GATHERING AND SHIPPING THE CROP. 



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as fast as filled are carried off to be screened. Three 

 crates at a time are carried on a sort of hurdle or hand- 

 barrow, provided with handles at each end, and so con- 

 structed that the crates will fit nicely within it. Two 

 men, one at each end, then take the load from the ground 

 and hurry it away to the Bog- House. 



THE SCREEN AND SCREENING. 



The screening is done by either one person, working a 

 small screen, or by several at a large one. One man is em- 

 ployed to attend strictly to this part of the business, under 



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Figs. 12 and 13. CRANBERRY SCREEN AND VIEW OF BOTTOM. 



whose direction all the screening and barrelling is done. 

 The screen is in the shape of a flat-boat, with latticed bot- 

 tom, through which the leaves, twigs, and small berries fall 

 before reaching the end. A side view of the screen is 

 given in fig. 12, and fig. 13 shows the bottom. The 

 screen is mounted on legs long enough to bring it to a 

 proper hight for the screeners who stand around it at 

 their work. The slats are of the width of a common lath, ' 

 make of good pine, planed smooth, and are nailed on with 

 quarter-inch spaces between them. The screen slopes 

 gradually from the widest to the narrowest end, or mouth, 



