American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1822-09-27
WILMINGTON, FRIDAY, 81 SEPTEMBER 1922

it tight This gives you the strength of near four
barrels OF cider, in one.-The strength given to i'll
by The brandy Will preserve its sweetness entire for
many years That which drank was ten or twelve
years old and it was not impaired by age. When it
is used, it only requires sufficient quantity of wa
ter mixed with it, to render it excellent cider-The
barrel should be new, and clean. To guard against
the rottlug which is caused by damp cellars, they
should be iron bound, and we'll painted. In this
manner, any farmer, who has the fruitsmay put up
in six barrels, the essence of twenty barrels good
cider, and keep it until time of need. 1t will fine
itself; and will grow better with an increase of age.
Besides; II it is not wanted cider, tits very plea
SAINT cordial, when undiluted and with the addition
of bushel of wild grapes bruised and put into each
barrel, 1t imbbes the peculiar flavor of the grapes
and becomes very pleasant wine. AS there is an
unusual quantity of apples this year, have thought
this communication might be useful to agriculur-
lists. Now is the time for grinding up the early
wndfalls; and the cider, which these produce, if
distilled, will furnish the brandy necessary for ma
king the cider wine. And assure you, my friends,
prepared in this way, it is much pleasanter, and less
injurious to health and morals, than when drank in
the usual manner, mixed with water.
Those farmers, who are fond of good cider, with
their food, and who have felt the want Of it, in
sequence OF a scarcity of apples, will trust, feel
the importance of attending TO this subject, now,
another season, when their neighbors destitute,
lthe possession Of plenty of excellent CIDER in cider
cellars, will more fully realize to them the value of
this communication, if they will make the expert
ment. A. b.
FLAX. .9n0ther machine has been invented by
Samuel Davidson, of Romulus, N Y. for dressing
flax Its whole cost, including the patent right, is
uuly forty dollars II has been tried by many oil
the most respectable farmers. They estimate the
saving in labor at three fourths, and the saving in
| flax at one fifth, compared with the common mode;
while it leaves the texture OF the thread unbroken.
BY the use OF this machine the process of rotting
lmay be dispensed with as will answer for dressing
the fax either with or without rotting.
| This improvement promises to be extensively
useful-ils priceis small that every neighborhood
may easily have machine, Flax is an article oil
easy cultivation and great product if the process Of
rotng and usual way OF cleaning it be dispensed
with, and must become an important staple to the
lpeople of the interior for home and transport
the sea-board, sc. A pound of flax may be carried
lany given distance as readily as pound of corn
lpork Sec, The cost OF transportation will be ths
same; but the amount of that cost to the relative
value of the article, will be essentially different
The seed too, if crushed and made into OIL viii
always find ready market, and better pay charges
for carriage than any sort of provisions that our far
liners raise in the interior Oil mills may be cree
ted at small expense, and would yield large profit
Ito their owners if the supply of seed abundant
lin any part OF our country west OF the mountains
We feel both publicly and personally ntereste
in the cultivation of flax and the use of flaxen good
l-publicy because it will add much to the nationa
prosperity; privately, because we cannot have goot
paper without fiaxen rags TO make it of-NiteS'.