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packed both lots in barrels, measurements being taken to heap them 

 exactly alike before they were headed up. Two barrels of each lot were 

 used in the test. 



Test 3. — These berries were picked on one of Dr. Charles R. Rogers' 

 bogs at East Wareham on October 3. They were kept in the basement 

 of the station screenhouse just as they came from the bog from October 

 3 until November 25, when they were run through a separator, the grader 

 taking out about 27 per cent ox the fruit in the first lot. Both lots were 

 run into bushel picking crates placed up close to the spouts of the sepa- 

 rator. When the berries were screened, November 26, they were run 

 from the mouths of the screen into the Beaton crates placed close up to 

 them. The fruit of each lot was taken into the warm screening room a 

 crateful at a time, and each crate was taken out as soon as it was filled. 

 The crate covers were nailed on closely, as if for shipment, during the 

 storage, three crates of the gi-aded and five of the ungraded fruit being 

 used. 



Test 4. — Part of this fruit came from one of Dr. Rogers' bogs and 

 part from the station bog. It was picked September 26 and October 3, 

 and was all stored in the basement of the station screenhouse just as it 

 was picked until it was divided on November 28. The grader took out 

 about 23 per cent of the quantity of the first lot. Both lots were run into 

 bushel picking crates placed close to the spouts of the separator. When 

 the fruit was screened, November 30, it was run from the mouths of the 

 screen into picking crates placed close to them, and was then stored in 

 the same crates. Each lot was taken into the warm screening room a 

 bushel at a time, and each crateful was taken out as soon as screened. 

 The crates were left open during the storage, four crates of graded and 

 six of ungraded fruit being used. 



Test 5. — This fruit was picked on the station bog September 27, and 

 was stored just as it came from the bog in the basement of the screen- 

 house until it was divided on December 3. Both lots were run tlirough 

 the separator December 5, and were run into bushel picking crates placed 

 close up to the spouts of the separator. The grader took out about 17 

 per cent of the fruit of the first lot. When the fruit was screened, Decem- 

 ber 5, it was run from the mouths of the screen into the barrels as usual, 

 no easers being used. The berries were taken into the warm screening 

 room a bushel at a time, and each barrel was taken out as soon as screened. 

 The barrels were all shaken thoroughly and heaped as nearly alike as 

 possible before they were headed up, the distance between the head, 

 resting on the heaped berries, and the chimes being carefully measured 

 in every case. Two barrels of graded and three of ungi-aded fruit were 

 used. 



The fruit of each of these tests except the first was carefully sampled 

 and examined at the beginning of the storage period. Column 8 of the 

 table gives the percentages of berries then found showing decay. These 

 must be subtracted from those in the last column to get a fair idea of the 



