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October  14,  1916. 
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Sorting  Table  for  Apples 
The  sorting  table  is  one  of  the  most  is:  “All  the  apples  are  good  at  six 
important  parts  of  the  orehardist's  equip-  o’clock.” 
ment.  On  it  we  check  up  the  results  of  A  table  for  sorting  apples  for  boxing 
the  season’s  work  anti  see  spread  out  the  must  he  arranged  differently  from  one 
effect  of  every  failure  to  do  the  right  for  barreling,  but  the  important  point  iu 
tiling  at  the  right  time.  In  its  many  any  case  is  to  make  it  easy  for  the  man 
forms  it  varies  from  a  bench  with  a  few  to  get  the  apples  into  their  proper  place 
crates  set  on  it  to  the  most  complex  me-  as  quickly  as  possible  but  with  the  least 
chanieal  grader.  The  very  simple  form  injury.  Alfred  c.  weep. 
shown,  Fig.  5.34,  page  1305,  is  practically  Wayne  Co.,  X.  Y. 
a  folding  cot  bed  set  on  longer  legs.  It  _ 
is  a*  improvement  over  sorting  direct  from  Coming  Farme„,  Meetings 
the  crate  or  basket,  but  makes  it  neces¬ 
sary  to  handle  all  the  fruit.  In  many  Show’  Springfield, 
other  forms  the  table  is  slanting,  so  that  National  Swine  Show,  Omaha,  Neb., 
part  of  the  apples  can  he  drawn  off  with-  Oc*t.  2. 
out  handling.  Where  packing  is  done  American  Royal  Live  Stock  Show, 
In  the  mclon'd  tlio  tshle  should  be  liirlit  Lensas  (  itj.  ^lo.,  Oct.  3-i. 
in  tue  oicnaia  tue  Mine  snouia  oe  agaz  Dniry  Cattle  Congress,  Waterloo,  la., 
enough  for  two  men  to  carry  it  easily.  Q0f-  2-S. 
of  buggy  wheels  is  International  Farm  Congress  and  Soil 
Then  Products  Exposition,  El  Paso,  Tex.,  Oct. 
17-26. 
Farmer’s  National  Congress,  thirty- 
sixth  annual  session,  Indianapolis,  Ind.. 
17-20. 
Meeting  of  New  York  State  Dairy¬ 
men’s  Association,  Orange  Carnival  and 
field  day,  Richfield  Springs,  N.  Y.,  Oct. 
New  Hampshire  Horticultural  Society, 
Keene,  N.  II..  Oct.  26-27. 
Annual  show,  Rhode  Island  Fruit 
Growers’  Association,  Mathewson  St. 
Church  Ilall,  Providence,  R.  I.,  Nov.  7- 
"*  jL 
New  England  Fruit  Show  and  Ver¬ 
mont  State  Horticultural  Society,  joint 
meeting.  City  Hall,  Montpelier,  Vt, 
Nov.  13-1 S. 
Apple  Show.  West  Baden, 
'*  t.  14-20. 
Paterson,  N.  .T.,  Poultry  Association 
annual  show,  Paterson,  N.  ,T.,  Nov.  21-, 
Dr.  Gilbert  Johnson,  secretary- 
treasurer. 
Holyoke  Poultry  and  Pet  Stock  Asso¬ 
ciation  annual  exhibition,  Holyoke, 
Mass.,  Nov.  22-24. 
Quannapowitt  Poultry  Association, 
third  annual  show,  Wakefield,  Mass., 
Nov.  23-25. 
Northwest  Live  Stock  Show,  Lewiston, 
Idaho,  Nov.  26-Dec.  2. 
International  1  Live  Stock  Show,  Chi¬ 
cago,  Ill.,  Dec.  2-1). 
Fourth  National  Conference  on  Mnr- 
if  only  keting  and  Farm  Credits,  Chicago,  Ill., 
Dec.  4. 
