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when not in use. There should also be several swing-bail baskets 

 and a press. 



There are several styles of presses on the market, principally 

 either the lever or the screw type. The screw press \Wth a 

 circle follower shown in Figure 127 is preferable, but the lever 

 press is verj' popular with many packers and can perhaps be 

 worked more quickly, but it may not do quite as good work. 

 The circular follower is much better than the old bar-follower 



Fig. 126. — The ordinaty barrel press with a bar follower. This is not nearly bo good as the 

 press shown in Figure 127. 



FiQ. 127. — Barrel press with circle follower. Any blacksmith can make such a follower and 

 it is a great improvement over the old bar follower. 



because it touches the entire circumference of the barrel head, 

 thus insuring its going down more evenly than wdth the bar 

 (Fig. 126) . Presses with circular followers are now manufactured 

 and may be secured from some dealers, or the follower may be 

 made by any good blacksmith, using quarter-inch bar iron. 



In addition to the above there should be a stemmer (Fig. 125) 

 for removing the stems from the apples of the face layer, a good 

 stencil for marking the head, and a false or padded head. The 



