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the mouth of the screen to receive the other lot. There were two barrels 

 in one lot and four half-barrel crates in the other. Both lots were packed 

 November 17. They were left in the basement of the screenhouse, the 

 barrels on the bilge, until November 22, when they were shipped to 

 New York. One crate was broken in transit. The rest of the shipment 

 was examined December 12, as shown in Table 11, the result distinctly 

 favoring the crates. 



Table 11. — Barrels v. Beaton Crates as Containers for shipping 



Cranberries. 



Beaton Crates. 



Crate. 

 1 



Location in the Container from which 

 THE Sample was taken. 



M middle, 

 M edge, 

 }4 middle, 

 H edge, 



}4 middle, 

 H edge, 

 }4 middle, 

 H edge, 



}4 middle, 

 }i edge, 

 }4 middle, 

 K edge. 



Totals, 



Sound 

 Berries in 



the 

 Sample. 



114 



85 

 141 

 102 



114 

 122 

 106 

 103 



116 



143 

 96 



1,328 



Berries showing 

 Decay. 



Number. Per Cent. 



144 



6.6 

 14.1 

 7.8 

 5.5 



14.3 

 12.2 

 11.7 

 6.5 



12.1 

 6.5 

 11.1 

 10.4 



Barrels. 



Barrel. 



I Top, 

 M middle, 

 14 stave, 

 }-^ middle, 



[ H stave, 



f Top, 

 M middle, 

 }4 stave, 

 j| middle, 



[ }4 stave, 



Totals, 



114 



107 

 151 

 100 

 110 



210 

 113 

 105 

 109 

 121 



1,240 



188 



13.6 

 15.1 

 10.7 

 13.0 

 10.6 



15.0 

 14.4 

 13.9 

 12.8 

 11.7 



13.1 



(b) Chicago Shipment. — The two lots of Early Black berries used in 

 this test were picked in the same place on the station bog some time 

 between September 20 and 28, the contents of picking boxes being 

 divided by alternate dipping with a quart measure on October 25 to 

 make the two lots. The berries were stored in the basement of the screen- 

 house as they came from the bog until they were divided. Both lots were 

 put through a Hayden separator October 26, and were run from the 

 spouts of the machine into boxes placed close to them. Both lots were 



