Buckeye Cookery

Tried and approved: the great American housekeeping bible of 1880.

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TO CLEAN WELLS OF FOUL AIR

Throw down a peck of unslaked lime.

The heat produced carries out the foul air with a rush. WHEN A CHIMNEY TAKES FIRE-throw salt on the fire, and shut off the draught as much as possible, and it will burn out slowly. DISH-WATER AND SOAP-SUDS-poured about the roots of young fruit-trees, currant and raspberry bushes, etc., facilitate their growth. CHEAP PAINT FOR IRON FENCING. 'ENCING. -Tar mixed with yellow-ochre makes an excellent green paint for coarse woodwork or iron fencing.

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