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ultimately there always still remains a greater or less proportion of 

 these "stick-tights" which must be picked out and discarded. 



After these washing and other cleaning operations are over the nuts, 

 now in a dripping wet condition, are placed in large trays having 

 bottoms composed of slats spaced about one half inch apart, so that 



FIG. 24. Top Drying nuts. Bottom Delivering at packing-house. 



the nuts may drain. These trays are commonly about 6 by 3 feet and 

 6 inches deep, thus holding several layers of nuts. The side boards 

 are allowed to project at the ends and are shaped into handles for 

 lifting the trays. In the trays the nuts are stirred, spread out in the 

 open or stacked up and covered, according to the weather, with the 



