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The apparatus for sulphuring the juice was constructed 

 of an ordinary box about 1 x 2^ x 4 feet and in order to 

 more fully illustrate its construction the following cut is 

 inserted, which gives a vertical cross section of the box, 

 showing interior arrangement of shelves and also the sul- 

 phur furnace and pipe connections. 



SuLphuR Fumes 

 Enter heRi 



As indicated by the diagram, the shelves a, h, c, d, e,/, are 

 arranged in a gently sloping position in order to permit of 

 the easy, but not too rapid, flow of the juice through the 

 apparatus, the sides and joints of the box being made as 

 nearly air and water tight as possible, in order to provide 

 against waste of either the juice or sulphur fumes. 



The raw juice as it comes from the mill is placed in a ves- 



