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•\vor.ld make a trial of this method; it is alfended \vilij 

 ho expcnce and but little trouble, and will have the de- 

 isii-ed etVect. 



I would recommend that the jirr-r, as it comes from 

 the press, be placed in open h•.;ad^;d cisks or vats; in 

 this situation, it is most likely to u:ideri;o a proper fer- 

 mentation, and the person attending maj- with great 

 correctness ascertain whent'iis ru\-:t fermentation ceases; 

 this is of g!<Nat importance and m'jst be j::n ticularly at- 

 tended to The fermentatron is attended with a hissing 

 noise, bubbles ris nj; to the surface, and there forming 

 a soft spungy crust over the liquor. When this crust 

 beo"insto crack, and a white froth appears in the cracks 

 level with the surface of the head, the fermentation is 

 about stopping. At this time tiie liquor is in the fine 

 genuine clear state, and must be drawn off immediately 

 into clean casks ; and this is the time to fumigate it with 

 ffulphur To do this take a strip of canvas or rag, about 

 two inches broad and twelve inches long, dip this into' 

 melted sulphur, and when a few pails of worked Cider 

 arc put into the cask, set this macth on fire and hold it in 

 the cask, till it is consumed, then bung the cask and 

 shake it that the liquor may incorporate with and retain 

 tlie firncs ; after this fill the ca«k and bung it up This 

 Cider should be racked off again the latter part of Fe- 

 bruary, or first of March ; and if not as clear as 3'our 

 wish it, put in isinglass to fine it, and stir it well ; then 

 put the cask in a cool place where it will not be disturb- 

 ed, for the fining to settle. Cider prepared in 'this man- 

 ner will keep sweet for years. 



It is certainly of great importance to the people of A- 

 mcrlca to cultivate the frnitthatis natural to the soil of 

 their country, and to make the most of the fruit which 

 tlie soil produces ; especiallj', when its produce is an ar- 

 ticle of value, and of great consumption in this country. 



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