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square and 2 ft. long. Twxt inches from 

 each end is hored a hole to receive the 

 one in. iron upright. Care must l^ tak- 

 en to have these holes, as well as the one 

 in which the screw is fitted, perfectly 

 true, in onier ihat the press may work 

 satisfactorially. The iron uprights are 20 

 in. long, by i in. diameter, and have a 

 tliread 7 in. long cut at each end to re- 

 ceive 2 iron nuts at botli top and bottom 

 of each. Under tlie center of tlie st:uid 

 is a similar piece of o^, for receiving the 

 bottom ends of the iron uprights, and 

 sustaining the pressure of the screw when 

 in use. 



No. 4 is a wooden mat made of -^ in. 

 thick slats, "s in. deep, spacetl a scant ^4. 

 in. ajiart, and deated at the ends with a 

 slat of the same size as those composing 

 the mat itself; viz., "s x Sg, laid on flat- 

 wise. This is laid directly on the bottom 

 of the tin tray, cleated s'de up, and is 

 full width of the inside tray, and V in. 

 shorter. 



No. 5 is a wooden form without top or 

 bottom: being made of 4' in. stuff, and is 

 3S in. deep by 15 x i6j». in. in size, out- 

 side measure. 



No. 6 is a piece of gunny sacking about 

 2 ft. 6 in. square i^some prefer to make it 

 up in the form of a bag ) for recei\nng the 

 refuse or slum-gum as it comes from the 

 boiler or steamer previous to being press- 

 ed. It is more easily emptied and \rash- 

 ed when not made up. 



No. 7 is another wooden mat, made up 

 with strong twine after the fashion of a 

 window blind, that will roll up. and is for 

 laving on top of the refuse. It is the same 

 size as the form No. 5 », less, say '4. in. 

 all around. Either kind of mat will 

 answer, however. 



No. S is a follower made of i in. hard- 

 wood lumber, and fits inside of the form 

 the same as the mat last described. It is 

 strongly cleated at the ends, and it %vill 

 do no harm to lay a piece of 2 x 4 scant- 

 ling in the center of it, on which is a flat 

 piece of iron for the screw to press upon. 



No. 9 is a tin dish for recei\-ing the wa- 

 ter, and anv wax that mav run out when 



scTe>ving down the refuse. It ought to 

 hold about a gallon. 



The whole machine ought not to cost 

 more than ;f2.50, or f 3.00 at the outside — 

 about ^2.00 if you do all but iron work. 



When ready to operate, proceeil as fol- 

 lows: Place the tin tray in position, then 

 lay the woollen mat on the bottom of the 

 tray, then put on the form, fitting it in- 

 side of the cleats on the mat; next place 

 the gunny sack in position by laying it 

 evenly on the tray and pressing into 

 tlie corner?, first soaking it in boiling 

 water for a minute, now pour in the re- 

 fuse ^^ hot of course ) , bring the ends to- 

 gether, overlapping them a little on 

 the top. put on the follower, and turn 

 the scT«w, graduallv at first, and then as 

 tightly as possible. You will soon con- 

 clude it pays to use such a press — at 

 least it pays me. 



Since sending the foregoing I have 

 read in the -\pril Re\-iew the articles by 

 Messrs. Miller, McEvoy. and Davenport 

 on wax rendering, and will simply say 

 that I have no doubt that the acid plan 

 is good. I presume it is on the same 

 principle as the Salisbury metliod. which 

 I have not tried. I may do so, soon. 



I agree with Mr. MeE\"oy in regard to 

 what he says about the Alpaugh solar 

 extractor. I hsLve one; and, for rendering 

 cappings, and remelting or purifying 

 dirty wax, I Ijelieve it is unsurpasseil. 

 Please tell the man who kisseti the ■"blar- 

 ney stone" just before he wrote that arti- 

 cle, that I can swallow most anything 

 but what he said regarding myself. 



Mr. Davenport's experience corresponds 

 so nearly ^vith my own, viz. , that more wax 

 can be secured by the boiling process, 

 when properly done, than by any other, 

 that I offer no objections to those who 

 do not object to boiled wax, especially if 

 long boileii; notwithstanding this, a good 

 press is a gcKxl tiling under any and all 

 circumstances. 



Stratford, Out.. April 3, 1S99. 



