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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 dissolved in warm water ; three 

 pounds 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 mix- 

 ture, stir well, and let it stand a few days where no dirt can get 

 into it. Apply hot. One pint of this whitewash will cover one 

 square yard. Coloring matter may be added asdesired. For cream 

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

 or ivory black ; for fawn color add proportionately four pounds of 

 umber to one pound of common Indian red and one pound of 

 common lampblack; for common stone color add proportionately 

 four pounds of raw umber to two pounds lampblack. 



A FIELD NEAR HOME. The man who does not have the cap- 

 ital 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 keep- 

 ing thoroughbred stock. The, average farmer does not feel that 

 he can afford to pay $2 or even $i for a sitting of eggs, but he will 

 gladly pay 50 cents. The man who introduces a new and prom- 

 ising 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 she will drink. In a week she will be cured 

 and come back to the flock with a good appetite, and in another 



