04 



Ni^llill..miyll, tlic \vli..le i-f llii- wiiitcrV (.nHliiitioii m onisiiineil witliiii n ymr. 

 and til»! rwwoti is evident; it is iinjiowilile tliiit the n'|«eiitetl hmtiii-p» whi.li tlie 

 Silke reiiuires «lining the snnmier nidiitli» in onler t.> jm-vent it g"inf? »tteily I« 

 ileciiy sIm'IiM Ih- witliont elTect njxin its ipiftlity. Kiirtlier tlie li.iniil is not 

 lieiite.l until tlie lia-wer detivts im intipient s|Kiiliii|;, whieli nu-iins tlie ivln-july 

 eonsideruhle .levelopnu'iit of f<-rmcnt witli tbo pr(Kluiti..n <»f Imlyrie «cid, and 

 altlioii<;1i a |)ortit.n of the latter is proliahly driven away on heatin«^. some w »nm 

 to remain. I'.y rei«ated fennentatiun and heatin;;, then-fnn-, the amount of 

 l.nlyric constantly incre.ises. and thus in time, the Fake Jnunt Urome un- 

 drinkahle. 



A |)riK'es8 8im|.lo and elTective, which will im-serve the ».ike i» evi.iently 

 f^riMtly desired hy lnvwers, as is shown l>y the many attemjits whidi have lie«'n 

 ma-le to n.-e salicylie a.id for this junpos«-. Mr. Knrschelt wrote a iKimphlct 

 ivlv(K-alin<; the Ufc of this antiseptic, and succeisled in i*^Tsuadin;; many lan^- 

 Im-wers to try it, hut so far ius I can lenrn, the success of the exiHTiment has n-.t 

 l«in such as to satisfy the cxiK-ctations raised. Salicylic aci.l ha« U-«-ii intnMluced in 

 Kiiiniie of late years as a means of pn-ventinji the deterioration of wine and Ikit, 

 :iii(l when employed in sufluient ((uantity apix'ars to answer the purjio«! in 

 the climates of Knfjl.iiid and Cermany. IVof. Knll,,- mentions that "sali.-ylie 

 acid a.hled to new wine entirely prevented after- lermen tat i-.n. It ap|«ars also to 

 Invent wine kej-t in half empty Lotties lioconiin}? stale and sonr. The .piantity 

 of the acid found snni<-icnt for the i-uriKis«' was 0.2 Rnim. (or 0.1 fjram. salicylic 

 mid and 0.1 f^ram acid |H)tassinm sulphate) jier Ijottle". He also ■;ives ex|«Ti- 

 menfs showing; the inlhicnce of the presence of dilVerin;; (piantili.-s of »iilicylie 

 arid ujn-n a lii;ht, En;,'lish Uvr, which would u.sually keep for al»iut four month«. 

 The quantities a<lded were to 100 litres .if the l>eer. 



itKKR UKKWi-.n i.n; .l.\Nl .\kv i-^:..* 



Woiglit of sniicvlicnciil 

 aililfil to IIH) liln-n of tx-pr, 







2.ii grams 



5 ,. 



10 „ 



40 



M^nminiHl in August 1875. 



Sour 



Not roimI ta«to<l 



CirMxl toKt'i) mill in k'mmI con 

 ililioii. 



(ionil, «parkliiiK, niiJ cl*«r: 

 of jjikmI tiiKlo nixl nronin. 



(ifK>il,»|inrkliiig, cli-nrniiil full 

 lin«tic<l. 



Ilntlicr too npw in tn«tp. Very 

 pxwl. 



Kxaniimt] in Ik-cemher 1876. 



Sour. 



fin«<l In»t>-<1. 



f iocn) in evpry rc»p«rt. 



Clear, K|iarklini; nnil of goud 

 nnirnn. Kxr»'ll<'nt in «-very 



I jlcp lliP forrgoing, liul fiillpf- 

 iHMliod and very ii|«rkliug. 



• AUtnict» in .lournnl of ll.. Cli.m. S<K-irty. I^.n.lon 1«7«. rol. 1. ].. W2. From J. pr. 

 Ch. [2] xiii. U«. 



