FRUIT HARVESTING OPERATIONS 17 
which it is moved. In the first place, the wagon ought 
to have low wheels and a flat bed extending out over the 
wheels. The energy that is used in lifting barrels or 
boxes up into a high wagon is wasted, and _ besides, 
some of the fruit may be bruised in this way. If an 
Fig. 13.—A “THREE DECKER” FRUIT WAGON FOR LONG HAULS 
ordinary wagon is used, it ought to be a low-wheeled 
one with springs under the bed to keep the fruit from 
being bruised. For moving barrels one of the common 
drop-axle wagons is best. In such a wagon the bed 
runs only 18 or 20 inches from the ground and it is 
quite easy for two men to handle the barrels. On side 
hills or on very rough land where it is not feasible to 
use a wagon, some kind of a boat or sled is necessary. 
Usually such a conveyance is easily made on the farm. 
The fruit is allowed to slide down the hills to the perma- 
