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BULLETIN 851, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



the immediate vicinity. The quantity of apples used for drying or 

 cider varies from year to year. About one-third of the apples used 



Fiu. 11. — Hauling a load of about 50 bushels of cider apples in crates. 



for these purposes are picked from the ground, the remainder being 

 sorted out at packing time. 



Fig. li'. — Hauling barrels, 180 to the load, from the cooper shop to the orchard. 



Drier or cider apples are hauled in bulk, crates, sacks, or barrels 

 (see figs. 10 and 11). The usual practice is to haul them in crates, 

 delivering the apples to the factory and returning with the empty 



