88 THE SEED-GROWER. 



long, 2 feet wide, 2 feet deep, inside measure. It is 

 placed in position convenient to the barrels, or set at the 

 gateway end of a trough, and is rilled with water (the 

 large grower above-mentioned pumps water into his 

 tank by horse-power) . A box sieve of six meshes to 

 the inch is then placed inside the tank. This is 3 feet 

 long, 18 inches wide, 8 inches deep, with a pair of han- 

 dles at each end. These form a rest for the sieve at the 

 top of the tank, while the bottom of the sieve remains 

 under the water. The fermented pulp is poured into 

 the sieve from a barrel, one or two bucketfuls at a time 

 or a like quantity is allowed to run in from the end 

 gate of the trough. Two persons operate the sieve, 

 one at each end, and by gently shaking the sieve-box 

 up and down in the water, the pulp is washed; the 

 seed passes through the meshes of the sieve and sinks 

 to the bottom of the tank, while the pulp that remains 

 in the sieve-box is emptied out. The sieve-box is 

 then refilled from the barrel or tank and the operation 

 is repeated as before. When the water in the tank 

 becomes too red and slimy from the washing, it is 

 drawn out through a tap at the end of the tank, and 

 the tank is refilled with clean water. Seed is scooped 

 out of the tank into a medium-sized barrel, and is then 

 rinsed in the same barrel with clean water. The fine, 

 slimy pulp will float on top, and by tilting the barrel 

 it is poured out. Fresh water is poured in and the 

 rinsing is repeated until seed is thoroughly clean, when 

 it is taken out and dried. When there is a stream 

 of running water accessible, seed may be rinsed in a 

 long trough, say 150 or more feet in length fitted with 

 a sieve its entire length; the slowly running water will 

 perform the operation of rinsing, carrying off the re- 

 maining pulp and slime, while the seed sinks through 

 the sieve to the bottom of the trough. 



