The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-12
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IN 81 dfND PEAS AND PLENTY, d)
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picking, at the Office. Then come the1
teams and the bags Of peas in the podsi
are loaded on and hauled down tos
Lakeside" where another set Of busvs
workers are engaged In their methods
lcal thoroughly systemized work. Lett
US follow the processes in their order.z
The bags are taken to the secondf
moor, Where man is kept busy opens
ing them and turning their contents
into hopper leading to some receptiii
cal on the lower floor Going down.
there we come to the chute of the hon.
per, where a boy sits feeding the de-
scending peas into the mouth of ~
great cloth-covered cylinder that re-
wolves rapidly. Peering into the onen-
Ing one gets confused vision of f1vinps
pea pods carried round and round and
knocked hither and yon by the arms Of
the beater that revo1ves on the inside
IN direction opposite to that Of the
cylinder. These arms break the node
without bruising the peas and release
tnem, the pods going out at the opno-s
site end and the peas, mingled with
broken pods, fall into a trough On the
side. Here boys fill trays with them
and carry them to the grader" which
is a long inclined tray, with a yibra-
tory motion, whose bottom is formed
OF zinc sheets perforated with holes Of
three different sizes, through which
the peas drop as they find holes to
MT them, making three grades of sizes.
ranging from the small delicate peas
up to the large marrowfats. From
thls they pass to Wtnnower where a
strong blast removes all foreign sub
stances. There may yet be bruised
peas and other particles among the
peas that would impair their quality
AFTER this cleaning, so trays are filed
with them and carried to a long ia
Die, where sit a row Of girls with deft
myers and quick eyes, who work over
the peas culling out the injured ones
ana leaving nothing but the fresh.
toothsome-looking peas. Thence thew
go to bath In the "blancher," where.
Tor a few moments, they are stirred
ABOUT In water near the boiling point.
whence they are transferred again to
deeper trays where girls stand with
measures and fill the cans.
Invention has so far failed to devise al
machine to displace the expert hands
of these girls. Filled with peas. the
cans go to an endless apron, which car
rles them under a brass boiler mani
aged by girl, who fills each can with
the syrup" madam finds in the can
when she opens it. A lad transfers
them to another endless carriage that
passes the cans rapidly alongSirl front
OF another row of girls whose task Isl
10 drop onto the top Of each one that
little round cap madam sees in the cen.
ter the top of the can A methods
cal, business like little machine dronss
a brush upon this cap az the can
passes under 1T, placing on it the acid
needed to make the solder adhere. The
carriage deposits the cans on a re-
volvlng frame and as they move along.
a hot soldering iron comes down on
top of the can and seals the can cirI1
take the cans and pile them up in A
great round, open. iron crate and. when
three or these are filed with cans thew
are taken to an iron cylinder. lifted
and dropped into 1t by means of 81
crane, cover Is swung around and
Dolted down and the cook" turns on
the steam, watching his guage and
tlmep1ece closely to see that the ceok-
ing is neither too long nor too short
When the precise time of exposure to
the steam heat is reached the coolcinps
is stopped, the crates lifted out and
wheeled over and dropped into largo
tanks into which stream Of lake water
pour5 and the cana are cooled. From
there they go to the Warerooms. whera
the labels are affixed, the cases filed
and the peas started on their devious
way through the jobber, wholesaler and
retailer. to the counter, where madam
receives her can Of peas. From start to
finish the utmost care is taken to In.
sure cleanliness and perfection. Out
in the fields q thousand women ana
children gather the peas, from eightv
to q hundred men, boys and girls af1
tend the peas In the factory in tbeir
various stages from the pod to thd
shipping box. and all in order that
madam may have her fresh peag az
fresh as IL picked in June, Tor her dina
neT tapIes p. ], 8.