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he drew off a Cyderkin, or Firkin, that ferved 
for a prdent fmall Drink. 
Cyder made by a Hertford (hire Yeoman . — This 
Yeoman’s own Farm, which he occupied, was 
worth about fixty Pounds a Year ; and as he 
had a large Orchard, he made Cyder every 
Year, but feldom began making it till he had 
done fowing his Wheat, which was about All- 
hallontide , when his Apples had paffed through 
a regular Sweating. When he had ftamp’d and 
prefled his Apples by a Pulley-Prefs, he let their 
Juice remain in an open Tub working and fer- 
menting fome Time 5 at la ft he fkimmed off 
the Top, drawed it off as fine as he could, and 
barrelled it up, and in the Barrel he put a Bag 
of Wheat, and a Parcel of fiiced Pippins, for 
the Cyder to feed on, and did not tap it till it 
was a Year old. And I have been told, that it 
proved fo ftrong as to heat the Stomach, fparkle 
in a Glafs, drink fine to the laft, and thought 
to be excellent Cvder. 
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A Farmer s wrong IV ay of making Cyder . — ■ 
This Farmer lived within four Miles of Fringe 
in HertfordffAre , and, perverfe to all other Ways 
of making Cyder, he followed his own Way, 
which was, by putting up his new Cyder dired:- 
ly from the Prefs into theCafk, and after it had 
done fretting or fermenting, he bung’d it up. 
This Cyder he made from his gat he ted Apples, 
and his windfall Apples all together, and paid 
dear for his obftinate Ignorance ; for the Cyder, 
for Want of due Hackings, expended its wild 
Spirit 
