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less distance from each other, they are gradually brought 

 nearer as the pulp becomes finer, so that at last not 

 even a pip can pass unbruised. 



The hand-mill cannot be used so expeditiously as the 

 horse-mill, but it is capable of being altered in its 

 character by the attachment of a large horizontal 

 wheel and horse, as is sometimes done. 



When the apples are reduced to the state of must, a 

 large horsehair cloth is spread out on the cider-press, 

 and some of the must poured into it from a pail. The 

 ends of the cloth are then folded over, and another is laid 

 upon it and filled in the same manner. Ten or twelve of 



CIDER-PRESS. 



these hair-cloths are thus filled in succession, and then 

 surmounted with a frame of thick boards, upon which a 

 screw is slowly worked down by means of a lever. The 

 pressure causes a thick juice, which is the cider, to ooze 

 forth from the hair-cloths, and this being repeated two 

 or three times, leaves nothing behind but the dry must. 



