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Journal of Agriculture. 



[lo June, 1909. 



A frame consisting of boards stronyh put together, and made con- 

 venient to iiandle, is laitl on the rack, and the ch)tii spread over it (Xo. 7). 

 The pulp is then spread in to the depth of the frame, which is alx)ut 4 

 inches, and the edges of the cloth are turned in as shown in Xo. 8. 



6. FORM OF RACK. 



7. FRAME PLACED ON RACK. 



There are different methods of folding the cloth, but those illustrated 

 are most usuallv adopted. The frame is then removed and another rack 

 laid on, this process being repeated until sufficient layers are obtained to 

 fill the press. The advantages of this system are not only in its conveni- 

 ence for working, but in its improved method for retaining much of the 

 mucilage which passed out under the old system. 



8. METHOD OF FOLDING CLOTH. 



When suitable cloth is used, it acts as a strainer and prevents the 

 mucilage from flowing awav with the juice, and giving trouble in the after 

 treatment. There were formerly various grades of cloth in use, hair- 

 cloth and also a coarse kind of wor.sted, but cotton is now almost univers- 

 allv emploved, and is known as cotton press cloth. 



Illustration No. 9 shows the ty})e 

 of press which was imported with 

 the cider mill introduced by the 

 I )epartnienl. This is the usual 

 class of press now founti in most 

 of the wine cellars in the State. 

 For convenience, it is mounted 

 nil wheels and futed with metal 

 troughs all round to I'ollect tiie 

 juice and deliver it to a given 

 point. This press is very con- 

 venient, and can be worked or 

 packed away in a small space. 



9. A CONVENIENT PRESS. 



