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keeping observed, it will continue fit for 

 use at least two weeks. 



Recipe for making "German Paste." 



"In a large mortar, or on an even table, 

 you must bruise, with a rolling-pin, a pint 

 or quart of rape, in such a manner that 

 you may blow the chaff away; to this 

 bruised seed add a piece of bread, re- 

 ducing them to powder; mix these to- 

 gether, and put them in an oak box, which 

 should be kept from the sun. You may 

 give them a tea-spoonful of this powder, 

 with the addition of a little hard yolk of 

 egg, and a few drops of water; and thus 

 you will have prepared in a few minutes 

 excellent food for your young birds. This 

 powder must not be kept longer than 

 twenty days, as it then becomes unfit for 

 use, the rape-seed turning sour, so that 

 when water is put to it, it smells like mus- 

 tard." 



At the expiration of two weeks, should 

 any of the powder above mentioned be 



