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Additional profits are possib- tremely from plant.to plantj\ed to avoid undergrades from , le from the annual potato pro- throughout Canada, the mech-| getting into. the regular pack | wash-| during peak periods. All tables, | ing, sizing, grading and pack- etc., should be elevated well ing should be fairly uniform, To above the floor level to provide

duction in Prince Edward Is- land, Len Limpert, food pro- ducts. officer for the Atlantic Provinces Economic Coun ci}, said in his speech to the ann- ual meeting of the Prince Ed- ward Island Federal! - Provinci- jal Agricultural Council here SS cere esi

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The trend today is towards central plant. grading. packing end prepackaging in the hand- ling of potatoes. Plant operators known what constitutes a mo- dern potato packing plant. They should recognize the improve- ments to product that can be achieved through this means of operation as compared to the past when each individua! ¢ro- wer performed his own grading and. packing, which resulted in @ multiple variation of grades, sizes, etc. A modern plant must be flexible in its operation, de- sign, and capacity, depending on its location and type of potato operation.

While the type of building and storage facilities will vary ex-

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anical means of handling,

be considered modern, the aver- age plant should have the follow- ing facilities: ~

grading and handling of product, and with truck and rail facilities. |

(2) The plant should be able} to receive and, if .necess ary; } store potatoes as delivered to it from various types of farm ve- hicles, such as flat trucks with sacks, tote boxes, bulk and

dump trucks, as well as rail! -

shipments. Receiving and up-) loading capacity should be of an adequate volume to elimip-| ate long delays in unloading the product.

3” Having, received “the pe tatoes, every precaution must be exercised to insure that only & minimum of damage as a result | of bruising from - rought han- diing may occur. Potatoes should—be—movetoen—conveyors ‘which are padded and, in travel- the tubers should at all times be cu- shioned on rubber for their pro- tection

(4) Washing and sizing equip- ment should consist of the fol- lowing: (a) A pre-sizer to elim- inate undersized tubers; (b) A brush washer which can be used either to dry brush or to wash in accordance with consumer pre- | ference,_‘e}—Sizing “equipment, | preferably of an expanding type, which can provide, if necessary, séveral variations of sizes, this which should reduce tuber dam- age as compared with the older type method of chain sizing.

(3) Grading tables should be brightly lighted and construct- ed so that the potatoes are mov- ing’ on rubber belting or by means of revolving rolls; both of these types have their own ad-

a = vantages and disadvantages. Dial 4 6423 Ample grading space and take- away channels should be’ provid-,

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