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of casks two-thirds full of cider, and leaving them in a warm 

 room with the bung out. 



Then there are the high tub generators, filled with beech 

 shavings, through which the vinegar material is allowed to drip 

 slowly. This process is used by most Alcohol Vinegar makers. 



There is also a new plan of close reversible generators, 

 claimed to make a stronger vinegar, with less waste of material, 

 than in the old way. 



Between Alcohol and Cider Vinegar, there is perhaps little 

 choice, as far as wholesomeness is concerned, when both are 

 properly made, but when it comes to richness, flavor and 

 pleasant aromatic qualities, Cider Vinegar stands far ahead. 

 Alcohol Vinegar is used by pickle manufacturers, ostensibly be- 

 cause it is of greater or more even strength, but really, probably, 

 because it is the cheapest; but for domestic purposes, did you 

 ever hear of any one educated to use good Cider Vinegar that 

 did not prefer it to any other, ever afterwards? 



Under these circumstances, one would naturally suppose, in 

 such an apple-producing State as Illinois, and especially in the 

 great fruit-growing sections, Cider Vinegar would be used 

 almost exclusively. Yet I have it on high authority, that right 

 here in this section, where we are now holding our annual meet- 

 ing, that less than ten per cent., and probably not over five per 

 cent, of the vinegar sold is pure Cider Vinegar. And yet the 

 same authority estimates that 100,000 bushels of apples went to 

 waste in this county in 1888. The same condition of affairs 

 may be found all over the State in a greater or less degree. 

 Apples rot on the ground whenever there is above an average 

 crop, and the sale of pure Cider Vinegar is very limited. 



I think I am not far out of the way, in estimating, that of the 

 vinegar sold in Illinois for domestic purposes, three- fifths or sixty 

 per cent, is sold as White Wine Vinegar, and the other two- 

 fifths or forty per cent, is sold under the name of Apple, Fruit 

 or Cider Vinegar, all of it claiming to be Cider Vinegar. Now 

 if a quarter of this two-fifths, or ten per cent, of the whole, is 

 Pure Cider Vinegar and the other three-quarters is spurious, see 

 what that means. Three-fourths of the people who buy and 

 pay for Cider Vinegar get an imitation article, liable to be an 

 injurious one also, for manufacturers who adulterate in one way, 

 may in another. Then, again, the makers of pure Cider Vinegar 

 are cheated out of three-fourths of the trade they ought to have, 

 and even more than that, for I am sure that if good pure Cider 

 Vinegar could be had for a certainty when called for, the demand 

 would be increased to one-half of the whole amount used, if not 

 more. Think of it! Manufacturers of pure goods cheated out 

 of four-fifths of their legitimate trade! Three-quarters, or 

 more, of the consumers who desire Cider Vinegar, have palmed 



