of fork trucks requires that the bags be stacked on pallets, which are not

used in any of the other methods. Workers are stationed at the filling

stations to place the packed bags on the pallets. These workers also obtain

and place the empty pallets for loading. Loaded pallets are transported to

storage or to the load on the fork trucks. The only use of fork trucks

observed was in loading burlap bags in motor trucks under a physical arrange-

ment which prohibited the fork truck from entering the truck. Therefore, the

fork truck operator set the loaded pallet down on a low dolly at the rear of

the truck. Loaders then pushed the pallet to the spot where the bags were

to be placed in the load. Actual loading was done the same as in the other

methods.


 Burlap Bags Loaded in Motor Trucks Only

 Labor requirements.--Labor requirements and production standards for

performing various jobs in handling 100- and 50-pound burlap bags are shown

in Table 7. These data are for handling to motor trucks only, which modifies

some of the figures from those for handling to both trucks and rail cars. The

standard for setting bags on hand trucks is 265 100-pound bags per hour but

only 157 for setting on pallets. Two workers are required in each method when

packinghouses are operated at about 300 hundredweights per hour. In an effi-

cient arrangement of the conveyor system, the job of setting bags on the

conveyor can be done by sewers by slightly increasing the labor requirements

for sewing. In this case, the number of sewers would have to be increased by

one, when operating at about 300 hundredweights per hour. Or one worker could

be added to work only at setting bags on the conveyor.