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IRON CIRCLE PRESS HEAD 
Fig. 6. 
Fig. 7. 
Screw Press Frame. 
Iron Circle Press Head. 
paper placed in the bottom of a_ barrel 
before the facers are laid will add greatly 
to its attractiveness. If in addition a 
layer of corrugated paper or an excelsior 
pad is placed under each head it greatly 
diminishes bruising.” * “Heads cut from 
heavy paper or from light pulp board are 
very desirable on both ends of the barrel. 
The patent corrugated heads cannot be 
recommended. It is doubtful, too, whether 
there is an advantage in using fancy paper 
heads.” + 
In finishing the barrel, six nails driven 
only through the first hoop to prevent in- 
jury to the apples are sufficient. Liners 
*W. H. Alderman, 1912, West Virginia Ex- 
periment Station. Bulletin 139. 
+ Bulletin 19, Dairy and Cold Storage Com- 
missioner’s Series, Alex McNeill, 1907. 
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should be used and should be kept damp 
to make them bend easily and to prevent 
splitting. 
On the head of each barrel should be 
stenciled the grade;}and variety of the 
apple, the name and address of the grower. 
If the apples are packed in the orchard, 
the full barrels should not be left in the 
sun for any length of time before they 
are transferred to the storage house. 
Barrel Press 
A screw press frame is shown in Fig. 6. 
“To make the pressure equal, an iron cir- 
cle press-head is used, as shown in Fig. 7. 
The bars A and B are made with an arch 
and with a shoulder to fit against the iron 
circle, C. The circle should be 14 inches 
in diameter and made of quarter-inch bar 
iron.” * 
“The lever presses are more rapid to 
operate than the screw type, which is 
being used less and less. The iron circle 
used on some presses to force the head 
to place is usually in the way of the oper- 
ator, a single wooden block extending 
crosswise of the head being far more con- 
venient. An excellent press is shown in 
Heading Apple Barrels. 
Fig. 8. Press for 
*J. A. Ruddich, Department Agriculture, 
Siac “Better Fruit.’’ September, 1910, p. 
