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excess seed can be poured direct from them into the hopper. (Fig. 

 4.) When the ring was used it was necessary to scrape the seed out 

 and into some vessel from which it could be poured into the hopper. 

 The special cabinet and pans have proved a great convenience, as 

 they will prove for any testing laboratory in which the work is not 

 exceedingly heavy ; but the great increase in the work of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, brought about by the passage of the standar • 

 container act of 1928, made imperative the more rapid handling or 

 tests. As a result, the cabinet now in use was developed in the tech- 

 nological laboratory of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. 1 

 (Fig. 2.) The floor of the cabinet is a gridiron of rectangular steel 



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Figuke 3. — Hopper funnel and frame mounted on old- 

 style cabinet 



bars. Below this gridiron is a funnel which leads into a small 

 drawer. Within the cabinet is a cylinder of galvanized iron extend- 

 ing almost to the top of the cabinet. This cylinder is cut away in 

 front. Two curved doors are provided; one the full height of the 

 cylinder, and the other is approximately half the height. (Fig. 5.) (| 

 In testing hampers or other high containers the higher of the two 

 doors is used. In testing round stave or straight-side baskets, or 

 any low container, the lower of the two doors is used to facilitate 

 the striking off. (Fig. 6.) Doors are used to keep the seed from 

 bouncing out of the cabinet. 



1 This cabinet was constructed by J. F. Barghausen, agricultural technologist. 



