98 



thus spuken of in the Agricultural Transactions of Toulouse. This 

 machine works by two wooden cylinders, [at the bottom of a. hopper] 

 turning in opposite directions by means of two toothed wheeb. An 

 experience of five years has tested the machine and shown its econ- 

 omy and perfection." It costs from 70 to 84 francs. I may as well 

 also notice one to which I myself gave the finishing hand. The first 

 idea belongs to J. J. S. Acker de Chartres ; its merit is its cheap 

 construction, and its affording every advantage required. It is about 

 the height of a man ; and consists of a wooden frame, from whicli 

 is suspended a hopper, into which the grapes are flung, and one side 

 of which is continued down, projecting out, with guards on each side, 

 and forming an open gutter or slide. The hopper is closed at bottom 

 by a cylinder garnished with large, flat nail-heads, and provided with 

 a handle ; a man stands and turns it with ease ; the cylinder is 3 feet 

 long, and one foot thick ; in front of it there is adjusted a comb of iron 

 nails, which work between the nail-heads on the cylinder and clean 

 away obstructions. There is not a single berry that escapes, and 

 the juice, skins and stones flow down the open slide into a tub, which 

 is moved away as fast as filled. 



The operation of crushing must be perfect, and every grape in the 

 vat ought to go through it, to make a complete, finished wine ; the 

 above machine is so simple and easy of construction that any vine- 

 dresser can provide himself with one, and by the equal and simultan- 

 eous fermentation of the must, have a chance to rival the wines of 

 price, for which no pains or expense is spared in the pressing. 



