Identifier: sealedpapercarto15park (find matches)
Title: A sealed paper carton to protect cereals from insect attack
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Parker, William B. (William Bell), 1885-
Subjects: Grain Storage Diseases and injuries
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Fig. 4.—Results of experiments with cartons. The one onthe left shows severe infestation; the one on the right hada thin label pasted on the outside and is not infested. Thewebs and adults of the infesting insects are shown on theoutside of both cartons. (Original.) A SEALED PAPEE CARTON TO PROTECT CEREALS. places where infestation takes place. Unless put into insect-proof carton the cereal, therefore, is subject to infestation from the
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Fig. 5.—Cereal elevator which leads from sterilizer to packing room. Infestation may easily take place here. (Original.) time it comes from the rolls or the sterilizer until it is sold to theconsumer. Infestation may, of course, take place after the package 6 BULLETIN 15. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGBICULTTJBE. is opened by the purchaser, but this does not concern the manufac-turer. DRYING THE CEREAL. After the cereal has been sterilized it may contain too muchmoisture to be packed, and a drying process then becomes necessary.In the case of cereals which are not flaky and to which agitation isnot injurious, a sterile chute with baffles (fig. 6), through which hot,

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