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the press. Prior to the harvesting, a set of 

 prober rollers and kettles should be provided, 

 and well set up ready for service. 



'' The mill made use of by Mr. Peters, and 

 which was gotten up under his direction for the 

 purpose, is, in my opinion, of very unexceptionable 

 quality for a small apparatus, and works admira- 

 bly. It is of a suitable size for a small crop, and 

 no farmer should undertake to supply its place by 

 wooden rollers for a crop of even two acres. The 

 loss of juice will more than counterbalance the 

 difference in expense. It is worked by two 

 mules. Three kettles, of from sixty to one hun- 

 dred gallons' capacity, will be required to keep 

 pace fully with the mill ; it is desirable that 

 these should be broad and shallow, that they 

 may present a large evaporating surface, and 

 substantially set in brick for security and con- 

 venience. They should not be distant from the 

 press, and if upon ground lower than the latter, 

 an advantage is gained in running the expressed 

 juice directly into them, and thus saving the labor 

 of transfer. 



'' Pressing. — The canes, located conveniently 

 at hand, rxe one by one doubled in the middle 

 and forced between the rollers, which are kept 

 in as close proximity as the strength of the mill 



