THE EARTH'S BOUNTY 



apt to injure the bark of the tree, which al- 

 ways causes later troubles. A shallow bag, 

 slung across the body sling- fashion, is the best 

 receptacle for the picker to use, because it 

 leaves both hands free. The work is greatly 

 facilitated if two people can pick, two pack, 

 and a fifth take the fruit from the pickers to 

 the packers. Have two bag-slings for each 

 person picking, so that the collector can take 

 the full one, and hand up an empty one, which 

 saves emptying the fruit into a basket. 



The packers and the barrels or boxes should 

 stand side by side, with a box of convenient 

 height and size turned upside down, to act as 

 a table on which to place the sling-bags when 

 full. One person should be instructed to take 

 all the largest apples, the others, the next in 

 size; the really small ones being gently emp- 

 tied into a receptacle which can be easily 

 moved. We use a hand-cart, with a layer of 

 hay at the bottom. 



The first layer of apples is placed evenly, 

 stalk end down, in the bottom of barrels, for 



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