PRESSING. 95 



spective vineyards, and the dimensions of his purse. 

 But this volume being intended especially for begin- 

 ners and persons having limited vineyards, our descrip- 

 tion of a wine-press will be of the simplest kind, adapt- 

 ed to the masses of our people, few of whom have large 

 vineyards. 



Fig. 28 represents a wine-press of very simple 

 construction, which may be made larger than the 

 dimensions given below when the quantity of grapes 

 demands it. 



The upright posts may even be inserted into the 

 ground a distance of four feet instead of into the pieces 

 of timber as represented. They are 10 by 12 inches 

 and 10 feet in height. The top cross piece is 8 by 10 

 inches and 8 feet long, the ends secured to the upright 

 posts by mortise and tenon. The two lower cross 

 pieces are notched into the posts about two feet from 

 the bottom, and are secured by a pin or bolt. Upon 

 these lower cross pieces is placed the floor of the press, 

 which is some four feet square, and is composed either 

 of a solid piece of wood or of several pieces jointed 

 together, so formed as to make a bed of two and a 

 half inches thick with a rim all around of six inches 

 in height. The floor should descend in every direc- 

 tion towards the hole for the spout. The pieces must 

 be driven together by wedges inserted between the 

 floor and the posts. 



