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cylinder might be armed with two or more cutting 
edges, crossing the diameter, or rising along the inside ; 
these would serve to divide the core still more. The 
kernel, thus separated from almost the whole of the 
pulpy part of the fruit, would, if ground by itself, be 
with more certainty brought under the action of the 
mill; or would be reduced with much less trouble, by 
any of the other machines that are used, or have been 
proposed, for grinding fruit. The method of using it 
would be this—a piece of deal, or any soft wood, 
must be fixed before the person employed, on which 
to rest the fruit, while the scoop is forced through it, 
and a pail, or bucket, underneath, to receive the core 
as it drops from the scoop, each forcing out that which 
preceded it. Should the idea, as thus stated, be ap¬ 
proved, it may be carried still farther. The fluted 
iron rollers, used in some parts of Herefordshire for a 
cyder mill, might be adapted to this grinding of the 
kernel; and contrived, without much additional ma¬ 
chinery, to work Avith the present mill, or the con¬ 
struction of the malt mill could be easily applied ; the 
nut being fixed on the inner arm of the axle-tree, the 
box secured by a support, projecting above and below 
from the upright shaft. All this, hoAvever, is only 
conjecture, no attempts having been made as yet, to 
put it in practice. Should it be found to answer, or 
lead to ail}?- other improA'ement, by directing the 
attention of the ingenious to this defect of the present 
mill, every end proposed will be fully attained. 
The stone of Avhich the mills are made is not met 
with in any part of this county; they are procured 
from several parts of Herefordshire ; the nearest is 
Bromyard-down, a distance of about eleven miles from 
Worcester. Those most in esteem, are brought out of 
Wales, 
