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Franklin McMillan Diary, 1923 & 1924
Frank McMillan 1923 & 1924 56.pdf
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− | took some more films over to Mast the photographer to get printed. Received a letter from John, he says Mrs Smith better but not out of danger yet. also tells about the big snow storm, mail man not around for a whole week. and roads all blocked snow 4 and 5 feet deep, was in the Packing House today. saw every thing working. First they dump the oranges into a vat of water, then they bounce and roll over a lot of roller brushes to shake the water off then up a carrier and travel around on carriers till they dry then down a shoot with chunks of cotton to rub them dry | + | took some more films over to Mast the photographer to get printed. Received a letter from John, he says Mrs Smith better but not out of danger yet. also tells about the big snow storm, mail man not around for a whole week. and roads all blocked snow 4 and 5 feet deep, was in the Packing House today. saw every thing working. First they dump the oranges into a vat of water, then they bounce and roll over a lot of roller brushes to shake the water off then up a carrier and travel around on carriers till they dry then down a shoot with chunks of cotton to rub them dry then down anorther slide. where some sit and sort the culls out as they go past. the culls they put in another carrier and are carried to the end, and emptied into boxs, the good oranges then turn and go down on top of the sorting tablke, and each size drops in a separate bin the women then wrap and set the full boxs on a carrier which gowes up one side across then end and down the other side of the table. where a man puts the top on with. apress. then next to a coil of strip iron. where they are bound around the ends of boxs and then trucked out the door into the cars. |
Revision as of Dec 8, 2024, 8:03:47 PM
took some more films over to Mast the photographer to get printed. Received a letter from John, he says Mrs Smith better but not out of danger yet. also tells about the big snow storm, mail man not around for a whole week. and roads all blocked snow 4 and 5 feet deep, was in the Packing House today. saw every thing working. First they dump the oranges into a vat of water, then they bounce and roll over a lot of roller brushes to shake the water off then up a carrier and travel around on carriers till they dry then down a shoot with chunks of cotton to rub them dry then down anorther slide. where some sit and sort the culls out as they go past. the culls they put in another carrier and are carried to the end, and emptied into boxs, the good oranges then turn and go down on top of the sorting tablke, and each size drops in a separate bin the women then wrap and set the full boxs on a carrier which gowes up one side across then end and down the other side of the table. where a man puts the top on with. apress. then next to a coil of strip iron. where they are bound around the ends of boxs and then trucked out the door into the cars.