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in upright positions in such a manner as to form -tail- 

 or bins for keeping sizes separate. 



Figures 7 to 12, Inclusive, are Illustrations of some 

 of the tobacco sizing apparatus in use. There are 

 many other kinds of tobacco sizing boxes, sizing 

 boards, and sizing tables, each of which has some 

 special feature that makes it adapted for a particu- 

 lar use. The limited number of illustrations show 

 Bow easily all types of construction can be made to 

 conform to the United staie< standard tobacco sizes. 



The sizing boxes shown in Figures 7 and 8, and all 

 boxes of similar construction, can be made to cover 

 any of the D. S. sizes shown on the chart illustrated 

 in Figure 1 or on the chart illustrated in Figure 2. 



Fig. 1U. — Tobacco sizing boards in use 



The inside length of each division should correspond 

 with the maximum length of the U. S. sizes for which 

 it is intended. For 1-inch sizing, the division in the 

 box for U. S. size 10% should he 11 inches long, for 

 U. S. size ll 1 /^ it should he 12 inches long, etc. For 

 2-inch sizing, the division in the box for U. S. size 15 

 should be 16 inches long, for U. S. size 17 it should 

 be 18 inches long, etc. The sizing box shown in 

 Figure 7 is usually constructed so that each division 

 will hold just enough leaves for one hand of toba< 

 As soon as any division is filled the operator ties tin 4 

 leaves of the division into a hand and puts it in some 

 other place that has been provided lor that particular 

 size. In other words, the operator does both sizing 

 and tying in the same operation. The sizing box 



