38 



m)t lamtXl^^^l^^^ 



tion of the aspirant for ■jf^l'-^' ^]'''^" 7„|::,\°nf: 

 tain to it ? Does U come lorvvar. »>'' "''^^ '."^^^ 



this lottery. Tl.e ""■"<^^" '.''"^J" J Le are the 

 may he seen at every couiei, but vvi.. 



ninety and nine who draw -';^^„f " V ,Uh 

 tained liow unccrlain Us po&sessiun . 



!f:;nLhyvani.y;Mi>y;^|;;^ ->S;.^£ 



and is one which the -^^Ji;- %° S« ' ( 

 tends to corroborate.— (i4«inq/s "^b- "^ 

 JJlica, 1840. ^ ^ . 



,„ay be snbsti.nled, as black bnch, ah ^''-'^^M ^^^ ^|,„„,,, ,,^ ^^ or above the hulgo ol the low^ 



blacl< oal<, white poplar, &c- 1 ' <= ' '^ , ^. °";". '/^.'Vask, so as to allow of room for the vnej^.r to 

 jsed. but soon becomes bad and bhouin 1)L le I ei casK, a _ ^ _^. i, „.,-,„ ol the 



"Vinegar Makiii§ 

 By PRor. L. D. Gale. 



,„',"'iri.S nnxea ..W. .o-' 1~> «"1 •"-' 

 fe,„„,i,y l!J-~ ,.„„, „„ ,,, „, o, 



o, the ";''|;; ° ;^ f,'^:,i,dS" nd condensh.g the 



liiuciiiui J i.'ivrlisb V nefiar generally 



and born uhi.Ucy. * ""'.'° j tj^ig ;« allowed 

 contains ^>''l'''^'"'^ ""^^^ni n of tm. to live per 

 '" f"7s ■;; d p^ nt tl.e fortna.ion of tnother, 



is, Ssi£ts/,£;T=s£ 



gooilviiK. u ,,,„ Germans bnvo introduced a 



i;r:V '• '!''''--'■'-'■ "'''"'''^-r'nff 



whbin the cotnpass of a few hotns. 1 he bes lot 

 vi ' ar is now made in from two to four bom., 

 n a standing cask ci^ht feet '"lil.,""'! "^' 

 fer in .lia,netcr:it is practicable W."'"'<« , "^ 

 . o tWtv gallons it. a day of tweuty-lour boms. 



Tleapparat,,sns....lin the quick, or German 

 proces;; ii very sttnple in its conslruct.on. and .s 



'It L:';'i!o'.na.le of one lon„h of stave, as here 

 re esemed, or of two whiskey, or mo hu^- '-im- 

 beds ; or lastly, .1 may he made ot two u u c 



uts- the hm«-i'- 1""I">1'« .s prelorable. lie 

 cl n..L of the lower one, a.wl the lower chute ol 

 t e ,u or are to be trimmed oiV, so that the upper 

 casks -nay T,cr.^ceivcd into the lower one. But 

 n evio s u, this operation, tho upper part ol the 



owe calk, atul both heads ol <!- npi- "- 

 .^,ould be r^tnove.l, and '^^'^ '^^>^' .'^^JZiZ 



:!"^;:i^i:n'';,::^r';r:b:'r':iiil:;:'w''l9 



iiKpi^i hut soon nurunicn I'^v. .-."-. 



ewed east once b. three years, and bes.des 

 he v ne'ar has a slight bitter taste Any ktnd 

 of .n pie that splits well will do. The shavmgs 

 should be made in a particular way; they should 

 !rtt^hickuessofa.\ei-d,thofan,neb tw^^^^^ 

 iuches long, a.id rolled mto a co.l. They should 

 he an inch or an inch and a ha H wide 



T ey are best made by P'"'""!? -"'V^J'^f/'^ 

 open-mouthed plane from the edge of a plank 

 cut i.tto twelve or fourteen mch Umgths. 



The next thing to be done, is to hll up tie 

 Stan to within eight inches of the top, and he e 

 su. nort by means of wooden pins, a hoop ou the 

 lUe stffficienlly thick to support on it a a se 

 head filled with qgarler holes, soy two inc les 

 nnri and with two chimney holes one and a 

 hind diameter, for the purpose of vent, attoii 

 I'he stand is now ready for working, and is put 

 i to operation by procuring BU.ffic-n'/-:^..^:^); 

 ,„u- to thoroiighlv wet the shavings, by po iim„ i 

 n t ?e fal^e head. The attainment ot this point 

 Ts know*^ by tit; liquor running out freely through 



l^'"i.!;rf tl~metefin one of the chimneys 

 lav a cover over the top and leave the stand to 

 litelf The temperature of the room should be 

 (rom seventy to eighty degrees. 



In from Ibrty-eigbt to seventy-two 'louis t e 

 Uiermometer will begin to rise, and wd s . nd 

 from ei"bty-five to ninety degrees. W 1 en it lias 

 •e "he r eighty-six degrees, draw out boin the 

 IV cet paflful of the vinegar, and pour np as 

 he -ore ad i^l- there be not enough to run again 

 fieeW tro'-gh ibe shavings, more vinegar mus 

 letiy 11 a j. p j teedings it 



be supVlieil- "^ 01 a lew Ol ui „,, , , 



inavrequi'-emo'-etlianapadlul. ^ .M T 



^ in and so continue to do, at intervals ot an 

 t,;,, 'until .he liquid and shavings "- sufficient- 

 ly soured ; which is ascertained by i le taste 

 the viiie-ar, but still better by analysis. 