Pacific  International  lave  Stock  Exhi¬ 
bition,  North  Portland,  Ore.,  Dec.  4-9. 
Virginia  State  Horticultural  Society, 
twenty-first  annual  meeting,  Roanoke, 
Va.,  Dec.  5-7. 
Maine  State  Poultry  Show,  Portland, 
Dec.  12-15. 
New  Jersey  State  Horticultural  So¬ 
ciety,  annual  meeting,  Burlington,  N.  J., 
Dec.  12-14. 
University  Horticultural  Society  of 
Ohio  State  University,  sixth  annual  show 
of  fruit  and  vegetables,  December  14,  15 
and  16. 
Grafted  on  Black  Walnut  are  Reliable 
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Prices  range  from  $49.00  to  $420.00,  f.o.b.  Lansing, 
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Sometimes  a  pair 
used  instead  of  two  of  the  legs, 
one  man  can  easily  move  it. 
The  table  most  in  use  here  is  about  nine  Qot 
feet  long,  3%  feet  wide,  four  feet  high 
at  one  end  and  a  little  more  than  the 
height  of  a  barrel  at  the  other.  The 
lower  end  is  narrowed  down  to  a  little 
less  than  the  width  of  a  barrel,  and  the 
upper  end  is  usual!"  padded  with  some 
old  burlap  to  protect,  the  apples  as  they 
are  poured  on  it.  The  center  of  the  ta-  20. 
hie  is  often  made  of  “kiln  flooring” 
(strips  1%  inch  thick,  half-inch  wide 
on  the  lower  side  and  one  inch  wide  on 
the  upper  side)  spaced  one  inch  apart  to  Indiana 
let  leaves  and  dirt  fall  through  as  the  Nov 
apples  roll.  It  is  remarkable  what  a  col¬ 
lection  of  leaves,  small  sticks,  etc.,  will  05 
come  from  carefully  picked  apples.  The 
difference  between  pickers  iu  this  respect 
is  also  remarkable. 
Many  growers  object  to  sorting  apples 
in  a  packing-house,  saying  that  it  costs 
too  much  to  carry  the  apples  out  of  the 
orchard  before  packing.  A  little  experi¬ 
ence  will  usually  show  that  this  idea  is 
wrong.  We  feel  that  the  advantage  is 
all  with  the  indoors  pack  even 
a  few  barrels  are  handled.  The  apples 
must  be  handled  in  any  case,  and  it  costs 
about  the  same  to  do  it  all  in  crates  as 
when  part  are  in  barrels.  To  he  sure, 
there  is  a  little  more  handling  when  they 
are  hauled  to  some  point  to  be  packed, 
hut  the  advantages  more  than  make  up 
for  that.  If  the  usual  crop  is  too  small 
to  warrant  building  a  separate  packing¬ 
house,  a  corner  of  the  carriage-house  or 
some  other  building  with  a  cement  floor 
can  be  used.  In  order  to  fill  the  barrels 
properly  they  should  be  shaken  down  on 
a  solid  foundation  many  times  while  the 
apples  are  being  put  iu.  It  is  almost  im¬ 
possible  to  do  this  right  on  a  plank  in 
the  orchard.  Unless  part  of  the  men 
work  much  later  than  the  rest  every  day, 
some  of  the  barrels  must  be  left  out  at 
night  in  orchard  packing.  This  will  break 
hoops  and  warp  staves.  If  the  apples  are 
under  cover  they  can  he  packed  on  rainy 
days  when  the  help  cannot  work  outside. 
To  offset  the  slight  increase  in  cost  from 
hauling  to  a  packing-house  we  have  a  bet¬ 
ter  and  more  uniform  grade  of  fruit  put 
up  in  better-looking  packages  and  a 
chance  for  more  steady  work  for  the 
help. 
