~ 390 RECIPES, 
TO REFINE CIDER. 
Take four ounces powdered alum, six eggs, two pounds 
clean sand, two ounces slacked lime, one pound loaf sugar, 
‘and one quart spirits, and put them in one barrel of cider. 
BEST ROOT BEER. 
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Take one-fourth pound American sarsaparilla roots, one- 
fourth pound burdock roots, one-fourth pound balsam boughs, 
boil them well in one and a half gallons water to one gallon, 
then strain the syrup; add one pound sugar and one-half 
ounce root ginger, bottle i and let it stand twenty-four hours 
till it works, 
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SPRUCE BEER. 
Take one ounce hops, one-half ounce ginger and one gal- : 
lon water, boil it well, and add one pint molasses, one-half 
ounce essence of spruce; when cold, add a tea-cupful of yeast 
and put it in a clean, tight cask; let it stand twenty-four 
hours, and then bottle it. 
TO SAVE EGGS. 
Seald them one minute and pack them in salt, the little 
end down; and dip them in ——- lime water, dry, and 
pack ilien 3 in salt. ¢ 
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TO FIT CORN TO PLANT. 
Soak your seed in warm water and saltpetre twelve hours, 
turn off the water, and put on hot water—stir it, turn it off, 
"put in a little tar, and stir it; then zt — as long as. 
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