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J. & P. WAGNER, Props. 
RIDERWOOD, MARYLAND 
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U.S. Department of Agriculture : 
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We take pleasure in offering our third list of wine-growers' requisites, with new itemse 
These are items of tested practicality, used by small wine-growers from one end of France 
to the other. We still lack good corkscrews, pruning shears, serpettes and wine thieves, 
but will have them eventually. 
Saccharometere The wine-maker's indispensable tool, for rapid testing of sugar-contente 
Dujardin=-Salleron standard model, with instructions $1.95 postpaid. Deluxe model, more 
finely made, with larger scale and built-in thermometer for making temperature correction, 
$4045 postpaide Hydrometer jar for use with either, $1.25 postpaide 
&cid-Testing Sete Standard imported Dujardin-Salleron model, giving fast and accurate results, 
complete, $995 postpaid. Additional reagent, per pint (enough for a season of testing), 
$1e50 per pint postpaid. 
Alcohol-lesting Set. Determines alcoholic content of both dry and sweet wines by distill- 
ation, only method legal in France, and is in effect a well-designed miniature still operated 
by alcohol lampe Made by Dujardin-Salleron. Gives alcoholic content to one-half of one 
per cente $18.50 postpaide Deluxe model, larger and much more substantial, used by French 
internal revenue agents, giving contents to one-tenth of one per cente $48.00 postpaid. 
Hand Corking Machine. French "Sanbri™ brand, widely used by peasants who grow their own 
wine and by the urban bourgeois who buy their annual barrel of Beaujolais or Fronsac and 
bottle it at home. Does a good job with standard wine corks, $4.25 postpaid. 
fable Corking Machine. "“Sanbri,” much used by small proprietors and restaurateurs in France. 
Light but sturdy, solid brass jawse Mount on table or bench. $18.50 postpaid. 
Sulphur Pastilles. We formerly listed the conventional sulphur strips, traditionally used 
for burning in cooperage to keep it sweet and sterile, and for burning in containers just 
prior to filling, for the purpose of preventing oxidation of winee The pastilles, imported 
by us from France, are far superior. ‘They resemble large “Lifesavers, and are easily 
suspended in barrel or five-galion bottle while burning; they give an accurate dosage 
because they are of uniform size; they do not dripe S-gme pastilles, 50 for $1.00 postpaid; 
lO-gme pastilles, 50 for $1675. (One 5egme pastille will keep a 50-gallon barrel sweet for 
six months, or will provide an atmosphere of S05 for a half-dozen S-gallon bottles when 
racking white wine). ot er 
Metabisulfite. SQ2 in small quantities is indispensable in wine-making to assure a clean 
fermentation, to control fermentation when making sweet wines of the Sauternes type, and to 
prevent oxidation after fermentation, especially of white winee "Meta" offers the most easily 
measurable source of $02 for such purposes and is standard in all wineries. Dissolved ina 
small quantity of wine, grape juice or warm water, it yields half its weight in $02, so that 
dose is easily calculated. Fer lbe, $1.25 postpaid. 
Grape Crusher. A good crusher is indispensable for both red and white wine, and this is a 
good onee Adjustable rollers and flywheel, wooden hopper 20" by 20". Fits over open barrel 
or tube $22.50 fieoeb« Philadelphia. Order before price goss upe 
Wine Presse Italian type, with heavy screw rigidly mounted in cast iron base, ratchet lever 
system, complete with press basket and mounted on metal legse Basket size 12" by 12", $26.50 
feOebe Note: This press is adequate for a small red-wine vintage, but a press of larger cap- 
acity is desirable when making white wine, owing to the fact that fresh grapes press more 
