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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  there 
  is 
  a 
  pug 
  mill 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  machine. 
  In 
  all 
  these 
  ma- 
  

   chines 
  the 
  material 
  gets 
  an 
  additional 
  amount 
  of 
  mixing 
  by 
  the 
  

   knives 
  on 
  the 
  vertical 
  shaft. 
  In 
  fact 
  many 
  brick 
  manufacturers 
  

   consider 
  that 
  the 
  soft 
  mud 
  machine 
  tempers 
  the 
  clay 
  sufficiently 
  

   to 
  enable 
  them 
  to 
  dispense 
  with 
  a 
  pug 
  mill 
  or 
  ring 
  pit 
  and 
  use 
  the 
  

   old-fashioned 
  soak 
  pit. 
  That 
  they 
  can 
  make 
  a 
  very 
  fair 
  common 
  

   brick 
  thus 
  is 
  not 
  disputed, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  certain 
  that 
  with 
  a 
  thorough 
  

   tempering 
  of 
  the 
  clay, 
  a 
  better 
  brick 
  would 
  be 
  obtained 
  in 
  most 
  

   oases. 
  There 
  is 
  one 
  type 
  of 
  machine, 
  the 
  Adams, 
  used 
  by 
  several 
  

   manufacturers 
  on 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river, 
  which 
  does 
  not 
  temper 
  the 
  

   clay, 
  but 
  simply 
  forces 
  it 
  into 
  the 
  press 
  box. 
  Some 
  form 
  of 
  temper- 
  

   ing 
  machine 
  must, 
  therefore, 
  be 
  used 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  it. 
  These 
  

   soft 
  mud 
  machines 
  have 
  a 
  capacity 
  of 
  about 
  5000 
  brick 
  an 
  hour, 
  

   six 
  being 
  molded 
  at 
  a 
  time. 
  

  

  Steam 
  power 
  is 
  generally 
  used 
  to 
  run 
  the 
  machines, 
  but 
  some 
  

   of 
  the 
  smaller 
  3^ards 
  use 
  horse 
  power; 
  this, 
  of 
  course, 
  is 
  much 
  

   slower 
  and 
  not 
  economical 
  except 
  for 
  a 
  yard 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  capacity. 
  

   Some 
  soft 
  mud 
  machines 
  are 
  more 
  powerful 
  than 
  others, 
  and 
  in- 
  

   deed 
  this 
  is 
  necessary. 
  For 
  instance 
  a 
  brick 
  dried 
  on 
  pallets 
  needs 
  

   a 
  much 
  greater 
  pressure 
  applied 
  to 
  it, 
  and 
  has 
  to 
  be 
  molded 
  from 
  

   stifFer 
  material 
  than 
  one 
  dried 
  in 
  the 
  sun 
  in 
  the 
  yard. 
  

  

  Four 
  men 
  are 
  required 
  to 
  tend 
  the 
  machine. 
  A 
  ^^ 
  molder 
  " 
  who 
  

   scrapes 
  off 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  mold 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  delivered 
  from 
  the 
  machine 
  

   and 
  watches 
  the 
  consistency 
  of 
  the 
  tempered 
  clay, 
  to 
  see 
  that 
  it 
  

   keeps 
  uniform 
  ; 
  a 
  ^^ 
  mold 
  lander 
  '' 
  who 
  takes 
  the 
  mold 
  from 
  the 
  

   delivery 
  table 
  and 
  places 
  it 
  on 
  the 
  truck; 
  a 
  '^ 
  sander 
  " 
  who 
  sands 
  

   the 
  molds 
  before 
  putting 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  machine, 
  and 
  a 
  boy 
  to 
  watch 
  

   the 
  machine 
  and 
  stop 
  it 
  when 
  necessary. 
  Beside 
  this 
  there 
  are 
  

   four 
  " 
  truckmen 
  " 
  who 
  wheel 
  the 
  bricks 
  from 
  the 
  machine 
  to 
  the 
  

   yard, 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  dumped 
  on 
  the 
  drying 
  floor 
  by 
  two 
  " 
  mold 
  

   setters 
  ". 
  In 
  the 
  afternoon 
  these 
  men 
  are 
  employed 
  in 
  hacking 
  

   the 
  bricks 
  and 
  wheeling 
  the 
  dry 
  ones 
  to 
  the 
  kiln. 
  

  

  Stiff 
  mud 
  or 
  wire-cut 
  machines. 
  Their 
  name 
  indicates 
  the 
  

   nature 
  of 
  the 
  process. 
  The 
  clay 
  is 
  tempered 
  quite 
  stiff, 
  and 
  

  

  