THE EXTRACTION OF JUICE BY MILLS. 



direction inclined towards the front roller ; in this design the hydraulic 

 pressure acts in a line nearly continuous with that joining the centres of 

 the top and back roller, and hence exerts a greater effective pressure on the 

 layer of megass than when it is applied vertically. 



Fogarty Mill 2 . This mill, shown in Fig. 108, completely departs 

 from conventionalism, the standard type of headstock being replaced by an 

 all steel circular housing 



FIG. 107A. 



The TWO -Roller Mill. Two-roller mills, Fig. 109, have had 

 many advocates, who held that the strains would be more evenly distributed, 

 and that the power lost through the trash turner would be saved. In addition, 

 the rollers being in the same vertical line, it was argued, perfectly correctly, 

 that the whole of the pressure keeping down the top roll would be exerted in 

 crushing the cane; experience has shown, however, that they are not 



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