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Addresseeeetimueleatlene to AgrOnetalata.a Adelaide St .WestaTarente
Careof Young Chicks. with' fine .doviai chaff and: ,chick food
i
s saaateted on it, Tbe,lattlefeace is
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'en.ila'ageta and 4 the weather is apt too
severe the holieri, . raleed. tieroualt
the day. 'After the $.30 -feedinga the
havea ' iie leareted ' and heat inereased
The niethode a fowling aad oaring
for baby chicks axe a$ Mena aad
varieci as those of Otlr real babies, and
as with them, it pays to start right,
keep on tight, and never deviate from ;to insure extra tearinth at bedtime am/
year method ,after once establieheds
We build the ceal fires in our breode
ea stoves at least twenty-four houre
before ueing the housee-eaema aritta
sand is placed on the bawd floor' to a
depth of two. Mele' e A cloth covered
. .
wire screen eighteep. inches hegh is
stretched malaria the hover, about a
foot frau thuskeeping the chicks
within the wasaned zone. Cate aroader
thermometer and bring the tempera-
thns avoid orevedistg. ,
• After the test week, the first feed:
in. the Morning is chicle feed M the
litter and &marl, their drink of eour
milk at 9.30 mash a one pant egg,
oatmeal, bran and meal maxed with
sour nik to a °nimbly nutssearieter
sloppy. The non feediag is soaatieb
feed, 3.30 maeh, and at night all they
wila dean ap of the serateh food again.
Gradually I change the mash $o that
ture up to ninety-seven or nenetye at three weelcs they are geting three
eight degrees, When thirty sax hours parts or bran, .bwo at cornmeal, one
old the babies are taken Alban the in- of white middlings, one a sifted beef
tab -eters in wenn lined baskets and' serap and oneshali" ground aone. This
easefully placed under the hover. It is kept in the dry mash hopper; betfore
tie a beautiful eight to me, to see the them o1a -the time.
yellow, 'fluffy balls go after the sand. By this time the fertuttains are fined!
A dish of BOUT milk, 00 arrangea that afterneone -with water slightly
they oan not get wet, is put before
them, and that is their foremen drink
until they acce a morit'h old. I try to
get them into the breeder house la
-the forenoon and about three p.m. they
are given a very light feeding of
rolled. cats, dry breed and hand -boiled
egg, ground together. At six o'oloca
' another feediog is given. One egg to-
liatyachicks is sufficient at first. I final
a heavy prieee of dark paper spread on
the floor makes the best feeding place
until they learn to eat, when small
troughs are used. We feed them five
times a day throughorat the season, Or
until the broilers aee 'disposed of. The
first three days they get the egg mash,
then a little bran is added with a dash
of red pepper. By the end of the
week they get their first corn meal,
and a hopper of dry ,bran is placed
before them. The floor is then 'coveted
Extra Speci�IWasbing
How to Take Care of the Frail and Dainty Garments That
Will Not $tand the Bio Wash.
BY Gilivrt-tu'on COBURN agssvp.
Th. .o and the Tees and the look ditaitiee and,fine gingisame, Which an
to longer be dre1eanecle and ane
sfimald not be exposed to the ravages
of soap, a good supply of thin cooked
Iataldra starch Is the best thine If
'eau or natural linen eoloe is to be
After the spring eieeenag is done Preserved than aoeked bran water may
faonldk,'"theaactelcm'ie tafraVeairnietyon: !If°7 theal e 'thi a 1JY l't°take the e Of llsollart°0ed°fa'at:i'lwrif:ttlie ergfrjaemwealial be
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over, dieeercled. or put in Fae Piles of white ar very light; first,
of dean dothee fresh 'from the line
or the alusegrase, afford one of the raj:).
