Buildings and Mechanical Appliances 153
--The Packing-house; The Stemmer and Grader; The Sweating-
house; The Presses; Boxes and Cartoons; Packing Frames and
Packing Trays; Facing-plate; Scales; Labeling Press; Tables;
Bags and Bagholders; Trucks; Trays for Weighing; Followers;
Paper; Tin Boxes.
Loose Raisins 158
--Stemming and Assorting; Packing and Cleaning; Sacking;
Facing, Top-up Method; Facing, Top-down Method; Comparative
Value of the Two Methods.
Layer Raisins 162
--Sweating and Equalizing; Packing Layers, Top-up Method;
Packing Layers, Top-down Method; Filling; Nailing and
Trimming; Labels.
STATISTICS OF IMPORTATION, PRODUCTION AND PRICES 169
--Production of Raisins in California from 1873 to 1889;
Number of Acres in Raisin Grapes in California in 1890;
California and Malaga Prices, Importation, etc., from 1871
to 1889; Exports of Malaga Raisins from 1864 to 1889;
Exports of Valencia Raisins from 1850 to 1889; First Cost of
Crop of Valencia Raisins; Production and Distribution of
Smyrna Raisins from 1844 to 1884; World’s Raisin Production
in 1890; Importation of Raisins, Currants and Figs into the
United States from 1873 to 1878; Importation of Raisins,
Currants and Figs into the United States from 1879 to 1888;
Consumption of Currants and Raisins per Head of Total
Population in 1884; Prices Ruling in the California Raisin
Districts.