Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-08

How To Make a Cheap Cider Mil.

Doubtless most farmers, whether having
large or small orchards, have wished
time and again that they had small cider
mill to work up early apples that are con-
tinually dropping off after they first begin
to ripen.
A good and effective mill can be made
very cheaply after the following direc-
tions: Make frame out of 3X3 inch scant-
ling, about feet high and 12x1S inches
wide at the top. Let the bottom flare so
as to stand firmly upon the floor; take
couple of old moving machine shafts,
such as can be got, or any old machine
arbors that can be obtained, fit the boxes
into the top of the frame so that the rollers
will lay across the shortest way, hunt up
an old balance wheel, if you have not
already got one laying around, that will
weigh about 30 pounds take this wheel
and the shafting to the nearest machine
shop, have the shafting cut and turned
down to fit the boxes already fitted to the
frame; let one shaft project far enough to
put the balance wheel on. Tell the ma
chinist that yon want two cog wheels
with as fine cogs rs you can get-one
about 9 inches in diameter and the other
small enough to make five or six revou
tions to the other one, the more the better.
Have the small cog wheel fitted to the
opposite end of the shaft on which the
balance wheel is placed, and the larger
one to the other shaft let the shaft extend
far enough to put on a crank; fit some
wooden rollers to these shafts Just large
enough so that when they are placed in
their right positions there will be space
of about bio of an inch between them
Take some shingle nails and break of
about one half of them and drive them
into the rollers. The nails should be pu,
into the roller that has the large COG
wheel so that there will be no space
exceeding 19 of an inch between the
heads. On the other roller they should
be put in regular lines running diagonally
around the cylinder like the teeth of the
cylinder of threshing machine; have
the lines not less than 1-2 inch apart
drive the nails in these lines so that Their,
will be 1-8 inch between the heads Care
must be taken in driving the nails 10 drive
them just far enough so that the cylinder
will turn without the nails hitting Make
hopper and put on the grindstone crank
and you will have a cider mill that viii
be hard to beat
1t will be observed that the cylinder
which goes the fastest CRATES the applei
against the other, and by having the Other
turn, the pomace is carried through Us
fast as the apples are grated, so that there
is no clogging.
This is mill Of my own getting up
We have used it good many years, anC
and our neighbors with US. If we hav,
but few apples to make up we turn it by
hand, but in the fall, when there are -,
good many, we attach it to a 1-horse pow
or. 1t will CRATE, when so attached, 81
bushels of apples an hour.
For the press, we take Two pieces O
oak or any other hard wood scantling Ak
inches, about feet long; frame then
each into short bed pieces at the bottom t
keep them from tipping over; frame
piece of the same size 1-2 feet long int
the top, into which fit two IA inch iroI
bench screws about 20 inches apart; fran,
another piece just high enough from tn
floor 50 that II tub will set under it, Oh
which place the platform made of incl
plank of pine or hemlock fastened togethe
with iron rods running through them.
For the crib to hold the pomace, max,
2 stout frames 16x30 inches place thes
frames one above the other by fastenin.
stats made of hard wood on the inside O
them. Fit follower to the inside so tina
it will move up and down easily, but nc
have too much space between it and tn
Stats; have false bottom made of slat
to put inside of the crib; get some coars
cloth from the store, such as comes aroun
bales of goods (burlaps), place it over th
Stats and around the sides of the crib.
little straw is occasionally laid across a
the crib is being filled the pomace will b
pressed dryer. If the screws are starte
slowly at first the cider will run clear an
not have the muddy appearance usual /
large press.
Any farmer can get up mill after til
description not TO exceed in cost owe
$500, besides his own labor, and he wi
have the satisfaction of knowing that b
vinegar is clean.
A great many apples can in this way b
saved that are otherwise lost; besides,
barrel of good cider vinegar sold occs
sionally helps the grocery bill amazingly
will in some other paper give my wa
OF making vinegar in very short time.
YOUNG FARMER.
PSI have been looking for some (
our brother farmers to tell what the
know about doing odd jobs on the farm
There is good deal to be said on tbs
subject yet, but l don't want to do all {
the talking, for want to learn somethin
from them.
We think most Of our farmers do YER