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timber, and perforated with half inch holes for the juice to run 

 out. This box can be of any desired height, or it can be 

 made in sections, and enclosed with a frame to give it more 

 strength. Three to four feet is about the usual height. A 

 strong board, also perforated, to fit into the box as a follower, 

 completes the arrangement. When the box is filled with the 

 crushed grapes, the follower is put on, some cross beams if 

 necessary; and the lever, which can be worked up and down 

 at the other end with a rope and pully. If not found heavy 

 enough, it can be weighted with stone, and presses all the 

 time. This is very simple, and any ordinary mechanic or 

 " handy man " can make it. 



There are of course, many other presses. One of the best, 

 of which the smallest size is sufficient to work up from 10 to 

 20,000 gallons, is the California Wine Press, which can be had 

 at Woodin & Little, San Francisco. 



Smaller Implements. We want a good many smaller 

 implements, among which are tubs, to be used for the press 

 to receive the juice; faucets of brass with threads cut on the 

 end to attach hose; hose to conduct the must from the press 

 to the casks, which should be inch and a half diameter out- 

 side measure; pails and cans, the last made of strong tin, to 

 hold about three gallons, narrower at top than bottom, and 

 with a rim a foot below; and a strong wooden funnell, Fig. 29, 



oblong, with a copper pipe in 

 the bottom at the narrowest 

 end, and two shprt wooden 

 legs, so that it will set firmly 

 on the cask, with a capacity of 

 four to five gallons. The sac- 

 harometer and testing tube 

 ^have been already referred to, 

 and are indispensable to work 

 FIG. 29. 



