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iron, or flrorig afh hoopjs, will not be very 

 considerable 5 if the weather fhould prove' 

 cold the fermenting keeves fhould be covered 

 with bags, cc in order to quicken the fer- 

 mentation, which will be compleated in fix 

 or feven days if the weather be temperate, pro- 

 vided no new or unfermented cyder be put 

 into the keeye, which above all things fhould 

 be carefully avoided ; when the fermentation 

 is over, the liquor will be fine, and fhould 

 then be racked off into very clean hogfheads, 

 fmoaked with brimftone matches ; the hogf- 

 heads fhould not be bunged or itopt clofe till 

 all fymptoms of fermentation ceafe ; and in 

 three weeks or a month it fhould be a fecond 

 time racked, ftjll obfervjng to fmoak the hogf- 

 heads with brimftone, then the hogfheads 

 fhould with the greateft care be very clofely 

 flopped 5 the keeves muft be entirely emptied 

 before the new preJTed cyder is poured into 

 them. The great fecret in making good cyder, 

 5s to prevent or mitigate its fermentations, 

 the firft excepted ; and nothing will fo ef- 

 fectually do this, as repeated racking from the 

 foul lee. 



<l Do not prefs wildings till Candlemas, or 

 until they begin to rot ; and when the juice 

 is prdfed oot, let it be boiled in a furnace 

 for one hour, before it be fuffered to work 

 or ferment, and that will greatly foften the 

 acrimony of its juice." 



Mr. 



