iNSPECTioisr or fruit and vegetable canneries. 



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(9) Conveyors: 



(a) Belts, spouts, pails. 



(b) Galvanized, wooden. 



(10) Sorting and removal of defec- 



tive AND IMPERFECT PEAS : 



(a) Tables, gravity, moving 



belt. 

 (&) Rejects. 

 (c) Completeness of work. 



(11) Grading: 



(a) Name and description of 

 grades put up. 



(&) Gravity solutions, formu- 

 la, specific gravity. 



(c) Rotary screen, make, 



mesbes. 



(d) Sizes (page 34). 



(12) Blanching: 



(a) Make of apparatus. 



(b) Temperature. 



(c) Time. 



( d ) Revolutions. 



(e) Soda; if used, give for- 



mula showing percentage 



amount. 

 if) Are all grades given same 



blanch ? 

 ig) Results obtained. 



(13) Cans: 



(a) Make. 

 (6) Size, 

 (c) Variety. 

 id) Cleaning, 

 (e) New or old. 



(14) Filler: 



(a) Make. 



(6) Size and capacity. 



(c) Adjustments, for differ- 



ent grades. 



(d) Are consecutive deliveries 



uniform in weight? If 

 not, to what are varia- 

 tions due? 



(15) Briner: 



(a) Formula, kind of sugar 



and salt. 

 (&) Variations in the liquor 



or sirup, 

 (c) Amounts added. 

 id) Temperature". 



(e) Absorption of brine. 

 if) Flavor or preservatives. 



(18) 



(19) 

 (20) 



(16) Sealer: 



(a) Make. 

 (&) Capacity. 



(c) Description. 



(d) Acid, solder, 



(e) Efficiency. 



(17) Processing: 



(a) Retorts or sterilizers, 

 make, grouping capacity, 

 operation. 



(h) Time bringing up to max- 

 imum temperature and 

 pressure. 



(c) Time held. 



(d) Pressure. 



(e) Swelling of peas during 



processing or cooking. 



if) Results obtained. 

 Cooling : 



ia) Method employed. 



(6) Retorts. 



(c) Tanks. 



id) Results obtained. 

 Promptness in handling. 

 Finished products : 



ia) Mark on cans with key. 



(&) Storage. 



(c) Amount of output; R. R. 

 facilities. 



id) Capacity. 



(e) Price list. 



if) Shipments, local, inter- 

 state, export. 



ig) Distribution. 



(21) Fill of can: 



ia) Each grade, weight of 

 cans — 

 Empty. 

 Sealed, filled. 

 Brine, drained from 



filled can. 

 Peas, drained from filled 

 can. 

 (&) Amount of peas necessary 



to fill can. 

 (c) Variations filling machine. 

 id) Scales used. 



(22) Quality: 



ia) Maturity. 



(6) Flavor. 



(c) Color. 



id) Uniformity, mixed. 



(e) Turbidity of lictuor. 



