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faster in the dark than in the light, a fact only to be ac- 

 counted for by their great quiet. Some of those creatures 

 that are the most irritable and impatient of restraint while 

 feeding, such as turkeys and geese, are found to take on 

 fat rapidly when confined in dark rooms, and fed at stated 

 hours by hand. There is no surer proof that a pig is do- 

 ing well, than to see him eat his meal quickly and then 

 retire to his bed, to sleep or cogitate until the hour of 

 feeding returns. Animals while fattening should never 

 be alarmed, never rapidly driven, never be fed at unseas- 

 onable hours, and, above all things, never be allowed to 

 want for food. 



OPODELDOC, OR CAMPHORATED SOAP LINIMENT. 



Take common white soap, three ounces ; camphor, one 

 ounce; oil of rosemary, oil of origanum, of each one -third 

 ounce ; alcohol, one pint ; cut the soap fine, and, with a 

 gentle heat, dissolve it in the alcohol in which the other 

 articles had been previously dissolved. Pour into wide- 

 mouthed vials or jars to cool. 



If LIQUID OPODELDOC is preferred, take two ounces of 

 Castile soap, in place of three ounces of common soap. 

 Troy ounces are designated. If not practicable to have 

 the articles weighed by that standard, bear in mind that 

 the Troy ouncfc is nearly equal to 1 1-9 ounce Avoir- 

 dupois. 



Opodeldoc, made according to the above recipes, is al- 

 together superior to that usually sold in vials at exorbitant 

 prices. 



BRITISH OIL. Take spirits of turpentine and linseed 

 oil, of each half a pint ; oil of amber, oil of juniper, and 

 mineral tar, of each one gill. 



OIL OF SpiKe, or a mixture commonly sold under that 

 name, is nothing but spirits of turpentine, mineral tar, and 

 eome essential oil, added in various proportions. The 

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