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AMERICAN GRAPE GROWING 



Fig. 14 ^WOODEN FUNNEL. 



therefore, unhandy, except for very large establishments. 



These are about 5 feet long by 5 feet diameter, and should 



be placed on strong beams 

 in the cellar, about 18 inch- 

 es above the floor and 15 to 

 18 inches from the wall, so 

 as to enable you to examine 

 them at any time and clean 

 them of mould or cobwebs. 

 Their cost at present is 

 about 7 cents per gallon. 

 Imported Rhenish wine 

 casks, holding from 80 to 



160 gallons each, are also very good if they have not been 



allowed to sour or become mouldy, but, of course, they 



take up more room in proportion than 



do large casks. 

 5th. A STRoiq^G Wooden Funnel. — 



This is oblong, with a copper pipe in 



the bottom, and has two short wooden 



legs, so that it will set firmly on the 



cask. Any good cooper can make one. 



See figure 14. 

 6th. Tubs to be Used in Pressing. 



— ^Any good pine or cedar tubs will do 



for the purpose. Also clean tin or 



wooden pails should be provided in 



abundance. 

 7th. A Saccharometer or Must 



Scale. — This is important and you 



can not do without, as they are the 



only sure guides as to quality of the 



must, and you can not make wine ra- 

 tionally or with certainty of success, ^^S- is- 



unless you know what amount of sugar and acid the 



must contains. Oechsle's is the one most commonly 



