PULPING AND PREPARING. l6g 



The annexed illustration represents /one of 

 Messrs. Gordon's " Improved Peeling or Hulling 

 Mills," and will give a novice an idea of the sort 

 of machinery used. A " circular" of that firm, 



IMPROVED PEELING OR HULLING MILL. 



(which holds the first place in the manufacture 

 of all mechanical contrivances demanded by the 

 modern Coffee planter) says : 



" From repeated experiments and trials, we are convinced 

 that for effectually and quickly peeling and polishing the 

 Coffee bean without breakage, nothing excels this machine. 

 It will clean Coffee dried either in the cherry or in the parch- 

 ment. The machine is simple both in construction and in 

 working, durable, and not liable to break down. With the 

 same power it will clean a larger quantity than most other 

 machines. J. Gordon and Co. have themselves frequently seen 

 2,400 Ibs. peeled per hour with one of these mills, and with 

 little or no breakage, while a badly constructed mill will break 

 as much as it will clean." 



