The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-03-06
CUTLER SIZER STRIKES
A POPULAR CHORD

One OF th- problems Of the frui
grower now IS that Of eliminating th
costs of production and preparation o
his fruit for the market, and becaus
of the fact that IL will cheaper an
simplify the sizing and packing OF M
fruit the Cutler Bros. slzer, wh'lh wa
exhibited to a large number ot orchard
lists at the apple house Of A. J. Massci
last Friday Afternoon. struck q popula
chord among the Orcaadists
The prominent feaurcl of the frul
grading machine are3irst, hand sorting
Tor blemish by which each apple d
nicked I'D and looked at by the grade
and placed directly, without apprecla
bic loss Of time to the graders, directly
into the sizing parts Of the machine u
a uniform direction. That Is. all the
apples when placed in the machine will
have their stem to calyx axis horizon.
tai and always in the same direction.
This uniform direction Of feeding is
necessary to obtain accuracy Of sizing
in any type of machine which attempts
a measurement of the fruit.
Second, two grades Of fruit are sized
at the same time by the smaller type
of this machine which is adapted to
the needs and packing house of the
average grower. a larger machine IS
made for the large packing houses
which will size four grades Of fruit at
the same time delivering each grade to
a separate set of bins.
Each grade is separated into nine
sizes. and the machine has an indepen-
dent adjustment at each bin by means
of which the size of fruit delivered to
that bin can be controlled and made to
meet the requirements of the pack for
each size. Because Of this independent
adjustment at each bin, the middle bins
may be constructed wider than those at
either end, so that the sizes of maxi
mum quantity can be delivered to these
wide bins, giving the packers more
space to pack where the larger proper
tion of the fruit is delivered. Other
wise, some of the packers would have
more than they could pack at the
crowding points, and the packers at
either end would not be kept busy.
Fourth, the bins are equipped with a
very simple device which keeps the
fruit from backing up under the ma
chine, and which keeps it moved down
to the packers, increasing the capacity
of the bin about four times over that
of the usual gravity type. This device
is operated occasionally by means of {
lever at one of the sorting tables, anC
removes one of the most Objectionable
features of the grading machines whicl
have been used up to the present time
This machine should save the grove
from five to seven cents a box by les
sening the labor necessary IN the pack
ing house. Fifty per cent Of the truck
ing and rehandling of the fruit will b
eliminated, the output of the averag
grader will he about doubled and ii
cost of the machine has demonstrate
that il will deliver to each bin sii
more accurate than the average pack
now puts into the hex when he is pgC
ing at normal speed. This means th
every apple in the bin, with practical
no selecting for size, can be placed
the box by an unskilled packer and
good or better pack will result. Il
cause of this accuracy of sizing the
will be no undertow of small appl
settling to the bottom of the packi
tables where they become severe
bruised.
The machine is very simple, shot
last for many years, is smooth runni
and can he driven by small elect
motor or by the gasoline engine Of
sprayer. Its simplicity means that 7
OF time because of breakdowns will
negligible. The machine will be m
ufactured in small size suited TO
needs of the small grower, and also
"A larger size and either can be
larged at any time by adding m
bins.