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that does not go entire to the first or the second pile, the sections 

 are taken out in the manner described on previous pages, leav- 

 ing the contents of the super upside down on a board. The T 

 tins are lifted off, and any sections that are not marketable are 

 picked off and their places supplied with those that are market- 

 able. Then the super that "was taken from them is replaced by 

 a box without top or bottom, that is, it is much like the super, 



Fig. 95. — Miller Frame. 



only it is perhaps an inch longer, an inch wider, and an inch 

 shallower than a T super, the exact size not being importajit. 

 A piece of board is wedged into one side, and another into one 

 end, so as to hold the sections firmly in place (Kg. 98). A 

 case-knife with the whole length of its edge held at right angles 

 to the sections sweeps back and forth, and when this has made 

 the surface fairly clean, No. 2 sandpaper is used. A cabinet- 

 maker's scraper is better than a case-knife while it is sharp, but 

 is harder to keep sharp. Then a boai-l similar to the one under 

 the sections is laid on top, and with one hand under the under 



