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as long as the length of the case, and the lengths of cr6pe are flicked 
over from side to side with round sticks — three on each side — two 
being used by the cooly for turning over, the others for keeping the 
crepe in place. The sticks are pulled out in turn from underneath 
and used for flicking over the crepe into place. When the frame is 
full the z’ubber is lifted out and pressed and retains its shape. 
One hundred and twenty-five pounds go into each case without 
the use of a press. Any discoloured or stained lengths are removed 
to be made up again with an inferior grade before folding. 
General. 
It has been impossible in the limited time to deal fully with many 
essential parts of factory work, and without practical demonstration 
it is difficult to convey ideas, but I hope that this paper will be of 
help to some of those attending this Conference. Most of it is 
routine well known to most managers, but routine, particularly in 
the case of smoked sheet, is a dull and dangerous business unless 
constant attention is paid to every detail, and this, I consider, to be 
the only way to ensure the maximum price for an estate’s production. 
When a penny a pound on a jield of 360 lbs. per acre means 
£\ 10s. per acre, extra profit, it is surely worth doing everything 
possible to get it. 
