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Show QUICK WORK OF PACKING. '. H System Uted by One Succettful Hand- Mil ler of Fruit. HH In picking npplcs In my own orch- ifLH nrd ami lu orchards thnt I buy, I do l-blH not allow nn apple picked until I nm 1 1 Ihorc to commenco barreling same, Ml I never let an applo touch tho ground al thnt goes Into n barrel. In picking I ll uso half bushel baskets and short ifl racks hung over a picker's Bhouldcr, filiH ays n correspondent of Form ond Sl Home. Use long nnd short ladders jll tlrely, as plckors climbing tn among 'BiHH tho limbs hrttlso tho apples thnt aro ill In sacks ond spill npplcs out of tho fll bnskcts. wifl I pack entirely from packing tables fll that nro built on n slight' slnnt,,, tho ,-, lH they nro being poured onto tho tablo, fH Tho narrow part of tho tablo Is slat- i M ted with lath one Inch apart, which '"'1 ntlows (wigs, leaves, etc., to drop H through. At (ho mouth of tho tablo H I have nn n ron that Is tacked to tho 'H under Bldn of tho tablo; this wo lay H over the barrel allowing tho apples to H run into It Whon tho npron is full H wo lower It Into tho barrel, which pro- -H "outs tho bruising of apples ns thoy H nro put Into tho barret. H Tho cost of picking nnd packing H covers a wide range where (roes aro M heavily laden, tho cost being not nearly as largo as when thore Is a tight crop. Under ordlnnry clrcum- ;H stnncoB the picking nnd packing can be dono far 15 to 18 cents per barrel. M I work four men nt tho packing tablo, H 0110 man to fnco, ono to press, ono at month of table to rim the npplcs, and ono to sort out culls. Tho packing tablo does nwny with having cull apples all over your or- chard, as al tho culls are thrown un- M dor tho tablo. Whon tho tlmo comes M In tho fnll to gather your cull nnd windfalls for making rider, It Is n H very easy matter to drlvo from plln Jt to pile to pick up tho apples nnd put H them In the wagon. 1 have my teams M ready tn haul my apples to cars, M whero thoy uro put In cold storage In H St Louis In 15 hours from tho tlmo they wore hanging on tho trees. t |