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apart for ventilation. This stand cost about $1.50. Only 

 the top drawer of the stand was provided with a cover. 

 A little later a stand containing four drawers, each 

 holding about sixteen quarts dry measure, was preferred. 

 This remained the most popular type until about 1900, 

 when all stands were discarded. This type of stand was 

 described by A. M. Purdy in 1871:^ "The trays are 

 three inches deep, sixteen 

 inches wide, twenty-four 

 inches long, inside measure- 

 ment. The sides and ends 

 are one half inch thick, the 

 bottom one quarter inch thick, 

 except the lower drawer, the 

 bottom of which is one half 

 inch thick. The end pieces 

 pass by the sides one half 

 inch. The posts, which are 

 one inch by two and one half 

 inches, are nailed strongly to 

 each corner of the lower 

 drawer, so that the other 

 three slip inside of the post. 

 The posts are then cut off even 

 with the top of the cover. The cover is made of one half 

 inch stuff fastened together by two pieces, one inch 

 by two and one half inches. These pieces fit over the 

 top of the posts, coming just to the outside. They are 

 fastened on one side with light hinges and on the other 

 by light pieces of hoop iron, six inches long, which are 

 nailed on top of the top pieces, bent over and fastened 

 to the posts by screws." When retailed, the berries were 

 ^ Small Fruit Recorder, 1871, p. 82. 



Fig. 6. — The Cincinnati stand 

 of drawers, used in the Missis- 

 sippi VaUey, 1850-1890. 



