Show I 1 ax I 1 convenient SORT SORTING ING TABLES will make the handling and packing of fruit asler fasler F where fruit Is packed foni f oni om 03 trees a sorting table will always be found convenient it generally saves time and labor to do packing right in the orchard A handy table is ono one mounted on wheels as shown in cut which may bo be ot of any size desired and should be large enough to hold at least four barrels tho the wheels can bo be picked up from discarded machinery or quickly made mado by nailing X SAP fig I 1 sorting table for orchard uee use cr or cross crossi viso two boards to prevent them from splitting boring a bole hole in tho the center for the axle and rounding them off with a key hole saw one end of tho the table should bo be mado made inches higher than the other so that tho the culls will roll into a pile at tho the lower end in the hood river district of oregon says tho the farn fam fa m and home a table such as shown in fig 2 Is commonly used this Is made to fig 2 oregon style of table accommodate two packers to make such a 0 table atko four standards about thice feet high it Is mado made 34 feet in size elze the top covered with strong burlap or canvas and allowed to hang rather loosely siw off the tops of tho the alegn on oil a be beel el so as not to have tho sharp connors push into tho the burlap and make points that aill bruise or cut tho the fruit A piece of old garden bow boxe Is u an crall nailed around tho the top of tho the table to protect the fruit beside the braces shown in the cut it Is 13 also well to tho the logs and bt braces aces uces to together aher firmly aa there la a heavy load to support tho the shelves on each side aro are for holding tho the boxes as all the good fruit in this region Is boxed tho the night bight Is only relative the point bolas boing to construct it so packer can work with the greatest comfort avoiding back bonding in all cases the top should not ba greater than 31 feet as larger would not allow two packers to reach all points of it without unnecessary stretching THE THC LADY DUG BUG hope for the in the presence of the little insect there Is hope for in tho the lady bug ghou the deportment department of importe the Japa caparaso Ja naso lady bug a feu fe 0 there were serious doubts as P practical of the introduction tho the lady bug preys upon the san jose joao scale and for this purpose it was brought into the country in the hope that oven eventually y it may keep tho the scale in subjection from tho the very start it had promise it multiplied rapidly and became ahn deadly enemy of the much dreaded scale last winter it camo came through gli tho the cold weather in southern in good and it now appears it will nill almost any chimato where fruit can ba be produced it if this 13 1 finally established tho the valno to tho the fruit interests may bo be bo bj nd rd estimating |