eatisfactioas os the bet,liSeigNe,Per.A,
Many a tired woman is rested by thena
on every plealeaset washday :af:terPeen'
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order, thtifty woreandiseards *era laee and net coltaee and guinapea silk
little. On a brialtt Moadaa morning, Old pakten gloves, and light cotton or
when elm aer era eaglet one eneray silk dresses which are bat slialala
high, the teniptation is to gather up Palled and need only gasoline for the
everything that is not perfectly fresii ney parts that have been next the
and clean and get Kate the purril'aing an or for aecidettal spate.; and., sec -
suds and disinfecting light. Right here orld, aintilar articlee •Which have been
We !twat „beware! Not every sealed 'previously dryealeaned and reworn
garment ean stand na under the epes-,,rxnattil they w
y a4,rseht:d. ineither
oiled aeilltherrousgohapan4
tinea the laundry. Just now, especiai2iistb
ly, when thin fabrics of real delicacer ,'S atch water. •
are in vogue, wastefulness from care- The thisd group may contain whit
l'eos cleaning Is to eemmon. Crepes or teat kid gloves, salt ribleoos, ties
and otheresheer silks are high-priced ,411c1 muffles, 'bloues and dresses, all
and difficult to fit and finish, Lang to be immersed two or more fames in
days of patient sewing and many dilIe gasoline. The fourth bunch will be
lar,s, slowly earned and joyaully spent, -similar to the third but of darker
ecl. They
are placed on the flat eidei may be thrown away with .one dip utto' articles, and more stoiled. Woolens not
of a o -by -four against the wall and hot seepa water. Color, erispnees, thorougaly eltruriken and of feet 'calor
the sand on. the Ikea in front of t.hein form, even durability, of the choleadt should be dry-eleaned in gaaosiee, and
is alataas ;kept wet—extra sand or a
sod being placed, therekept soaked.
The head coal ashee are thrown in one
oorner of the house and the chicks
scratch in them, eating nasal of tale
charcoal. -
Very gradually the mash is changed
until we a,re u,sring the regular growing
mash consisting ea, 'by weight, three
parts of loran, three parts of cornmeal,
three parts of white middlingsand
two parts of beef scrap, the BOOT milk
baking the other part. Aliso one part
of ground bane.
By following this method, we seldom
lose mare than two per cent., and a
ease of leg weakness is anknown. The
litter ds changed as needed, never al-
lowed to become eroilecl or heavy.
'Spring freshened cows should be
fed much in the same manner as dur-
ing the winter, except that grass will
take the place of ensilagaeand other
roughage until the drought period
cornee. A well- balarxed gamin ration
shouia be compounded mach the same
as for .winter feeding. 'Grain grown
upon the farm should oorietitute the . l3eveave of aid, bare -bitten grays.
base of this grain ration. Experiments pastures for young -anisr.atle. Were
allow that cows' will, produce eneug,li every farmer to make it his invariable
more anek -021. pasture to more than rule -to keep. eaves off old: grass clur-
' paa for the grain ration; besides en- ing the first year of life, feeding them
.1:mirage persistent milk flow arid sus- in roomy; dean, light, May pens and
fain thecews in good fleeli. shaded yards, provided with an abun-
While the majority of dairymen dance of pure deinicifia water, lie
mueh prefer winter. cows, spring would have better "luck."
freshened eows ehould nort he con-
sidered unprofitable. On any farm I
have a large amount of lowland pas-
ture and I find that I oat peoduce mitt
much cheaper during the slimmer than
duriag the winter. I find also that the
spring freshened cows help out on the
milk cheque and this is quite accept-
able as farm expenses always run
mach higher clueing- summer months.
With a suitable grain ration, some
supplemental roughage, when needed,
and proper care, spri'ng freshened
cows ean be made quite profitable.
ea.
Fighting the Fly Pest.
untold torture daring the SUMMer
Months from flies. By applying some
form of fly repellant twice daily she
can be wonderfuliy protected. I have
tried two different kinds of fly repel-
lent on the market and have proven
very helpful in protecting my eCONVII
from thealy nuisance..—L. C. R.
To Keep Young Stock
Healthy.
postseesion may vanish thus quiclely.
Imperfect dyes, dee, make steces-'
eary the cleaning of many fabrics
separately. The sudsing of a munber
of colors at once, or leaving them in
the tub or basket, may destroy the
beauty of sal. Little Mary's handsome
plaid becomes a smear because the
red rune all through the other colorse,
Mother's hand -made lace 'bleat eame all
the way from his missionaey sister in
Chile to trim her best blue voile, turns'
a hopeless gray; the white pique cuffs
arnd collar on Jean's favorite' buff
will make a fdth groap, . eking with
the sinall boys' trousers and caps and
,sach other heavy artiolee as may- teed
only a careful sponging and pressing.
If spots are to be treated, they should
be eacireled by a white thread or chalk
'Mark 00 they will not be lost as soon
as moistened. ,
•
; In the fifth pie will be those excel-
:leat weasen and silk things previously
'Oa -Cleaned to the limit, that can profit
finally'ley warm suds and equaller
Watin rinsing to remove all stickiness
and. grayness. These may follow
school frock ea -xi never ae snowy -waste ettireagh the water the daintier articles
again; and the ribbons and silk araiett Mentioned as a part of the second pile
axe ruined. '1` fees all the 'soap washing should b4;
t off until after things cleaned in
taeoline and starch have been hang
p.. The gasoline will need all day to
aaporate, and the starched clothes
bask dry early and be sprinkled
eady for the irons when they are
eated for the woolens.
