TESTING CAPACITY OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CONTAINERS / 



THE TESTIXG MEDIUM 



The department recommends clean rapeseed as a testing medium. 



It joacks well, strikes off smoothly, and gives remarkably uniform 



results. Dried peas have been tried by the department for the testing 



of bushel containers but can not be recommended, as the results 



xobtained were not sufficiently uniform. 



Figure 6. — Testing a 1-bushel round stave basket. The 

 cabinet is used in testing all large containers 



PREPARATION OF BASKETS FOR TESTING 



For closing the spaces between splints, staves, or blanks, of which 

 baskets are made, gummed paper tape is used. This tape should be 

 made of 30 or 35 pound paper to permit its being easily worked into 

 such spaces as those between staves of round stave and straight-side 

 baskets. Two-inch tape is necessary for round stave and straight- 

 side baskets and for hampers: it can be split, if desired, for the 

 smaller containers. For hampers with wide -paces between the 

 staves it is preferable to use 3-inch tape rather than to lap the 2-inch 

 tape. The use of 3-inch tape will greatly expedite the preparation 

 of splint or market baskets. 



