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THE COMPLETE FARMER 



The proprietor is sole agent for vending the above wares. The 

 prices of this ware will, upon examination, be found not to 

 vary materially from that of tin and iron, yet as durable as 

 iron, easily cleansed, not subject to rust, giving the article 

 cooked or kept in it no unpleasant taste, and containing in 

 itself no poison like copper, brass, and lead. 



Zinc kettles will be found to cook rice, hominy, and all kinds 

 of sweetmeats, better than any other kind of metal, neither 

 discoloring nor varying the flavor of the substance cooked; 

 and for these purposes, it will ere long be substituted for brass 

 and copper, to avoid the poisonous corrosions of those metals. 



Zinc pans, for the dairy, will be found by the dairy-woman 

 an object worthy of her attention, from these considerations: 

 that they will greatly outlast any other pans, that the same 

 size pans will produce one-sixth more cream or butter, and of 

 a superior flavor; they are more easily cleansed, and will keep 

 milk sweet longer by a number of hours. Zinc tubs and firkins 

 will keep butter sweet several days longer in hot weather than 

 those of wood or other kinds of metal. This has been a sub- 

 ject of experiment, and the results safely warrant the state- 

 ment. Hence families who prefer sweet butter to rancid, will 

 do well to avail themselves of these tubs, for keeping theix but- 

 ter sweet and retaining its flavor. 



Scott Keith and Co.'s Improved Cast Iron Pumn. This pump was 

 invented by Jesse Reed, of Bridgewater, and proves to be the 

 most simple and best constructed pump that is in use, being 



