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former we have a quantity of, both wild 

 and under cultivation; and the latter is 

 sown broadcast, just to cut green for this 

 purpose. 



Ducks' feathers are worth 18 cents a 

 pound; White Wyandottes', from 14 to 16 

 cents a pound. In both cases only the soft 

 body feathers are meant. If you desire to 

 keep them for home use, make cheese-cloth 

 bags about a foot and a half square; half 

 fill with geese, duck, or chicken feathers. 

 Have ready a tub of warm suds; to every 

 four quarts add one teacupful of the follow- 

 ing mixture: Two ounces of ammonia, a 

 teaspoonful of saltpetre, and a quart of rain 

 water thoroughly amalgamated. Wash the 

 bag of feathers by sluicing up and down in 

 the tub for about half an hour. Squeeze 

 the water out as nearly as possible without 

 wringing; then hang in the full sun, shaking 

 the bag and reversing the ends by which it 

 hangs until the contents are quite dry. It 

 may take two or three days. If so, take 



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