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at all! This may be easily effected, by the 
Casks to be racked being placed on a high 
Stilling, so that the receiving Cask may 
stand under the Cock of the other,—to the 
Cock should be fastened a small Hose, 
long enough to reach from it to the Bottom 
of the Cask into which the Cider is to be 
racked, and into which, by these means, it 
will run with perfect facility and quietude. 
When the Cask that is racked from re¬ 
quires stooping, the Hose may be removed, 
and the remains of the Cider drawn off into 
Cans, previous to its transit into that already 
drawn off;—this is particularly necessary, 
as constant examination of the Liquor, at 
this period of the racking, is especially re¬ 
quired, to prevent any of the Lees, or 
Dregs, being mixed with the bright Cider. 
A Siphon should never be used for the 
purpose of racking, as it is almost invariably 
sure to produce Foulness in the Liquor to 
be racked, by the agitation unavoidable in 
introducing it into the Cask. 
