at the Dcrhf Meeting, 1843. 
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greedily, and thrive better on it, than when the roots are given 
separately with the chaff. As the parties were not present, the 
Judges (lid not try these implements. They may observe that the 
practice of grating roots, rather than slicing them, is said to obtain 
very much in the United States. 
Cider Mill. — The silver medal was awarded to Mr. Alexander 
Dean, of Birmingham, for a new cider-mill manufactured by him, 
and invented by Mr. James Ashwid, of Bretforton, Worcester- 
shire. This implement is in fact a crusher or squeezer, being 
furnished with a piston worked horizontally in a substantial 
wooden box, from which the apples are discharged in the state of 
pulp. Mr. Ashwid describes its mode of use and effects as 
follows : — " I drive it by a one or two horse power used for chaff- 
cutting, &c., and place it as near the cellar as convenient. It 
requires two women — one to carry fruit from the heap and throw 
into the hopper, the other to regulate the feeding with her hands ; 
two men to remove the pulp and press it through haircloths, the 
same as with the old mills; and one man to carry and tun the 
cider. The quantity of fruit it is capable of reducing varies, ac- 
cording to its ripeness, from 300 to 400 bushels per day, and pro- 
duces from 800 to 1000 gallons of juice. Several of my neigh- 
bours have already bespoken the use of my mill for the present 
year who have seen the efficiency of its work and the superior 
way in which the cider keeps from it. 1 also tried it last winter 
for pulping turnips and potatoes for pig-feeding, and found it most 
economical. The juice is not squeezed out by it, but the pulp is 
beaten up to about the consistence of paste, which I mix with 
barley or bean meal, and find the pigs feed much faster than 
when mixed with water." This new machine was very well got 
up by Mr. Dean, and accommodated to manual as well as animal 
or steam power. It has been represented to the Judges that the 
(jrathuj of apples is much preferred in America for cider-making 
to the old rolling-mill ; the saccharine matter being much better 
evolved by grating, and the pips in great measure reduced. This 
may be worth the attention of cider-mill manufacturers. 
Potato Washers. — Mr. Crosskill produced a machine for wash- 
ing and raising potatoes out of the water, which was deemed to 
be the best in the exhibition. 
SteamiiKj Apparatus. — 'The Society had called attention to 
improved steamers for roots. Five sets were exhibited : • after 
examining which a premium of bl. was awarded to Mr. James 
Richmond, of Salford, for a very complete apparatus, particularly 
in its fittings, as regards safety, the supply of water, &c. In 
respect of cost it is moderate. 
Feeding Apparatus. — The silver medal was adjudged to Mr. 
Hill, of Brierley Hill Iron- Works, near Dudley, for his very ex- 
