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To Keep Suet

Snet chopped middle-sized stones to keep the sawdust fine and mixed with flour, if tied down tight down. Insert a faucet in the side of the in a jar will keep 10 days or 2 weeks, and is pipe, between the bottom and the false bottom. Now add 20 gallons proof spirit, and of the gun, beveling from the outer edge to draw off, three times every day, 15 gallons of nothing at the inward. It can be fastened in the tincture, and pour it back immediately. with rivets. It should be made of metal about As the sawdust acts as a filter, the tincture of an inch in thickness, and be fitted very neatly. will be ready for use and bright in 10 or 15 days. If a greater quantity is required, double the above proportions and use a gin cask.

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