88 THE SEED-GROWER. 
long, 2 feet wide, 2 feet deep, inside measure. It is 
placed in position convenient to the barrels, or set at the 
gateway end of a trough, and is filled with water (the 
large grower above-mentioned pumps water into his 
tank by horse-power). A box sieve of six meshes to 
the inch is then placed inside the tank. This is 3 feet 
long, 18 inches wide, 8 inches deep, with a pair of han- 
dles at each end. These form a rest for the sieve at the 
top of the tank, while the bottom of the sieve remains 
under the water. The fermented pulp is poured into 
the sieve from a barrel, one or two bucketfuls at a time 
or a like quantity is allowed to run in from the end 
gate of the trough. Two persons operate the sieve, 
one at each end, and by gently shaking the sieve-box 
up and down in the water, the pulp is washed; the 
seed passes through the meshes of the sieve and sinks 
to the bottom of the tank, while the pulp that remains 
in the sieve-box is emptied out. The sieve-box is 
then refilled from the barrel or tank and the operation 
is repeated as before. When the water in the tank 
becomes too red and slimy from the washing, it is 
drawn out through a tap at the end of the tank, and 
the tank is refilled with clean water. Seed is scooped 
out of the tank into a medium-sized barrel, and is then 
rinsed in the same barrel with clean water. The fine, 
slimy pulp will float on top, and by tilting the barrel 
it is poured out. Fresh water is poured in and the 
rinsing is repeated until seed is thoroughly clean, when 
it is taken out and dried.. When there is a stream 
of running water accessible, seed may be rinsed in a 
long trough, say 150 or more feet in length fitted with 
a sieve its entire length; the slowly running water will 
perform the operation of rinsing, carrying off the re- 
maining pulp and slime, while the seed sinks through 
the sieve to the bottom of the trough. 
