658 DB. CEASE'S RECIPES. 



college, June 25tli, were all bad November 20tb, Eggs packed in finely ptil- 

 verized gypsum in June were good in December. Eggs kept in a refrigerator 

 at 54 degrees remained fresh and sweet from July to November, seeming to 

 prove that unaided cold air is a good preservative. 



Remarks. — Thus, it seems that dry gypsum (plaster of Paris), is an excellent 

 preservative. I should expect it would so prove for it is, when dried in a kettle 

 over the fire, a very fine powder, perfectly excluding the air, and if kept in a 

 cool place no evaporation of the moisture of the eggs would escape. 



12. Eggs packed in boxes or barrels in dry oats, little end down, and the 

 covers nailed if boxes are used, and headed up if barrels are used, then the 

 boxes or barrels turned bottom up every week or 10 days, has proved successful; 

 and the eggs were ready for shipment. Salt has been used in the same way, 

 and the plaster of Paris might be, except from its being so fine it wiU run out of 

 very small cracks or holes. 



13. Preserving Eggs Two Years, The Swiss Plan.— Prof. 

 Sace, of Switzerland, reports having kept eggs two years by the following 

 method. He says: " Cover the eggs — fresh ones — with a coat of paraffine, 2 lbs., 

 3 ozs., avoirdupois, to 3,000 eggs. They do not lose weight or freshness. Has 

 kept them two years. Stops the pores, but if not fresh and decomposition has 

 commenced, it does not stop it. " — Druggists' Circular. 



Remarks. — I have seen a report in some of the papers that this plan failed; 

 but I honestly believe that it was not the fault of the plan, but from not having 

 fresh eggs; because it not only fills the pores, but moisture can not go out 

 through the coat of paraffine. Still, some of the other methods may be 

 equally good; for family use, the boiling in sugar water of No. 10, or the gyp- 

 sum (plaster of Paris) of No. 11, would be less trouble, packing away and keep- 

 ing cool, as in a refrigerator or cold room, also mentioned in No. 11. Any of 

 these plans properly done will not fail. 



14. Eggs — To Determine the Sex of — Tested.— In "Navin's 

 Work on Poultry" he gives a test made by A. T. Newell, of Philadelphia, Pa., 

 who says: " Pullet eggs, or those which will produce pullets, are smooth on the 

 ends; while those which produce the roosters have a zig-zag mark or quirl on 

 one end. In selecting 200 for roosters, only 1 produced a pullet; and out of 50 

 for pullets he got 50 pullets." 



Remarks. — See "Positive Remedy «f or Hog Cholera" for further knowl- 

 edge of Navin's reliability. I have no doubt of the facts stated in that, as well 

 as in this case. 



1. GRAFTING WAX— To Make.— Rosin, 4 lbs.; tallow and bees- 

 wax, each, 1 lb. Melt, mix well and work, after cooling a little in cold water, 

 until pliable. May be used at once, or will keep for years. — Blade. 



2. Grafting Wax. — A cousin of mine, Jerry Lawrence, of Strykers- 

 ville, N. Y., who has followed grafting over 25 years, uses rosin, 1 lb. ; bees- 

 wax, 6 ozs., and mutton tallow 4 ozs., claiming that, with the mutton tallow, it 

 Is a good salve for cuts and bruises, which are often received in climbing and 

 eawing among the trees. Using these proportions, and keeping a ball or two of 



