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and put into a well cleansed hogshead, which is filled 

 with the fermented cyder. 



Querj/ I4th, Do you rack the cyder, if so, at 

 what times, and how often ? 



Answer. We rack the cyder for the first time, soon 

 after the fermentation has ceased, a second time, soon 

 after the ebullition of the first racking has completely 

 subsided ; the third time, when drawn off to be put on 

 the fining ; the fourth time, when drawn off from the 

 lees of the fining ; the fifth time, when the consequent 

 ebullition has again completely ceased, and the cyder 

 has lain perfectly still for eight or ten days, when it 

 may be drawn off into barrels, so that drawing from the 

 barrels into bottles may be counted a sixth racking. 



I am, dear sir, 

 Your obedient servant, 

 Henry Wynkoop. 

 Joseph B. M'Kean, esq^. 



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