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render it necessary to change the position of the cleats, 

 but they must always be so adjusted that the finished 

 box will have two compartments of exactly the same di- 

 mensions. The slightest variation increases the difficul- 

 ties of packing. Instead of using cleats, grooves may 

 be cut in the table top. 



Fig. 93, B., illustrates a frame for making citrus 

 boxes invented by W. S. Hart, of Hawks' Park, Fla., used 

 by Cyrus W. Butler, of St. Petersburg, Fla., and others. 

 It has many desirable points to recommend it. To 

 make this frame four pieces of board and three steel 

 springs are required. The baseboard should be somewhat 

 longer than the length of the box and not quite so wide. 

 The upright pieces should not equal the depth of the box 

 in length. They should be slightly wider than the base- 

 board, and should be rounded off on one edge and one 

 side. They should be firmly attached to the baseboard 

 with wood screws. The springs are placed against 

 these so that, when the heads are dropped down against 

 the uprights, they will hold them firmly in place. It is 

 preferable that one of the end springs be a stiff spring 

 with a coil so as to hold one head very firmly in place. 

 The distance between the uprights must be carefully 

 adjusted according to the box to be made, for the reasons 

 given above. By means of this frame, boxes may be well 

 and accurately made, there being no danger that the 

 center head or partitions will be a quarter of an inch 

 or so to one side or the other of the middle of the box. 



The directions for making an orange box, as given 

 by the Florida Fruit Exchange, are full and explicit. 

 They are as follows: "Put heads in frame with grain of 

 wood running horizontal. Then nail on the first side, 

 by putting two nails in each head. Then put on hoops 



