Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1915 — 185-Barrel Cistern Full of Good Cider. [ARTICLE]

185-Barrel Cistern Full of Good Cider.

Princeton, Ind., Xov. P. —Albert F. Dougan has a 185-barrel cistern brimming full of good apple cider on his farm four miles southwest oi Princeton. Handicapped by lack of barrels and the immensity of his apple crop, Mr. Dougan had a huge cistern constructed. It was well lined with concrete, and a heavy coating of parafin was placed over the concrete. . while a regular cistern pnmp, new and clean, fitted closely over the top. Then he started making cider with his big mill, a pipe carrying tlie cider from the press directly into tiie cistern, where the paraffin coating keeps the apple Juice fre.-h and sweet and prevents fermentation. The cistern, with its IS 5-parrel capacity, would not'hold all the cider, and Mr. Dougan bad to barrel considerable. He pumps the cider from the' cistern the same as water. Townspeople and farmers, from/miles go there to get cider and “see it pumped from the cistern.”