1850. 



THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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CHAPIN S PORTABLE CIDIiR-MlLI, AND PRESS. 



CHAPni'S PORTABLE CIDER-MILL AND PRESS. I 



This machiuc was patented in 1848, but since that 

 time some alterations have bo-en made in the grinding 

 apparatus, with a view of rendering it as perfect as 

 possible. It may be drawn from one orchard to an- 

 other, and with a man and stout boy will makcfiften 

 barrels of cider a day. The apples are handled but 

 once, the pumice falling into the press crib B, thus 

 forming the cheese, while the apples are being 

 ground. By the action of the screws the cider is 

 forced through the openings in the sides of the crib, 

 and conducted to the. tubs by a channel in the mar- 

 gin of the platform, O. When the pressing is 

 finished, the tiibs and rear grate B are removed, the 

 platform O is let to the ground, the cheese is drawn 

 out in a body, upon a seperate side platform, under 

 the rear axletrce A, and left clear from the mill The 

 sweep G, after turning tlie screws, is placed upon 

 the center shaft of the grinding machinery i}, and 

 the process again commences. 



A correspondent in Onondaga Co. writes : "This 

 machine is really an e.xcellent thing of the kind — I 

 truly believe the very best. A man and boy with a 

 horse can easily «arn §■5 per day (making 15 bbls. 

 at 37 J cents each — $.5.62,) for two months." 



It is manufactured by N. Chapin, of Syracuse, N. 

 Y. Price for single mills, with a town right, $100. 



BARNS AND FARM-GATES. 



Mes.srs. Editors : — I have long been in favor of a 

 large, deep bay to a barn, preferring to pilch wpmore 

 in winter >nd less in summer, and then it seems as 

 though that side of the barn held about twice as 

 much for it. Fqr a few years I have used one eight 

 feet deep, with logo and pieces of rail?, kc, in the 

 bottom, so as to allow the cats room to carry on their 

 useful avocations under it ; and my love for the thing 

 does not yet cool by familiarity. The barn is built 



on ground descending ono foot in twelve or fifteen, 

 which answers my purpose better than I supposed-so 

 gradual a descent would. The end opposite the biy 

 is raised three feet or more, and has a stable in it. 

 It is dug out under the stable and threshing floor, 

 which is now used for a shed. I have seen such a 

 place used for a stable, the fodder being put into the 

 rack under the bay girt ; and when the hay was low, 

 direct from the bay to '.[ ; rack — a little of the bay 

 being appropriated for the rack and the catties', heads. 

 But what I value above a good bay, is a good place 

 to put the manure ; ard I have finally got ^>ch a 

 place, under llie stable. The stable is so wide, but 

 little dung gets on the the back plank, and with 

 something like a handle to a dnor-latcli and a lever, 

 I turn up the plank and put down the manure about 

 twice as fast as you could throw it out of the win- 

 dows. It catches much of the urine, and wastes but 

 little to what it would out-doors. Tlie plank next 

 to the back one should be pinned fast, and leave a 

 crack an inch oi an inch and a half in width. There 

 is a wall under the outer edges of the stable, and a 

 drain under that, one foot deep, so as to keep it dry 

 under tho barn ; and a pair of doors back, where I 

 draw out the dung. The yard is not much larger 

 than is really necessary, inclosed by a tight fence six 

 feet high ; and when I dug under the barn, I made 

 those parts of the yard that were too level somewhat 

 undulating, and it is pretty dry for such muddy ground. 



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