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CHAPTER XXI. 



STUMMING AND CLEANSING CASKS. 



Take a strip of linnen or cotton cloth, twelve inches 

 long, and two broad dip it in melting brimstone : 

 when it is dry, let it be lighted and suspended from 

 the bung of a cask, in which there are a few gallons of 

 cider, by an iron wire passing through the bung, un- 

 til it is burnt out : the cask must remain stopped for 

 an hour or two, and then be rolled to and fro, to in- 

 corporate the fumes from the match with the cider, af- 

 ter which it may be filled. If flavour is desired, some 

 powdered ginger, cloves, or cinnamon, may be strew- 

 ed on the match the burning must be before the vi- 

 nous fermentation. 



To cleanse a cask, take for a barrel, one pint of un- 

 slacked lime, pour thereon one or two gallons of hot 

 water bung the barrel and shake it while the 

 lime is shaking, you must occasionally give it vent, 

 lest the barrel should burst: let it remain in till cool- 

 ed, and then rinse the cask with cold water it will 

 be perfectly gweet for use. 



