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doorway in an even and uniform position. The Inspector, or Receiver, 

 gains therefrom a good first impression of the carload. 



c. A load of baskets properly stowed by End to End method does 

 not require gate bracing in doorway to take up lengthwise slack, thereby 

 saving material and labor costs of installation of bracing gate. 



DESCRIPTION OF FIVE FIVE OFFSET METHOD. 



Place the first baskets snugly in one corner of the end of the car with 

 the baskets' handles diagonal to the end of the car. Arrange 5 baskets 

 along the ends of the car with handles in the same relative position. 

 Start the next tier in this stack from the opposite side of the car, off- 

 setting each basket in the upper tiers, placing each basket in the upper 

 tiers on the two baskets of the lower tiers so that the weight of each upper 

 tier basket is divided evenly between two baskets of the lower tiers. 

 Build the first stacks in each end of the car to their full height before 

 starting succeeding stacks. Build each succeeding stack by placing 

 the end baskets snugly against one side of the car and the next against 

 the opposite side. Load from both ends of car toward doorway, stow- 

 ing tightly, using special car to push the baskets in the bottom tiers in 

 each stack firmly back against the baskets in preceding stack, keeping 

 the face of the stack vertical. The complete success of this type of load 

 depends upon having all baskets snugly stowed as the loading progresses 

 and have just sufficient room left in doorway to evenly and snugly place 

 the last basket to be loaded. If there is a slack space of two or more 

 inches in the doorway or baskets are unevenly and irregularly placed in 

 doorway the contents of these doorway baskets will be damaged, load 

 jumbled and give the buyer a bad "first impression" upon opening the 

 car for inspection. If the space left in doorwaj^ when both ends of car 

 have been loaded is slightly insufficient to permit inserting baskets 

 with cover up uniformity of placement of baskets may be preserved and 

 space properl}' filled by placing every other stack of baskets adjacent to 

 and in doorway space with cover side down. An added precaution is 

 to always tie covers on baskets which are turned with cover side down. 

 In the event that a uniformly tight load cannot be secured by this method 

 it will be necessary to brace baskets securely in ends of cars by use of 

 Gate braces in doorway. 



DESCRIPTION OF GATE BRACING. 



When bracing a load of bushel baskets to take up lengthwise slack 

 in the load, only clear, sound well seasoned, strong wood should be used. 

 Material requirements for load three tiers high: 



1. Crosspieces — 6 pieces l"x6"xWidth of car 



2. Uprights — 6 pieces 2"x4"x4"longer than height of the load. 



2 pieces 2"x4"x3/^"shorter than inside heighth of the 

 car 



3. Toenail cleats — 6 pieces ^"xl"xwidth of car 



4. Crossbraces — 12 pieces 2"x4" cut of equal length and this 



length 4" less than the distance across slack space which is to 

 be braced. 



