THE 



NEW-ENGLAND 



FARMERS' AND MEC H AxMCS' JOURNAI., 



Vol. I. GARDINER, SEPTEMBER, 1828. No. 9. 



IVCECHATflCS. 



CHURCHTLL'S CIDER MILL AND PRESS, 



Plate IX, — is a representation of an improved Cider Press, in- 

 vented by Mr. J. Churchill, of Buckfield, Me. The apples are 

 put into a hopper and ground by horse power in the usual way. 

 After they are grouhd, the pomace falls down into a vat below and 

 is suflTered to lie as long as necessary. The Nuts are carried or 

 moved by means of a large Cog-wheel lying horizontally, and hav- 

 ing cogs on its upper and under surface. The cogs on the upper 

 side, play into one of the nuts which moves them while grinding 

 the fruit. After this is accomplished, a key is removed from un- 

 der the large wheel, which causes it to drop down a few inches, 

 leaving the nuts, and fitting the under cogs into the head of a 

 couple of screws, which lie beneath in a horizontal position. A 

 piston, or follovver, is attached to these screws, and when the cog- 

 wheel is put in motion, it is brought home, carrying the pomace 

 before it and pressing the juice from it. The whole Machine sits 

 in a large Vat which retains the liquor until drawn off. The ad- 

 vantages of this improvement are, lessening of the labor in press- 

 ing and managing the pomace. In the first place, it falls exactly 

 where it is wanted, after leaving the nuts, and it is not necessary to 

 shovel it into another reservoir. Second, no straw need be add- 

 ed, which sometimes by being musty or dirty, injures the cider 

 very much, — and third, the labor of turning the screws by hand i.i 

 dispensed with, as they may be turned either way, by horse power. 

 A slight examination will convince any one that a vast saving is 

 also obtained with regard to time, as much more can be perform- 

 ed in the same number of hours than by the old process. 

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