TFIE OOLOGIST. 



How to Keep Cut Fruix Fresh. 

 Often a housewife does not wish to 

 use the whole of a fruit or vegetable 

 at once, and in such cases as these the 

 problem arises as to how the fruit can 

 be kept fresh after it has been cut. 

 Often a watermelon, pineapple or cu- 

 cumber is too large for one meal, and 

 one wishes to Icnow how to keep the 

 remainder fresh. This can be done by 

 cutting the amount you wish to use 

 straight across one end without first 

 peeling it and then standing the re- 

 mainder of the fruit flat down on a 

 china plate or enameled dish of suffi- 

 cient size that no air can penetrate be- 

 tween the dish and the fruit. The fruit 

 should be stood on the cut end. Never 

 use a tin dish for standing it on. 



How to Keep Food at Its Best. 

 Green vegetables should be put in 

 the Icebox as soon as they are deliv- 

 ered. Salad greens should be thrown 

 into water or wrapped in a damp cloth 



and theu in newspaper and left in the 

 air If they are not to be used imme- 

 diately. Proper receptacles of glass or 

 tin should be provided for the cereals, 

 and they should be emptied where they 

 belong at once and closely covered to 

 prevent insects g<'tting in them. Cof- 

 fee should go at once into an air tight 

 canister or it will lose its aroma. Salt, 

 soap and cheese should be kept in a 

 dry place, and olive oil should be kept 

 cool. 



How to Make Linoleum. 

 A good, strong linoleum may be made 

 from old brussels carpet that has not 

 been worn through. Tack the carpet 

 right side down on the floor and then 

 apply paint, giving it a large number 

 of coats, the last few coats to be of 

 the desired color, allowing each coat 

 to dry well. If the paint begins to 

 wear apply a fresh coat of paint. The 

 effect of mosaic tile may be produced 

 by dotting the last coat with differ'^nt 

 colors of paiii<- 



Out May 1906 



A NEW UP-TO-DATE 



Check List of Norlli American Birds 



Contains all new additions and changes to A. O. U- list 

 arranged according to A. O. U. Nomenclature and giving both 

 common and scientific names. i6 pages on good paper. 



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3c each. 



R R I C E 



30c per dozen. 



$2.00 per hundred 



ADDRESS 



OOLOGIST, Albion, N. Y. or ERNEST H. SHORT, Chili, N. Y. 



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