Buckeye Cookery

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

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TO PREVENT PUMPS FROM FREEZING

Take out the lower valve in the fall, and drive a tack under it, projecting in such a way that it can not quite close. The water will then leak back into the well or cistern, while the working qualities of the pump will not be damaged.

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