When the shavings are once well acidified, 

 ,hey will ordinarily ifeat np so as to require feed 



he kept on hand. In this case, the size ol" the 

 boles for supplying air should be one-eigh h c^f 

 an inch instead of one bal an inch. >', ''^ 1* ^ 

 remarked, that these directions are ^ufl-^' '^°^ 

 ,he purposes of the farmer or any one wl o d^ 

 s res to make his own vinegar, but they are not 

 c i ical and minute enough for the m«.'"'';''^'"^«[- 

 Much skill and experience are requisite to con - 

 pete with those already in the l^"-""^f ;, . F'^'^. '' 

 La distinct and large business, especially in the 

 ne ghbo.",ood of New York, where "of ess than 

 fifteen or twenty tliousand gallons are daily made 

 in and about tl>e city, consnining some fi teen 

 hundred or two thousand gallons of piool wln8 

 kev. — Eureka. , . ... 



We have novcr seen any vineg- njanuf^tured •" h^ 

 ,,,„e,.,,_or 1, on r e wo ^^^^^^^Z ,00.1 



nor in a hnndred ; it l-^l"';^^; "^cen in the h.bit^f ob- 

 a RooJ article, we have latterly been ^^^^^ ^^. ^.^ 



ta.n.ng from °- g^,^,''-.^;^,. =■„,"', th anSlher gallon of 

 best Older -'"<=S"' ^f "f^^"=/eonriiment worthy of any 

 Tnl ea".l^e, n:;Sr?^::n,.end the city lover of ,o.d 

 vinegar to try it.— Ed. Far. CABl^F.T. 



Dairying. 



Although every farmer in M"ine does a btt^ 

 •m the daiTv line, vet there are but very lew re„u 



rr!:me;:i;^tJi:?daryoper.ionwi.,pay^ 



Sixrirfis^d^r'Srsiie:^^; 



w.U is well. lone in these things, always pays < 



:;:.;r an orulHiieese and butter den^r: 

 If New York City issue.l a circular to 'he do^^ 

 formers of their State, in which they laid dou 

 Uie following rules for guides to those who man 



"'^::^^;;:ts^:-i:ra;l'^:r,l:^:::liuandre„n, 

 Sih-^r^^.:::;^;.:v;;:n^rt,n 



iiig once 



ordinarily heat up so as to require leea- , ,,e.,, ,|,o„|,l '•« «V"l\o'"':-'. , ■■'■"; V. 

 U: an hoir, and may be managed in the wi^l a^biiit ; w en the cmd^-s.prop^ 



'^'Xr'liaoTl^^eUoir for stock one^mcasurec,! 



-i:rs^uh:!vra;;o;ri:^ot^"-'- 



;otl nu;^ ada one measure of it to the stock res- 



"'of';bis mixture you may pour ui. 'wo and « 



h-,f.'alloii«,and when it has run lluougb, and 



hri^;;th::^againco,.ieuptoeigh.y;S.x.^recs 



in the chimneys,-say in about «" ' ° '' " .^^^ 



out from the faucet and I'O'"- .-'I';'; ''^ f, ,' ,e 

 ihrou.'h a second time, when if the st, nil ne i 

 'Jr order, the vinegar 'is finished ; «. -rwise . 

 r,uist be run through a third ^">XtZ 

 has again come up to cighty-six '■]^P^f (, 



'I'h? strength of v iie-ar is a niattei ot nincn 

 imp taicero tho buyer as well - to .'he numu- 

 foc'turcr-it is the absolute '1"""!"-^ o' Y/',," ' s 



tvl'iicb ■loulrali.es the acid. The v.neija.. o 



tested is poured -"^ " ^^^ '"^ '.k^ c i^n, Ue 

 mouthed two ounce vial hlled wUh m y c. 

 of potash, and exactly balanced m a >:' •" 

 e ••irv's scales, and small portions ot it a.bh.d to 

 ^^"^b;Jgarm,,illi.nms paper when lumie^^^^^ 



becomes "violet blue, instead of c- ^W' > 



leiiuires ten percent, proof vhiskcj, atul 

 '''^^l^^"-r:2rhiroL.neg.racco. 



^;r';;t^;ut:rtil:s^in::u7l^ig 



a ;,er,-sour beer, cider slops, the washings 

 of cider barrels, &.c., &c., and instead ol 



^"n;:;.uut':::;h:^;o:u;ru;t.:ur.bec..rd 



L^^orWh clean fine salt, pure froit, irne 



?t;!ni:c^l;n^rwi^ivrm^.e':n!:i:;i 



;^;^i^;, "^irises tight, cmuimiemp^^ 

 -r'^^^^^wZm.;m,lu;;:r,!:nd^t.^^; 



York and Knglish maikets. J^^ "'■ . ^f ,„ 



too much beat m the process «stin» 

 ,,„„er to be soft, ami ol l'"« r " ' ;'^.;., ]* 

 uwaxy character. Never ".'l'",;^ '.".eafot 

 mrtich; of milK before it is laid 'o" -;«»,,, 

 V h fine rectified or ground solar salt, an.l 



ide fr- 



■ work- 



"'"' 



vbcii 



-TlT7asl>een found that the best and most d.U- 

 buu' r IS oblained wl,en the cro.n, »>;-•.« ,,Jc 

 lure of 5.-; = , and ,1 it is over ^'^ '"^^^ ,Uii >''■ 

 and the iiuanlity dinnmehcd. t-Ncry u.n } 

 thcrinomcler. 



