. The sweet potato; a handbook for the practical grower. Sweet potatoes. Preparation for Market 235. Figure 46.— Sacked sweet potatoes being shipped in stock car. Plenty of ventilation, but dangerous on ac- count of changes in temperature. other. With cloth-top barrels, less bruising will per- haps result if the top layer is loaded on bilge. When loaded in this man- ner the cloth-tops should be placed to- ward the inside, par- ticularly in the door- way. In old-sized cars it is sometimes necessary to load all barrels on bilge which are in the doorway to insure a tight fit. In all cases the doo
. The sweet potato; a handbook for the practical grower. Sweet potatoes. Preparation for Market 235. Figure 46.— Sacked sweet potatoes being shipped in stock car. Plenty of ventilation, but dangerous on ac- count of changes in temperature. other. With cloth-top barrels, less bruising will per- haps result if the top layer is loaded on bilge. When loaded in this man- ner the cloth-tops should be placed to- ward the inside, par- ticularly in the door- way. In old-sized cars it is sometimes necessary to load all barrels on bilge which are in the doorway to insure a tight fit. In all cases the doorways should be stripped up with lumber an inch or more thick, from the inside to prevent bilging of the doors or falling out of doorways (see Figs. 43-45). Sacks.— As stated, sacks are unsatisfactory as con- tainers but are still sometimes used. Sacks holding more than 100 pounds should never be tolerated, 90- pound bags being most commonly used. Loading sacks in any car without provision for ventilation throughout the load is inviting loss. Figs. 46-48 show correct and incorrect ways of loading sacks. Hampers should never be loaded on their sides. The practice sometimes followed cannot be too severely condemned (Figs. 49-50). Hampers should always be. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hand, T. E; Cockerham, Kirby Lee, 1893-. New York, The Macmillan Company
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