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of bucket well for about ten minutes, keeping water as near boiling 

 point as possible, then pour into the copper and keep stirring for 

 a quarter of an hour ; let the contents of copper gradually cool, 

 but keep well agitated, and then add the grain gradually. The 

 complete soaking of the grain with the liquor is of the utmost im- 

 portance and takes a considerable time. While the mass is cooling 

 keep it covered with bags to retain the steam. Stir well after it 

 has cooled off. Cyanide of potassium, strychnine, and arsenic may 

 be mixed in this way with grain, or the former may be dissolved in 

 vinegar and then mixed. 



PHOSPHOKISED POLLARD. Dark sugar, 3 Ibs. ; phosphorus, 

 half to i stick ; bi-sulphide of carbon, i tabiespoonful ; pollard, 

 half bushel. Take two vessels, one containing half pint, and the 

 other about 2 quarts of cold water. Mix the phosphorus and bi- 

 sulphide of carbon in the smaller quantity, and the 3 Ibs. sugar in 

 the other. When ingredients in both vessels are dissolved mix 

 contents together, and gradually pour upon the pollard, stirring well 

 all the time with a wooden stick. After mixing well spread the 

 mass out flat on a board, making a cake about ^ in. thick, sub- 

 divide into inch squares with a wooden straight-edge, and cover 

 with a damp sack, so that it may dry slowly. VVhen handling 

 phosphorus do so with wooden tongs ; if with the lingers, keep 

 them well wet with cold water. Phosphorus sticks must be 

 always kept in bottles tilled with water. 



To FIND THK NUMBER OF GALLONS OF WATER RAISED HY A 

 PUMP. Tolind the number of gallons or fraction of gallons that will 

 be raised at each stroke of a pump, first ascertain the diameter of the 

 pump cylinder ; secondly, the length of stroke. Square the dia- 

 meter and multiply by tne length of stroke, and divide by 353. 

 Thus, if the diameter is three inches : 3x3 = 9; and the length of 

 the stroke 12 inches, 9X12= 108. 108 -=- 353 = '3005, or roughly, 

 ^ of a gallon at each stroke. 



PUMPS. Ordinary dimensions, wells tinder 30 ft. Diameter of 

 barrel, 4 ins.; length of stroke, 10 ins.; quantity of water per minute, 

 20 ft. well, 24 gallons. This is the si/e best suited for one man, and 

 for general use. XYells from 30 to 70 ft. Diameter of barrel, 3.', ins.; 

 stroke, 9 ins.; quantity of water per minute. 50 ft. well, length of 

 iC> gals. To be worked by lly-wheel and crank. 



S<>.\]> FOR RE.MOVI.\(; CORNS AND WARTS. For removing corns 

 and warts this salve never fails. Caustic potash, i lb.; extract bell- 

 adona, .', ox.; peroxide ina^anese, _> OZ. Mix, and make into a salve 

 with a little lard. Apply to the corn Of Wart, and in three minutes it 

 will come off. Trade " Secrets.'* 



HOME-MADK SOAP. The following, being of general interest to 

 country readers, are quoted from a pamphlet on making soap without 

 boiling, by Mr. W, [. Men/ies, Liverpool: Potash wool-scouring 

 soap. A pure potash wool-scouring soap can be>i be produced in 

 the following manner : Take a 20 lb. can of pure caustic potash 



