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an upright i %-inch pipe, which was built into 

 the wall, coming out at the top of the 6-inch 

 ledge upon the barn floor, terminating 2 feet 

 above the floor with a plug and side stop-cock, 

 arranged to collect the gases for examination, 

 to sound the depth of' juice and draw it off 

 at the bottom over the well, also for general 

 purposes of examination. The end of the 

 drip pipe at the centre of the pit terminated 

 in an elbow, with 3 inches of pipe coming up 

 through the cemented bottom and flush with 

 it. These pipes are a part of the governor, 

 which in this pit is a frame of i-inch iron pipe 

 26 feet long and 6 feet wide, perforated with 

 %-inch holes every 6 inches, arranged to 

 sleeve together at the corners, in the centre, 

 and at the sides 6^ feet from the ends, and 

 put together in such a way that the whole of 

 it can be put in in fifteen minutes, and every 

 part of it is taken out separately, as it is found 

 in taking the forage from the pit; it is also 

 placed so that the forage cannot stop up the 

 54-inch air holes. In the centre of this frame 

 is a X that turns down 3 inches into the drip 

 pipe. In practical use, this is all of the bot- 

 tom governor. 



The governor being in place, we cut the 

 corn in J^-inch lengths, fill the pit a little 



