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be pressed with this machine daily. The economy of coal is 

 apparent. 



3. Great simplicity of construction, and entire safety in run- 

 ning. 



4. Very little loss of time by stoppage while at work. 



5. Better keeping quality of the -pressed cossettes, which also 

 are not cut up too fine. These pressed cossettes are said to keep 

 much better in consequence thereof in the silos, as is proved by 

 experience. 



6. Lower price of these machines and cheaper setting, com- 

 pared with other presses of equal capacity. 



DAILY DELIVERY OF 3 CONE COSSETTE PRESSES OF VARYING DIMENSIONS. 



For the pressing of two hundred tons of diffusion cossettes in 

 twenty-four hours, about two horse-power will be required. 



The Bergreen press of the old and new types is shown Bergreen press, 

 in Figs. 7 and 8. Its working is based on the same 

 principle as that of the Klusemann apparatus. It consists 

 mainly of two cones, A and B, of which the interior one, 

 B, is perforated and has a hollow lower axis, F, for sup- 

 port and the exit of the expressed juice. Both cones are 

 provided with iron screw-formed blades of which those on the 

 upper half of the outer cone, J, form segments of a screw, 

 while the lower portion of the screw blade is continuous, and 

 almost touches the inner circumference of the perforated 

 cylinder, D. In the upper portion of this outer cone the 

 separate blades, e e and//, run in spiral form, but in opposite 

 directions. The blades, e e, form a low, sloping screw, while 

 those of // are steep. The former being also broader, spread 



