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Tenn. Relative Costs and Effects on Quality and Market Value 

 of Hand Capping and Machine Capping of Strawberries for" "" 

 Processing . To (1) learn relative costs of hand capping 

 strawberries in the field and machine capping them in the 

 processing plants ; (2) compare quality and wastage of straw- 

 berries capped by the two methods; and (3) learn effects 

 of refrigerated storage on strawberries capped by the two 

 methods. 



Bact» and Chem., Agr. Econ. and Rur. Sociol. ES 365 



Tex. Cost of Various Handling Methods of Citrus . To 



(1) evaluate efficiency of present and new handling methods 

 in packinghouse; (2) compare cost of bulk handling from 

 grove to packing shed with cost of field box method; and 

 (3) evaluate present and future needs of packers and canners 

 with respect to location, policies, adjustments, and needs 

 to adequately accommodate expanding volume of citrus. 

 Agr. Econ. and Sociol. 896 (SM-U) Coop. AMS 



Va. Farm Work Simplification. 1. Work Simplification in 



Apple Packing Shed Operations . To (1) apply techniques of 

 motion and time study developed in industry to operations 

 performed in apple packing sheds; (2) determine methods of 

 working, arrangements of work places, and types of equipment 

 that will reduce hours of labor required to operate apple 

 packing sheds and to prepare detailed instructions needed 

 by operators to carry out those plans; (3) determine prin- 

 ciples of motion economy applying to apple packing shed 

 operations and prepare illustrations of those principles; 

 (h) determine those combinations of practices, facilities, 

 and layout, under varying conditions of size, etc., which 

 provide minimum costs at various levels of operation; and 

 (5) attain the following specific objectives: (a) eliminate 

 unnecessary steps, (b) arrange necessary steps in best order, 

 (c) maximize productivity of each step, (d) integrate nec- 

 essary steps to maximize productivity of whole job, (e) de- 

 termine time it takes to do the jobs, and (f ) develop stand- 

 ards of work performance and techniques for achieving these 

 standards. 



Agr. Econ. and Rur. Sociol., Agr. Engin., Hort. 86022-1 



