. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. MAKING BUTTER AND CHEESE. 329. THE SECTION OF THE CURD-BREAKER. (2il0.) The ctird-brcaker,* of which fig. 388 is a plan, and fig. 389 a transverse section, consists of a hopper-shaped vessel a b, 17 by 14 inches at top, and 10 Fig. 3S9. inches deep. It is fixed npon two bearers e e, which are set upon a stand or tub when in operation. A wooden cylin- der f, havin? an iron axle, which passes through the bear- ers e, and is turned by a winch- hand
. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. MAKING BUTTER AND CHEESE. 329. THE SECTION OF THE CURD-BREAKER. (2il0.) The ctird-brcaker,* of which fig. 388 is a plan, and fig. 389 a transverse section, consists of a hopper-shaped vessel a b, 17 by 14 inches at top, and 10 Fig. 3S9. inches deep. It is fixed npon two bearers e e, which are set upon a stand or tub when in operation. A wooden cylin- der f, havin? an iron axle, which passes through the bear- ers e, and is turned by a winch- handle d. The axle is kept in its bearings in c by means of slots k on each side, which slide in grooves in the bearers, and are held in their place by a slider at h. The cylinder is 7 inches long and 3^ inches in diameter, studded all over with pegs of hard wood I inch square, and projecting j inch. These pegs or teeth are set in eight regular zones round the cylinder, each zone containing 18 teeth. Two wedge-shaped pieces c c are attached to the sides of the hopper below, serving at the same time to reduce the opening between the cylinder and the hopper, and to carry a row of pegs similar to those of the cylinder, but falling into the spaces between the zones of pegs, as seen in fig. 389. In using this machine, it is placed over the tub or other recipi- ent for the broken curd ; the hopper is filled with the curd that requires to be broken ; and while one hand is turning the winch-handle, which may be turned either way, the other hand maj' oc- casionally be required to press the curd down upon the cylinder. To prevent the curd being passed beyond the ends of the cylinder, it is covered at each end, to the extent of \ inch, with an overlap of the sides of the hopper. (0111.) The cltecsc-press comes next in the order of business, and of that machine the varieties are very numerous, though they may be all resolved into three kinds, namely, the common old stone-press; the combined le
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