Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1837-11-16
Miscellaneous.
From tho GcncSscc Farmer.

APPLE MoLAssEs. BY TRY AND SEE.
-brolher farmers, will you listen to me =
few minutes. while tell yor how to provide
yourself with a Grst rate article, and one Of
prime necessity. You are probably in
something of Il haste, though i hope You
have you potatoes dug and safe in your eel
lar, Tor there are many things n farmer has
TO 90 to be ready for winter. 1t is lust
about election time also, and every farmer
should manage so as to be able to drop in
at the poll and give his vote for n good man
aud true ; but do not do, as many who will
make the privilege of volin" an excuse for
spending a whole day at The tavern, imbib-
ing, "wct damnation."
II you are q married man. rs ! hope Won
arc Tor no other one has consistent claim 10
the character of n good citizen, YOU know
orIf you donot, your wife does, that il costs
no trlflIng sum to provide sweetness for a
family, willie there is no possibility of doing
without it; and experience has fully shown
me, that for many of the purposes of do
mcstic cookery, Apple Molascs is far pref
cradle 10 West India, while it is ut the same
y time much cheaper.
make little cider, my apples arc worth
more fed to my hogs than for cider; but !
make q practice of selecting my best swcc,
apples, those that furnish the richest, hcav-
iSoe INiuVi hIt iihhitIS I IplI
using the cider thus obtained for making
apple or ounce preserves. boiling down for
molasscs, and keep two or three barrels for
drink, ultimate conversion into vinegar
When new from the press, and before fer
incubation commences, that which intend
for boiling is brought to the house, and
boiled in brass to the proper cousistcncc
taking care not TO burn IL, as that gives
the molases n disagrceablo favour and
taking off the scum that rises during the
process. The quantity to be boiled or the
nup,i.cr of barrels Of ";1si rcq"rcd 10 nuke
one of molaD,rs, will depend greatly on the
kind OF apples used, and the richness OF
tho new liquor. our. Or fnnr and a half,
are generally sufficient, but when care is
not useI III making tho selection Of arih.-
five barrels may sometimes he necessary
but let it take more or less, enough must be
used to make the nolasscs, when cold, rs
thick as the best West India. When boil.
ed sufficiently, it should he turned into vcs
sells to cool, and from them transferred to {
new swcct barrel, put into Il cold cellar
RA/vhere it would keep without trouble, ant
NJ ready for use at all times.
HsMolasses made in this way will be pure
and possess Il vinous or rather branded
flavor, which makes il far superior to TIT
West India for mincc, apple or tart pies
though where the apples used arc very sour
a small quantity of imported mo!asscs ma.
be advantagcously used. 1t is also excel
lent for making beer in the summer, givin!
it a briskncss, and favour which common
molasses will not; in short, there are bu
fcw uses to which moIasscs is applied, j
which it will not be found equal or superio
to the ether. Its c%heapncss should also b
a decided recommendation with the farmer
The cider from which l manufacture m
molasscs, is worth at tho press a dollar
barrel, and is worth n dollar to reduce
10 molasscs, thus making the cos, Of a bal
rel Of molasscs, allowing four and a ha