The  fruit  sorter  may  pick  out  the  poor 
apples  and  leave  the  good  ones  to  he 
drawn  off  at  the  lower  end  of  the  table, 
or  he  may  pick  out  the  good  ones  and 
draw  off  the  culls.  In  the  first  case  it  is 
important  to  keep  the  fruit  rolling  as  it 
goes  down  the  table.  One  of  the  first 
mechanical  graders  is  very  good  in  this 
respect,  as  it  turns  every  apple  over  as  it 
passes  it  along.  Its  great  defect  (the 
defect  of  a  large  number  of  such  ma¬ 
chines)  is  that  it  makes  the  largest  and 
best  apples  go  the  farthest  over  a  rough 
road.  Where  the  good  apples  are  to  be 
picked  out  the  sorter  notes  two  or  throe 
apples  close  together  which  all  seem  to 
be  good.  Picking  them  up  in  one  hand 
he  turus  them  over  and  looks  at  the  op¬ 
posite  sides.  If  all  are  good  they  are 
dropped  into  the  proper  place.  Any  poor 
ones  are  thrown  out,  not  dropped  back 
on  the  table.  There  can  be  no  general 
rule  as  to  which  method  will  be  best  to 
use  except  that  it  is  usually  fastest  to 
pick  out  the  group  which  is  least  in  num¬ 
ber.  It  is  important  to  have  good  light 
on  the  sorting  table.  A  common  saying 
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of  Fall  Spraying 
is  the  title  of  a  little  booklet,  giving  seven 
reasons, official  and  non-official,  why  it  is  the 
best  time  to  spray.  This  booklet  will besent 
out  by  the  B.  G.  Pratt  Co.,  50  Church  St., 
New  York,  manufacturersof  the  well-known 
“  SC  A  LECI DE”  at  a  very  early  date.  I  f  you 
are  not  on  their  mailing  list,  send  them  a 
postal  today  giving  the  number  of  your  trees 
and  your  dealer’s  name  and  you  will  re¬ 
ceive  a  copy  free.  Address  Dept.  N. 
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which  your  pickers  are  safe,  sure  of  life 
and  limb,  and  do  not  have  to  lake  chances  ? 
Here’s  one  that  never  rests  against  the 
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TYGERT 
Fertilizers 
Standard  Fruit  Books 
Successful  Fruit  Culture.  Maynard... 
The  Nursery  Book.  Bailey . 
The  Pruning  Book.  Bailey . . 
American  Fruit  Culturist.  Thomas... 
Citrus  Fruits.  Hume . 
California  Fruits.  Wlckson . 
Dwarf  Fruit.  Trees.  Waugh . 
Plums  and  Plum  Culture.  Waugh.... 
Fruit  Ranching  in  British  Columbia 
Bealby  . . . . . 
Farm  and  Garden  Rule  Book  . . . 
It  gets  every  piece  of  fruit  that  grows, 
because  one  man  can  move  it  anywhere. 
Hence  it  pays  for  itself  in  a  season  by 
the  fruit  it  saves.  But,  in  addition,  it  is  so 
much  handier  one  picker  can  do  the  work 
of  two.  Steel  Truck  will  carry  a  sprayer, 
and  the  ladder  may  also  be  used  for  a 
scaffold- 
It's  the  most  economical  tool  ever  used 
In  an  orchard.  You  will  never  be  without 
it  when  you  see  how  convenient  it  is. 
Sold  under  a  ten  days’  free  trial  and  a 
broad  guarantee  of  workmanship  and 
material.  Write  for  the  circular  and  save 
all  your  crop. 
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611  Reibold  Bldg.  Dayton,  Ohio 
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PHILADELPHIA 
Types  and  Breeds  of  Farm  Animals. 
Plumb  . . $2.00 
Principles  and  Practice  of  Poultry  Cul¬ 
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Swine  in  America.  Coburn . 2.50 
Diseases  of  Animals.  Mayo .  1.50 
Principles  of  Breeding.  Davenport . 2.50 
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