Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1901 — St. Louis Nutcrackers. [ARTICLE]

St. Louis Nutcrackers.

In St. Louis the nutcracking industry gives employment to a considerable number of persons. There are three plants in the city. The nutcrackers are driven by electricity, each nut being fed individually into the crusher. After the shells are cracked the nuts are winnowed by an air blast, and the meat is Eicked from the cracked shells by and, women and girls being employed for this part of the work,