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nefs, and Strength, and Flavour too to the 
Whole 5 and a large Beam for prefling, which 
he ever much infifled on, and large clean Vef- 
fels, the larger the Quantity the better it work’d, 
and fermented together. Other Management 
than this he never ufea ; and indeed he was fo 
clean, and neat, and dextrous by his Experi- 
ence about his Cyder, that it was a Pleafure to 
fee his Cyder Out-houfe, and all his Cafks laid 
up well wafhed, and fweet, fmelling like a Rofe ; 
all his Utenfils pretty, every Day wafhed and 
cleaned, his Plorfe pond likewife, which is pre- 
ferred to the Mill or Engine for grinding the 
Apples, all in the exa&eft Order ; for, he faid, 
the Goodnefs of Cyder very much depended 
upon the regular ordering and conducting of 
the Whole. But the common Farmer huddles 
up his Cyder any how ; fo they can get but a 
Quantity, they’ll hardly be at the Pains to 
ftrain it from the Wring, fo nafty and beaftly 
are they about it. 
I remember i had once a Hogfhead of Cyder 
about to prick and run to Vinegar, but by put- 
ting a few Lime-flones to it (burnt Lime) two 
or three Quarts of Wheat, and three or four 
Pounds of Raifins of the Sun, in a Month’s 
Time it was _as fine racy Cyder as Man would 
wifir to drink. Raifins of the Sun give a fine 
vinous Flavour to Cyder, Ale, Beer, <S ?c. 
And when my Cyder made upon my Farm 
has been crude, and of a Whey Colour, a few 
Pounds, two or three, of our Meloflas Sugar to 
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