1851. 
THE CULTIVATOR. 
279 
Chapin’s Portable Cider Mill 
This machine is designed for 
travelling over the country and 
making cider in the orchards. 
It was invented by Mr. N. Cha¬ 
pin,. of Syracuse, N. Y., as an 
improvement upon his former 
mill of a similar character. 
The annexed figure represents 
a perspective view of the large 
mill, which is to be conveyed and 
operated by horse power. The 
apples are placed in the hopper 
at A. B is a 42 inch spur-wheel 
which mashes with the pinion C. 
so that when a horse is attached 
to the sweep D, the grinding is 
done by a pair of cast-iron cir¬ 
cular plates, about 20 inches in 
diameter, placed in a horizontal 
position in the upper part of the 
press-crib E. Both plates are bestudded with short triangular teeth and the 
under one is perforated with numerous small holes for discharging the pumice, 
that being sufficiently ground before it reaches the periphery of the plates. 
The press-crib E is constructed of slat-work, 3 feet by 5, and 4 feet high, con¬ 
stituting the main bulk of the machine. 
When the crib is filled with pumice and frequent layers of straight straw, 
moistened with water, planks are placed over the pumice, and and under the 
press-be^ims, which paSs through the crib at F F. having broad iron bars, like 
tenons, projecting through the slats that intersect the screws G G by embracing 
the nuts H H between them. The stirrups II suspend the platform of the 
press J J to the end of the four screws, so that the screws can neither rise or 
fall when turned, but the nuts, beams and press-plank are all forced down, 
thus contracting the pumice into the lower part of the crib, forcing the cider 
through on all sides, which is conducted to the tubs by a channel in the mar¬ 
gin of the platform J J. 
After the pressing is finished, the tubs and rear grate K are removed, and 
the cheese is disposed of by detaching the stirrup from the stringers L L and r 
letting the platform and cheese to the ground. The platform is similar to a 
sled with the cheese upon it, which is drawn out under the rear axletree M by 
a horse and left clear from the mill. 
Fig. 2 represents a variation of the same thing, expressly adapted to hand 
power. A is the hopper containing the apples, B are the grinding plates, the 
same as are in the large mill, except their position is vertical instead of hori¬ 
zontal. The small dots represent holes in the running plate, which assist in 
grinding and discharging the pumice into the press-crib C for pressing. D is 
the screw and lever by which the pressing is done; E is a moveable door of the crib for removing the cheese after 
pressing. 
This machine has two cranks, one in front and another attached to a fly-wheel in the rear of the hopper, so 
that the power of two or more men may be applied to grinding the apples. The machine is moved from one place 
to another by means of handles. See Mr. Chapin’s advertisement in this number. “ 
tetter from B. P. Johnson, Esq. 
London, June 12th, 1851. 
Eds. Cultivator —Since I last wrote you, I have vi¬ 
sited the farm of Mr. Tanqueray, a distiller in town, who 
has amassed quite a fortune, and has selected a farm of 
a few hundred acres about six miles from town, which 
he is putting in excellent order, and on which he is rais¬ 
ing a fine herd of Short-horns. Mr. Tanqueray is get¬ 
ting together the u Nell Gwynns ,” and has now about 20 
of them of undoubted character—the largest number of 
that strain of cattle owned by any one person. They 
are very uniform in their appearance, and of marked 
and distinctive character, and so far as Mr. T.has tested 
them, prove of good milking character. He had six 
brought home the day previous to my visiting his place, 
which Mr. Strafford bought for him in Preston, or near 
that town. It is Mr. T.’s intention, I believe, to keep 
this breed, and he is now crossing his cows with some 
good bulls—using “ Lord Durham” this season—a very 
compact, hne bull, well suited, I should judge, to his 
cows. Mr. T. is very spirited, and will, I doubt not, 
soon obtain eminence in his new enterprise.' He, like 
Mr. Harvey Combe, has entered into the matter of breed¬ 
ing “ con amore,” and I should presume, from their en¬ 
ergy and enterprise, that they will leave no means un¬ 
tried that will probably lead to a successful result. It is 
a work of time and money to become a successful breed¬ 
er; but these gentlemen have the means, the*energy, and 
from what I can judge, the capability to succeed. 
Mr. T. has some very promising young animals, and 
I believe he intends to increase his “ Gwynns” until his 
heard will be of that strain. His breeding farm is in 
good order, considering the short time he has had it un¬ 
der his care, and it is really most exliilerating to escape 
