BULLETIlSr 952, U. S. DEPARTMEISTT OF AGEICITLTITRE. 



skins from the driers are conveyed to the elevator of the hulling and 

 separating system, thence to the grinder, where the seeds and skins 

 are thoroughly disintegrated and drop upon the shaking screens, 

 effecting a partial separation. Final separation is accomplished by 

 means of the blower attachment. 



If it should be desired to separate the seed from the pomace before 

 drying, the wet pomace passes through an ordinary pomace picker 



Fig. 7. — A pomace picker. 



(fig. Y), then into an apple grater (fig. 8), thence into a fanning mill 

 or other seed-separating machine, and from there into the drier. 

 The pomace picker consists of rotating drums with projecting teeth. 

 These teeth break up the pomace, but not sufficiently to release all 

 of the seed. For this reason the pomace is put into the apple grater, 

 which reduces it to smaller pieces and thus releases more of the seed. 

 The seed and skins may then be effectively separated either by 



