Cider Press at Hess Mill A cider press was an important feature of the well-ordered and com- plete early 19th-century farm mill. Presses were constructed in a variety of styles. Essentially, however, provision had to be made for extracting the juice of the apples by great pressure. Generally this

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, to Daniel W. Geist, Assistant Superintendent of Lancaster County schools. Several annotations. Postmarked, 4 January 1924. �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Folder 1, Insert 4 Correspondence Envelope. [unknown] at McClure House

. Barkley Frank. Certificate no. 3225. E. A. Wright Bank Note Co., Philadelphia. 11 April 1928. Transferred from the Library. Gift of J. Barkley Frank. Insert 2 Lancaster County Farm Bureau Cooperative Association, Lancaster. Mark S. Hess, president; H. R. Metzger, treasurer. One share issued to E. W. Rush

soil so recently (in the late 18th century) cleared of woodland growth with its acid humus. Of course, hydrolysis was not understood until late in the 19th century after which neutralizing agents could be employed. �THE GENERAL HAND PLUM From the Pennsylvania Farm Journal, S. S. Haldeman, Ed

Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania History and Museum Com- mission. Pennsylvania Agriculture and County Life 1640-1840. Har- risburg: Pennsylvania History and Museum Commission, 1950. Diffenderffer, Frank R. "Odds and Ends of Local History". Lancaster County Historical Society Papers, X (1906), 181-215. Fishel, Leslie