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THE
COMPLETE
PRACTICAL
DISTILLER.
some
towns,
there
exist
distilleries
that
do
not
dispose
of
their
spent-wash
in
that
way,
it
is
because
they
can
sell
it
to
feeders,
who
in
general
hold
it
in
great
esteem.
Cattle
are
very
fond
of
it
;
it
nourishes
well,
and
keeps
them
in
a
good
state
of
health,
if
given
in
moderate
quan-
tities,
and
not
too
hot
;
but
to
use
it
as
a
powerful
means
of
producing
flesh,
it
should
be
mixed
with
linseed-cake,
which
makes
the
spent-wash
a
very
effectual
food.
Oxen
i^^y
hy
these
means
be
well
fed
in
three
months,
and
Hiey
will
look
remarkably
well
indeed.
EEMARKS
ON
AN
INSTRUMENT
INTENDED
FOK
TESTING
WINES.
For
a
long time
it
was
a
desideratum
at
Paris
to
dis-
cover
some
easy
mode
of
ascertaining
the
quantity
of
alcohol, or
pure
spirit,
in
wines
destined
for
distillation.
Some
time
in
the
year
1810
a
patent
was
granted
by
the
French
government
for
an
areometer,
that
was
to
an-
swer
the
intended
purpose
by
being
plunged
into
the
wines
that
were
to
be
tried,
with
an
addition
of
carbonate
of
lime.
This,
however,
not
bearing
the
test
of
experience,
came
to
nothing,
and
it
was
found
necessary
to
have
recourse
to
distillation.
M.
Descroizilles
therefore
resolved
to
attempt
the
construction
of
a small
alembic,
heated
by
spirits
of
wine.