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reversed so as to bring the empty compartment close to 

 the bin. The labor of lifting the half-filled box is con- 

 siderable, besides time is wasted. 



A handy table used by W. S. Hart, Hawks' Park, 

 Fla., who has one of the best equipped and most conven- 

 iently arranged packing houses in Florida is shown in 



Fig. 94. The table is 

 solidly built, the legs 

 being 2x4 inches. 

 The front pair of 

 legs are provided 

 with double castors. 

 The top slopes to- 

 ward the packer and 

 upon it is a second 

 revolving top, Fig. 94, 

 C. In the center of 

 the second top is a 

 groove to receive the 

 center hoop of the 

 box that it may sit 

 level. The revolving top is held fast by a pin, B., coming 

 up through the lower top and into the upper one, and 

 when it is desired to turn the top, the spring is bent down, 

 the top is revolved and the spring is released. The pin 

 or stop is attached to a wooden spring, A. 



Small trays should be provided for holding the wrap- 

 ping paper. The bottom should be made from a piece of 

 board, slightly larger than the paper. The back should 

 be of 1-2 inch board, two inches high, and the sides of the 

 same material, and sloping off in front. The paper can 

 be placed in these trays and the backs and sides will pre- 

 vent, in some measure, its being blown about by the wind. 



Fig. 94. 



Packing table. 



A, spring. B, 

 stop. C, revolving table 



