COOPERATIVE CITRUS-FRUIT MARKETING AGEXCIES. 
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has accumulated, it is trucked to the washer, and the field boxes are 
emptied, usually automatically, into a long tank filled with water. 
The fruit is carried from the tank to the washer, which, in most pack- 
ing houses, consists of a series of long revolving brushes about a foot 
in diameter. (See fig. 3.) The fruit passes between these brushes 
to the drier, an inclosed belt or roller conveyor about 5 to 6 feet in 
width. The fruit is carried slowly through the drier, and a strong 
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spores of fungi, causing decay. The improved machinery and methods used by the cooperative 
associations have eliminated this difficulty. 
current of air is blown over it by large fans. The driers average 
about 50 feet in length. 
Grading, Sizing, and Packing Oranges. 
From the drier, oranges are carried to the " grading belt." The 
grading belt is in reality a series of canvas belts, moving at a moderate 
rate of speed, and divided into several longitudinal sections. The 
graders, four or five in number, separate the various grades and 
