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quires no very complicated or expensive machinery. The 

 latter consists of a mortar, a revolving stone, or some other 

 contrivance for separating the pulp from the stones, and of 

 rendering it a paste ; a revolving stone, like a bark or cider- 

 mill for crushing the stones ; a lever or screw press for the 

 pressing of the oil from the pulp and stones ; bags of coarse 

 cloth or hair to contain the pulp ; and wooden or earthen- 

 ware vessels for receiving the oil from the presses, and for se- 

 parating it from the mucilage. 



'' As soon as the olives are ripe, which is indicated by their 

 becoming of a dark colour and soft, they are gathered by hand, 

 and spread out over floors to the depth of a few inches. In 

 this situation they remain three days, being turned daily, and the 

 decayed berries carefully picked out. They are then placed in 

 the mortar or under a stone, and moderately triturated, until the 

 pulp is reduced to a paste, and is detached from the stones. 

 The stones having been removed, the pulp is then put into 

 coarse and strong bags, and placed under the press, which 

 should be worked very slowly at first. From the press the oil 

 mixed with mucilage runs into wooden vessels, half filled with 

 water. After standing from twelve to twenty-four hours, to 

 give time to the mucilage to separate from the oil, the latter is 

 decanted into other vessels, and remains undisturbed for about 

 twenty days. It is then ready to be decanted again, and 

 finally put into barrels, in which it is to remain. During this 

 repose, nearly all the mucilage will have been precipitated; 

 but the oil is still liable to be troubled until it has been exposed 

 to the cold. 



" The oil from this expression is of the first quality. The pulp 

 or cake remaining in the bags from this first pressure, is then 

 broken up, moistened with warm water, returned to the bags, 

 and again pressed. The oil from it is nearly equal to the 

 first, and may be mixed with it. 



" The stones having been reduced to a paste by grinding 

 under stones, are pressed in the same way, and yield an in- 

 ferio oil, of a harsh taste, and running rapidly into a state of 

 rancidity. The refuse of the manufacture forms a valuable 

 manure. 



" The above is a mere outline of the mode of cultivating the 



