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Product — 250 gallons of cider costing 9.2c. per gallon, 

 while the yield per bushel is two gallons. 

 Specific gravity of cider 1.050. 

 (2) 4 men @ $2.00 $8.00 



750 bu. apples @ 12c. 90.00 



Fuel 3.00 



Total cost $101.00 



Product — 3000 gallons of eider costing 3.4c. per gallon, 

 while the yield per bushel was four gallons. 

 Specific gravity of cider 1.062. 



In the first case the high cost of cider would prohibit its 

 use in manufacturing purposes and besides one half is lost in 

 the pomace. By the use of modern machinery the cost is re- 

 duced from 9.2c. per gallon to 3.4c. and might be further re- 

 duced if pomace were repressed. However this gives us a 

 cider at a price we can afford to use for the manufacture of a 

 variety of products. 



Our own laboratory experience bears out the above fig- 

 ures, except that we could not quite average two gallons per 

 bushel when the hand press was used. 



Having found a means of securing a cheap cider, the 

 next question is how is it going to be handled so that a profit 

 may be secured. 



At the present time there is a considerable demand for 

 a pure cider jelly. This is used in cooking, flavoring, etc., 

 and while not a table jelly yet many families use it for such. 

 One bushel of cider apples will make about seven pounds of 

 this jelly Avhich has a wholesale value of five cents per 

 pound. This leaves a margin of twenty-three. cents to cover 

 cost of making and marketing. This certainly should be suf- 

 ficient to insure a fair profit. 



Boiled cid,er is another product which is in rather gener- 

 al use here in New England. "When properly made it is of a 

 beautiful deep red color, very attractive and of excellent 

 flavor. When reduced to the proper degree one bushel of 

 cider apples will, make a little more than three quarts. This 



