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The one will bring eighteen dollars per dozen, while 

 its neighbor will not command thi*ee dollars." 



The Wine Press in Ohio, is made similar to our 

 cider press. A strong, tight, box platform from 

 jSve to seven feet square, of two or three inch plank, 

 and six or eight inches high at the sides, is wedged 

 into heavy timbers; and in this, a box of one and 

 one-fourth inch boards, five or six feet square, per- 

 forated with holes near the lower edge, and ten or 

 twelve inches high, (made so as readily to be taken 

 apart,) is placed to contain the mashed grapes. 

 Boards or plank for a follower, are laid on top of 

 the mass or cheese and inside of the box, and 

 pieces of scantling or blocks are laid across, to 

 receive the pressure from the screw, which is then 

 turned down upon them. 



An improvement consisting of inch strips of 

 boards, is sometimes laid across the platform, and 

 boards perforated with holes are placed upon them 

 as a bottom for the box which contains the cheese. 

 From one hundred and fifty to three hundred gallons 

 can be pressed out in a day. Instead of a box as 

 above, can not a cheese of mashed grapes be laid 

 up with straw sides, similar to our common method 

 of cider making? The experiment could easily be 

 tried. The wine obtained from the first pressing is 

 invariably the best, and the quality will be accord- 

 ing to each successive pressing. 



