. The Illustrated annual register of rural affairs and cultivator almanac for the year .. . equired, with chests to pack them in, and often an extra supplywill be needed, in case a warm day follows a shower, ripening the berrieswith unusual rapidity. The cost of these articles is approximately asfollows : Utensils more than for usual farming, ., $ Packing House, from 15 to 500 dollars, say, Cups or baskets, for each acre, Chests 70. 00 Currant and cherry boxes, But these are permanent investments and will answer for cultivating andmarketing every variety of small fruit
. The Illustrated annual register of rural affairs and cultivator almanac for the year .. . equired, with chests to pack them in, and often an extra supplywill be needed, in case a warm day follows a shower, ripening the berrieswith unusual rapidity. The cost of these articles is approximately asfollows : Utensils more than for usual farming, ., $ Packing House, from 15 to 500 dollars, say, Cups or baskets, for each acre, Chests 70. 00 Currant and cherry boxes, But these are permanent investments and will answer for cultivating andmarketing every variety of small fruit. Chests can be made cheaply dur-ing winter. Sometimes heavy lath are usedfor the sides, fastening the covers with screwsor keys; some make them of slats planedand painted, and bound with iron, and putthe covers on with hinges ; others prefertight chests, painted and marked with num-ber, name and residence. The hinges areput on the outside, so that opening andthrowing back the covers, will not break them. Fig. 5. Most growers affirm that the fruit keeps better when ventilated, (fig. 6,). Fig. 5.—Method 0/ putting onhinges.
Size: 2081px × 1201px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1850, booksubj, booksubjectagriculture
