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of dyspepsia in some and bilious fevers in others, as the 

 town doctors assure us. I beg to recommend this kee- 

 ping of beef to all house-keepers in town and coun- 

 try, satisfied that after one fair trial, they would no 

 more feed on a recently slaughtered ox than they would 

 on an Abyssinian steak with CafFrarian garnishments. 



P. S. Freezing meat, (a practice not advised) pre- 

 serves it in one state without much improvement. 



TO MAKE OLD FEATHERS BETTER THAN NEW . 



If the feathers of old beds have become dirty, mat- 

 ted, or have lost their elasticity, by age or use, they 

 should be emptied into a hogshead and washed in warm 

 soap suds, agitated by means of a rake or garden hoe, 

 and afterwards rinsed in clear water. They are then 

 to be pressed dry by the hand, and put upon the floor 

 of an empty well lighted room, and now and then whip- 

 ped and stirred up; and when thoroughly dry put again 

 nto ticks. They will be found after this hctter than new 

 feathers; because deprived of the oil which abounds in 

 the latter. 



TO DESTROY WEEDS. 



If you have not had time to root out all the weeds on 

 your premises, you will at least endeavour to prevent 

 their going to seed by cutting otT the tops with a scythe 

 or sickle, and it will be good economy to lodge the pro- 

 ceeds of your cuttings in your barn yard, or compost 

 bed. An antidote to the increase of weeds may be 

 found in burning the stubble as it stands after reaping. 

 On land that is designed to be sown the next year, this 

 is more especially good husbandry; for it will destroy 

 so many of the seeds of weeds, as to prevent the ensu- 

 ing crop from being so weedy as it might otherwise be. 

 At the same time this process will destroy many insects, 

 clean the ground, and render it fit for the operations of 

 tillage, besides fertilizing the soil by the ashes of the 

 bubble. 



