8 FAMILY RECEIPTS. 



up Avitli the shells, or molasses. A quart of molasses 

 Avill give a line flavour to a barrel of cider, as aycII as 

 carry rJl tlie lees to the bottom. But lest it should in- 

 cline the liquor to prick, or become sour, I put in at the 

 same time a quart of rum or brandy; and it seldom fails 

 of keeping v/cll to the end of summer. Cellars in which 

 cider is kept, should have neither doors nor windows 

 kept open in the summer, and the casks should stand 

 steady and not be shaken to disturb the sediment. 



The casks which contain new cider should be filled 

 perfectly full to permit the froth or pumice to discharge 

 itself at the bung. The pressure of the pumice should 

 be slow that the liquor may run the clearer. Some say 

 that if the cider be racked off in a week after it is made, 

 ceasing the moment it becomes muddy; in ten days a 

 second time, and in fifteen days a third time, it will need 

 no other process for fining or purifying it. In every in- 

 stance the casks should be clean, and perfectly filled, 

 cmd when filled for the last time should be bunged up 

 close, and placed in a deep, dry cellar, never to be mo- 

 ved till drawn off for use. 



The later the apples hang on the trees, the more spirit 

 the cider will contain. In bottling cider it is recom- 

 mended to raise the proof of the cider by putting in 

 about two tea spoonfuls of French brandy to each bot- 

 tle, which will check fermentation, and prevent the 

 bursting of the botles. 



TO KILL COCK-ROACHES. 



It is said that a few leaves of elder, strewed on the 

 floor of a room infested with cock-roaches, will extirpate 

 those insects. 



TO KEEP APPLES FOR WINTER USE. 



Put them in casks or bins, in layers, well covered with 

 dry sand; each layer being covered. This preserves 

 them from the air, from moisture, and from frost; it pre- 

 vents their perishing by their own perspiration, their 

 moisture being absorbed by the sand; at the same time, 

 it preserves tlie flavor of the apples, and prevents their 



