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screen wire. These trays are made so as to fit into frames 

 and are stacked twelve high in five rows. Each tray holds 

 from thirty to forty pounds of pecans. At night an electric 

 fan with twelve-inch blades is set so as to send a current of 

 air through these pecans. When the w^eather is clear, the 

 meats will be dried out thoroughly by morning. If the at- 

 mosphere is moist, an electric heater is set back of the fan 

 to help take up the excess moisture. The meats are thus ready 

 for packing the second day after the nuts are cracked. 



HAND NUT-CRACKERS (Figs. 26 and 30) 

 There are hand-propelled nut-cracking machines, but since 

 these are operated on the same principle as the power-driven 

 machines, they need no further consideration in this con- 

 nection. 



There is a very great variety of small hand nut-crackers 

 on the market. The more efficient types are those that are 



Figure 26. 



Figure 27. Figure 29. 



Hand nut-crackers. 



