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TO MAKE HENS LAY IN WINTER

Keep them warm; keep corn constantly by them, but do not feed it to them. Feed them with meat scraps when lard or tallow has been tried, or fresh meat. Some chop green peppers finely, or mix cayenne pepper with corn-meal, to feed them. Let them have a frequent taste of green food, a little gravel and lime, or clamshells. TO REMOVE OIL MARKS from wall paper where inconsiderate people rest their heads. Take pipe-clay or fuller's earth, and make into a paste, about as thick as ice-cream, with cold water; lay it on the stain gently without rubbing it in; leave it on all night. It will be dry by morning, when it can be brushed off, and unless an old stain, the grease spot will have disappeared. If old, renew the application.