Simplifying the Inspection of Farm Produce 



of the goods bought and sold. 

 To better this condition a 

 device has recently been in- 

 vented which is here illus- 

 trated. 



Ordinarily such goods 

 potatoes are delivered to the 

 buyer in a truck-load of bags. 

 The buyer's inspector makes 

 a rudimentary inspection. 

 Because the bags are so 

 tightly packed together on a 



The device was invented and 

 patented by a New York food 

 inspector who wanted to see 

 the whole consignment, not 

 one or two selected sacks only 



Each sack of vegetables or 



fruit can be dumped in the 



device, examined and re- 



sacked, all in a few seconds 



D]':ALINGS in such 

 commodities as fresh 

 fruits and vegetables 

 are peculiarly unintelligent. 

 There is but the roughest 

 approach to uniformity in 

 standards of quality. Nei- 

 ther the buyer nor the seller 

 knows accurately the quality 



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