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be provided at one side of the building and these 

 should be high enough from the ground for con- 

 venience in handling the crates of celery. As the 

 celery is unloaded from the wagons it is taken into 

 the wash room. Some growers employ a washing 

 trough and scrub the celery clean by means of 



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BOILER O 



BUNCHERS 



XUO- 



BUNCHERS 



WASHING MACHINE 

 OR 



TANK 



PACKING ROOM 



FIG. 51 — FLOOR PLAN OF CELERY PACKING-HOUSE 



brushes, but a device with which the celery is 

 placed upon a rack and subjected to a strong spray 

 of water, without brushing, is more desirable. 



Construction of Washing Machine. — Where a 

 large trough or tank is in use for hand washing it 

 may readily be converted into a machine washer. 

 It will be necessary to construct a rack from wood 

 slats upon which the celery may rest during the 

 washing process. This rack should only be about 



