Answer:

Use common splint baskets such as can be purchased from the grocer at about 35 cents per dozen. Line the bottom and sides with excelsior about an inch thick.

Take a small quantity and shape it about like a bird's nest and place an egg in it, after which close the opening well over the egg, making it round like a ball.

Prepare each egg in this manner, pack them in the basket, place a thick layer of excelsior on top, and cover with a piece of muslin, sewing the edges down through the sides of the basket with a heavy darning needle and twine.

There are other methods, but this, one insures absolute safety if properly done. Egg boxes and patent carriers are less trouble, but are much less protection to the eggs and are responsible for many poor hatches.