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of casks, in March of the second year, you 

 may turn your casks with the bungs turned 

 down to the sides, and leave them thus until 

 the following change of casks without filling 

 up. The fourth year you may still leave them 

 with the bungs to the side, and only draw off 

 in March ; and after that you may dispense 

 altooiether with drawino- off. 



If you wish to bottle your wine, first of 

 all rinse the bottles, and, above all things, let 

 them drain well, and clarify your wine at the 

 same time. This is done with the whites of 

 from four to ten eggs to every sixty gallons of 

 wine ; the younger your wine is, the higher its 

 color or the greater its strength, the more eggs 

 it will require. "When it is old and light, few- 

 er eggs are necessary. Wines are also clari- 

 fied when, on being drawn off to change casks, 

 they are not clear, or in case of giving signs 

 of spoiling ; and the graver these signs are, 

 the more white of egg is to be used, and the 

 more brimstone to be burned in the new cask. 

 Beat up the whites with a little wine, adding 



