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Egg-Laying to Packaging

The Egg Story

Have you ever wondered how eggs get from the chicken to the carton? You may be surprised to discover how quickly the eggs are packaged, and how few eggs are damaged in the process.

Artifact image: Egg Grading Station Sign

Egg Grading Station Sign, ca. 1950

J.H. Wilson & Son, Kinburn, Ontario
Artifact no. 1988.0266

Egg grading station operators candled, graded and packaged the eggs farmers sold to them for shipment and sale to retailers. The federal government established grading and station-operation regulations.

Consumer cartoons: Nadine and Bob

 

Artifact image: Egg Carrier, 1910“Humpty-Dumpty”
Egg Carrier, ca. 1910

Cummer Mfg. Co.,
Cadillac, Michigan
Artifact no. 2001.0247

Pasteboard dividers or straw lined this carrier to protect eggs transported over rough country roads to market. This carrier holds twelve dozen eggs.


Prop: Cardboard egg cartonCardboard egg carton


Prop: Styrofoam egg cartonStyrofoam egg carton


Prop: Plastic egg cartonPlastic egg carton




Egg Farmers of Canada

(external link: Egg Farmers of Canada)