. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Page 6 BETTER FRUIT July, 1920 so built that a partition separates the unpacked fruit from the sorting table in such a way that the fruit may be dumped on the end of the machine in the storage room and then carried through the partition to the packing room which may be heated for the com- fort of and packers. One warehouse here is now equipped with portable electric operated belt convey- ors which have proven quite success- ful in taking the fruit into the building and distributing it. The sections are about 20 feet long and may be moved about at will
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Page 6 BETTER FRUIT July, 1920 so built that a partition separates the unpacked fruit from the sorting table in such a way that the fruit may be dumped on the end of the machine in the storage room and then carried through the partition to the packing room which may be heated for the com- fort of and packers. One warehouse here is now equipped with portable electric operated belt convey- ors which have proven quite success- ful in taking the fruit into the building and distributing it. The sections are about 20 feet long and may be moved about at will. Most of the larger or- ganizations and dealers now have cold storage and in these plants the packing room is frequently found on the upper floor with skylight and wall light to assist the sorters and packers. The best arranged houses have a room into which the fresh fruit may be received and kept cool until time to pack. The fruit is then moved by means of con- veyors to the sorters and from the sort- ers direct to the packers bins. Con- veyors then carry it past the nailer to the storage room without interruption. Some of the farm packing houses fol- low out this principle to good advant- age but far too many of them make no adequate provision for caring for the fruit in storage either before or after packing and no attention is paid to routing the fruit through the packing room in an orderly manner. Many growers might take better advantage of their present equipment in regard to both storage and systematic and econ- omic handling. It is a well known fact that the earlier and softer fruits espe- cially keep much better if cooled down as soon as possible after picking but many growers do not take advantage of what means they have for getting it out of the sun and cooling it off. As yet there seems to be no more of a standard in packing house equipment than in construction. Many people have tried out various kinds of mechan- ical graders and sizers and almost as frequently hav
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