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pointed instrument, pressing heavily and holding the label on 

 the flat surface of an ordinary pocketbook. The inscription 

 thus made is ineffaceable and indestructi- 

 ble, so that after the label has been in use 

 for a length of time it can be thoroughly 

 cleaned and brightened by simply putting 

 into a hot fire. — Johnson & Stokes. 



Apple-Seed Separators. — (Fig. 24, p. 

 183.) An apparatus for separating seeds 

 from apple pomace. " Construct a V-shaped hopper, as shown 

 in Figs. 1 and 2, varying the length according to the amount 

 of pomace and the water supply. Make the hopper of wood 

 or galvanized iron, water-tight, say four feet square at the top 

 and six inches by four feet at the bottom, and four feet deep. 

 Make one side of the hopper double, and allow it to extend 

 above at least six inches, the space between the walls being 

 one inch. Let this double wall extend half way across the 

 bottom, and leave a one-inch opening in the inside bottom in 

 the middle. Now make a seive of copper wire-cloth, yVinch 

 mesh, that will fit snugly two inches above the bottom of the 

 hopper. Fasten it down on cleats with a button, so that it 

 can be removed easily. Now cause a stream of water to pass 



Fig. 22. 



down the double wall of the hopper and through the bottom 

 through the sieve. When it begins to overflow, have the 

 pomace loosened up and throw in a few scoopfuls ; stir it a 

 little. The seed will all settle to the bottom, and the pomace 

 will float off with the overflow." The hopper is drained by a 

 2-inch plug in the bottom. 



