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Artificial incubation is exceedingly useful in furnishing young fowls at 

 those seasons when the hens will not sit, and, in some situations, to pro- 

 duce, or, as we may say indeed, to manufacture a great number of fowls in 

 a small space. {GiWs Technological Repository/, No. viii. p. 15.) 



The Turkish Method of pi-eserving Filberts. — When perfectly ripe, 

 remove the husks, and dry the nuts, by rubbing with a coarse cloth ; 

 sprinkle the bottom of a stone jar with a very little salt ; then place a layer 

 of filberts, adding a small quantity of salt between each layer. The jar 

 must be perfectly dry and clean. Secure the top from air, and keep them 

 in a dry place ; and, at the end of six months, they will peel. — Isabella M. 

 April 10. 



Portland Sago. — In the Medical Botany I see the Portland A\um root, 

 or sagOj is mentioned. I used the sago from this root for many weeks, and 

 could not discover any difference in it from that of the Indian JYum root 

 produce. To the poor it would be valuable, could one persuade them to 

 be at the trouble of preparing it, which is done exactly as the potato flour 

 is produced from the potato. The produce is, however, more delicate. 

 May is the month in which the Portland peasants prepare it. — Id. 



I))-ied Cherries are a very useful article for the dessert in the winter and 

 spring. Nothing can be more easy than to dry them. Gather when ripe, 

 and do not break or bruise the skins ; spread them on earthen-ware dishes, 

 and place them in a very cool oven ; the next day increase the heat, and, 

 at the end of a few hours, they will be found sufficiently dry for putting into 

 close vessels. The Kentish cherry, being rather acid, requires a longei\ 

 time than other cherries : but they are also more valuable, because, in 

 fevers, they are used to moisten the mouth. — Id. 



The Stone-wood Plum, as far as I know, was found wild near Dartford. 

 The fruit is used for tarts and preserves when green, and they make ex- 

 cellent jam and jelly when ripe. I shall let you know more about them 

 by and by ; but, in the mean time, I send you a pot, along with a few of 

 the cherries. — Id. [Both very good.] 



A very ready and elegant mode of procuring Curds, and also a pleasant 

 acidulous whey, is by adding to a glassful of milk a little solution of citric 

 acid, taking care not to add too much. An experiment or two will readily 

 show the quantity necessary to effect the purpose. {Times, April 25.) 



Filtering Water on a large Scale. — I have a rain-water tank in my court- 

 yard, with which I am very well satisfied. 'I'he water is conducted li-om the 

 gutters of the roofs by pipes {fig. 82. a a), which first discharge themselves 



into smaller tanks, in each of which is placed, on props, a stone box, 2 ft. 

 square (i b\ The water filters into these boxes, and from them is conveyed 

 by pipes .to the main tank {c). The boxes {b b) are made with slabs of filter- 

 ing-stone, dove-tailed and cemented together. The main tank is arched 

 over, and the water drawn from it by a pump. The best filtering-stone is 

 procured from the Island of Fuenteventura, and the next best from the 

 Island of Barbadoes. Both sorts of stones may be procured through Mr. 

 Joseph Bishop, No. 1. Crescent, Minories, London. — John Braddick, 

 Boiighton Mount, Ketit, Feb. 1827. 



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