ACCOUNTING RECORDS FOR SAMPLING APPLES BY WEIGHT. 5 

 SORTING AND RECORDING. 



All results obtained by the test clerk in determining the net weights 

 of each grade and size group contained in any one sample are recorded 

 on the duplicate copy of the sampled-fruit receipt. From the 

 triplicate of the loose-fruit receipt the net weight of the fruit, includ- 

 ing the boxes, is transcribed on the sampled-fruit receipt (Form No. 

 2) in the space provided under the caption, Loose-fruit weights. The 

 weights of the various grades and sizes contained in the sample are 

 recorded on the sampled-fruit receipt under the caption, Test weights. 

 These figures are then checked daily in the office as a safeguard 

 against errors. To accelerate the sampling work, the test clerk 

 records only the weights of each lot without working out any per- 

 centage figures. Several samples belonging to a grower are often 

 combined and one test made of the combined lots, especially when 

 the tests are small. At the close of each day all sampled-fruit 

 receipts are sent to the office to be entered on the growers' accounts. 



The work of ascertaining the net weights of each grade and size 

 group must be very accurate and painstaking. To facilitate matters, 

 the scales used in the sampling operations are fitted with beams giving 

 the readings in pounds and decimal parts instead of ounces. The 

 grading of samples is usually performed on a small model of the 

 machines used in the general packing room. 



As each day's sampled-fruit receipts are received in the office, the 

 numbers are checked consecutively and a comparison made with the 

 loose-fruit receipts held in the temporary file. The checking of the 

 test clerks' computations on the duplicate copy of the sampled-fruit 

 receipt is worthy of special emphasis and should be carefully per- 

 formed. The percentage of test and the total weights of each grade 

 and size group depend upon the accuracy of the test clerk's compu- 

 tations. 



The following items on the duplicate sampled-fruit receipt should 

 be carefully checked against like items appearing on the loose fruit 

 receipt : 



1. Net weight of fruit, boxes included. 



2. Number of boxes containing fruit. 



The following computations made by the test clerk and entered 

 on the duplicate sampled-fruit receipt should be carefully checked: 



1. Net weight of boxes delivered containing fruit (number of boxes times the arbi- 

 trary net weight of each box). 



2. Net weight of fruit delivered (net weight of fruit, including boxes minus weight 

 of boxes). 



3. Net weight of each tested lot appearing under the caption Test weights (gross 

 weight of fruit, including the bin minus the weight of the bin). 



4. Total test weights. 



