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piled on boards or straw in a place where abundant air 

 may reach them, and if possible where also they may 

 obtain the beneficent smile of the sun. 



As cider should consist of fermented apple juice alone, 

 and as the product of the cider-press naturally contains 

 a good deal of cellular tissue and other solid matter in 



SIMPLE APPLE GRATER AND FRUIT MILL (fiARNETT AND FOSTER j 



suspension, it is very important that the crude juice be 

 carefully strained through a fine meshed filter before 

 the process of fermentation has commenced. A charcoal 

 filter is especially useful for this purpose, and the fol- 

 lowing description of an easily-made one, borrowed from 

 Trowbridge's " Cider Maker's Handbook," may be found 

 of use. Remove one head of an ordinary cider or whisky 



