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of unslacked lime and slack it with boiling water, covering 

 during the process to keep in steam. Strain the liquid through 

 a fine sieve or strainer, and add a peck of salt previously dis- 

 solved in warm water; three pints of ground rice boiled to a 

 thin paste and stirred in while hot; half a pound of Spanish 

 whiting, one pound of clean glue. Before the glue is added it 

 should be dissolved in cold water and then brought to a state 

 where it will flow freely by being placed over a slow fire in a 

 small pot set in a larger one the larger pot being filled with 

 water. Add five gallons hot water to the mixture, stir well. 

 and let it stand a few days where no dirt can get into it. Ap- 

 ply hot. One pint of this whitewash will cover one square 

 yard. Coloring matter may be added as desired. For cream 

 color add yellow ochre; for pearl or lead color add lampblack 

 or ivory black; for fawn color add proportionately four 

 pounds of common lampblack; for common stone color add 

 proportionately four pounds of raw umber to tw r o pounds 

 lampblack. 



A Field Near Home The man who does not have the 

 capital to engage in the business on a large scale, or who does 

 not feel competent to compete with breeders of established 

 reputation, may largely increase his profits by imitating their 

 methods within a limited area. Farmers are waking up to the 

 importance of keeping thoroughbred stock. The average 

 farmer does not feel that he can afford to pay $2 or even $1 

 for a sitting of eggs, but he will gladly pay 50 cents. The 

 man who introduces a new and promising variety into his 

 neighborhood, or who has a strain of any established breed 

 noted for egg production, can count on a large sale of eggs 

 for hatching around home. It is more profitable to sell eggs 

 to the farmers for 50 cents a sitting than to sell them for 

 double that sum to customers out of town, for in the latter 

 case there is the expense for advertising and baskets, the time 

 consumed in packing the eggs and in correspondence. 



How to Break Up a Sitting Hen Don't be -in a hurry to 

 break up the sitting hen. She has laid long and well and needs 

 a vacation before she starts in again. If it is summer put her 

 out of the house and yard and let her forage for herself a few 

 days. If it is winter or spring, put her in a pen built for 

 broodies, give her a light feed of mash for breakfast, nothing 

 for dinner, and the same for supper. Give her all the water 



