USEFUL HINTS 233 



it is: Take a half bushel of unslacked lime, slack 

 with boiling water, cover to keep in steam. Strain 

 through a fine sieve or strainer, add a peck of salt, 

 preferably dissolved beforehand; three pounds of 

 ground rice boiled to a paste; stir in while hot half 

 pound of Spanish whiting and one pound of glue, 

 previously dissolved. Add about five gallons of 

 hot water to the mixture, stir well, and let it stand 

 for a few days. Apply hot. One pint covers one 

 yard. Will withstand the weather and will not 

 nib off. 



Do not send out eggs for hatching which you 

 Would not set yourself. Remember you are getting 

 a better price than you would be getting on the mar- 

 ket, hence your customers are entitled to something 

 more choice than the ordinary run of eating eggs. 

 When making a sale, fill the order with the object in 

 idew of getting another order from the same cus- 

 tomer. Send a man nice looking good eggs, and he 

 will order again when in need of something in your 

 line, but send him cull eggs, and you will be the 

 loser. There is just as much in working up a trade 

 in the poultry business as any other line, and just 

 as much efforts should be put forward to please the 

 customers. 



People living on rented premises should purchase 

 portable houses or build movable structures. A 



