cover of f inch material, reenforced with twoI inch strips to prevent warping and splitting.Fasten the cover on with two 2; inch straphinges and a 2 inch hasp and staple; furtherstrengthen the case by fastening a band of Jinch galvanized iron strapping around the edges.When finished, give it a good coat of paint andvarnish, and when dry, place the name andaddress of the poultryman or farm shipping theeggs on the top and sides of the case. This canbe most easily done with a stencil. The capacityof the above shipping crate can be increased inseries of three dozens each by simply making itdeeper according to the number of layers ofcartons desired. Fifteen inches in depth accom-
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POULTRY LABORATORY GUIDE 83 modates five layers, or fifteen dozen. The crateas described is 4 inches deep, while the cartonis but 3; the remaining space is designed forpacking material to avoid breakage en route. When shipping to large customers or com-mission merchants, the eggs are packed in stand-ard thirty-dozen crates with pasteboard fillers.These crates may be purchased second hand forfrom five to fifteen cents apiece, and can be mademuch more durable by removing the back andreplacing it with f inch Georgia pine andproviding a cover of the same material, cleatingit to prevent warping and fastening it to thecrate by means of 2 or 3 inch strap hinges anda 3 inch hasp and staple. Secure all of the different styles of egg casespossible; note their construction and especiallythe means employed to keep the eggs from strik-ing against one another. Fill the cases with fresh, clean eggs, alwaysplacing them small end down. If any are dirty,wash them before packing. Sapolio is good forremo

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