FRUIT HARVESTING OPERATIONS 



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which it is moved. In the first place, the wagon ought 

 to have low wheels and a flat bed extending out over the 

 wheels. The energy that is used in lifting barrels or 

 boxes up into a high wagon is wasted, and besides, 

 some of the fruit may be bruised in this way. If an 



Fig. 13. A "THREE DECKER" FRUIT WAGON FOR LONG HAULS 



ordinary wagon is used, it ought to be a low-wheeled 

 one with springs under the bed to keep the fruit from 

 being bruised. For moving barrels one of the common 

 drop-axle wagons is best. In such a wagon the bed 

 runs only 18 or 20 inches from the ground and it is 

 quite easy for two men to handle the barrels. On side 

 hills or on very rough land where it is not feasible to 

 use a wagon, some kind of a boat or sled is necessary. 

 Usually such a conveyance is easily made on the farm. 

 The fruit is allowed to slide down the hills to the perma- 



