6 BULLETIN 864, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The sloping bins are without partitions, so that the packers are free 

 to station themselves at any place where fruit of the desired size is t( 

 be found. The range of size at any point furnishes the packer witr 

 the slight variation that customarily appears between the fruit in the 

 top and in the bottom of the baskets in packing the 6-baskel 

 carrier. 



Fig. 6. 



If the grower wishes to pack bushels or hampers, and does not wis! 

 to arrange each individual specimen in the container, he can altei 

 the bins slightly and run the peaches into the shipping package in the 

 usual jumble pack. 



Note.— A set of nine working drawings for this machine may be secured from th< 

 Bureau of Markets for $2. Letters of patent No. 1,338,276 have been issued on thi 

 machine to Mr. J. F. Barghausen, of the Department of Agriculture. Free use o: 

 the invention is dedicated to the people of the United States. 



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