en everything that needecl a full
tii ha s 'been, hung up, we may sit
aavn to the Spots. As has been pug -
abed,, if :there is only a little oily
,lature of dust at nick and -wrists, or
grease spot on the vest, we take a
le seatdauber of eheesedoth and
arger pedlar an absorber under the
it and .pat with tae eleaning fluid
ere aide over, turning tae absorber
timeas the dirty ffaid,, is cairind
tiSeuiitilliberei no trade of diet
Only airing and pressing then
Animals of one kind grazed year
after year on permanent pasture in-
evitably taint or contaminate it with
parasites peculiar to their kind. Lung
worms are contraeted bycal,rves et
such pavane, and there is no perfectly
satisfactory remedy for this pest,
which causes lack a thret and some-
times laital pneusnonia. Pigs, too, be-
come invested with lung warms which
haare a like ill effect. They take' them
in on old log lots, pastures, orchards,
and yarde, or from surface water and
dirty feeding •haughs.
Pigs, like calves, should be kept off
sutch contaminated places, and should
be pastured only on new green rape,
]Tie 3 annually cause inestimable peas ancl oats, clovet, alfalfa, or other
financial loss to the dairy industry, forage crops. Prevention in both in-
-. haserding the health of the dairy eow
and eating up the profits during the
summer maths. Despite the vgor-
os annually instigate:I to
eradicate this woreteof-all disease Car-
tier and proiltedestroying pest, little
has been accomplished in the way of
extermination
Dairymen, farmers and live stock
ser,
Tr7'
stances is alaimportant, Treatment is
troublesome, eapensive, , and rarely
suceessful. What has been staid in
respect of calves and pigs is equally
true of lambs and foals,. Stomach
•worms, tapeveorme, 'yodeller disease
warms, and lung worms, soon infest
lambs grazing bare-bitteu permanent
sheep pasture,
raisers should employ intelligent and Peale pasturing on old horseatainted
effectual means during the fly season grass eannot escape contracting the
to protect their stock against heavy
loss incurred threagh tine irritatiag
pest. The spring and early sunimer
months is ate thne to 'begin war on
the fly nuisance before the breeaing
season begins. Much call be aecorn-
Pliehed if begun in season, to eradi-
cate thiue e dangeroaid annoyoes in
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deadly bloodwone, for which there is
to 'specific cure.
Controlling. Weeds in the
Corn Field.
To prevent weeds taking their large
httle fluid at a time witch is a )soi. ed child's, coat, it is moat easily cleaned
sect on the faint, that not only tor- ant that measures be instituted early by a soft pad of cheesecloth et old in a, au'attita of gasoline to cover, as
meets the life of aniraels, but ens in order that the enemies of the earn linen held under the spot. A mixture though it were Water, with squeezing
dangers the 'health a the humans Plant maa be kept in subjection at eaeomneenee,e for this perp,oe,e foams: and turiemg, in one bath after another
farlilY•
the least essible 'cost
- ' 1 gallon gasoline, 1 aurae aleohol, mail the last one /attains clear. The
tee fly billSt have filth to breed in The main way of keeping down the la ,etence chloroform tes ounce ether. gaeoltae- ie kinder to the hands and -
toll from the corn crop, it is import-
.
e to. other grease spots we mast
hember that we ,cannort suecessfully
ien'a snot if .the garment is dirty.
',Ear/lay remove the grease .spot, but
wit be, only moved along and Will
arena ring Or Sitreak around the clean
of.' :Why is thiS?
Gaaelitie (or benzine and other dry
elefeneae, email as ehloreferm and
etheta aiSSolve oils but when the dry
using Gasoline
day quite econotincally eave is treed cleaner :evaporates, the .af is left be -
about cleaning the lightest and least hind lust sugar is left when water
soiled first, then the next dirtiest, and hee evaporated from syrup. If a sticky
so on. There will be -sevetal different stmt. 'of syrup is to be removed ham
processes. The first retaliate is to eietit:it'emet be not only dissolved in
have all the necessary liquids at hand, Watee lent must be washed away with
with plenty of bowls or pans of suit- rnoreatater. The sugar does not vanish
able sizes and aa.selutely clean and hite 'the- air, and neither.does the oil
free frarri rust. Some soft white teas whiela the Fast:aline dissolves; it must
Or cheesecloth van be needed, and riteed, away. with repeated fresh
peoleably a small, .clean brash. Large -Sultadiee no ell remains to re -
tuba -rubbing board and. boiler have no aetale.after the solvent has evaporated.
place in this day's prograni. A high If theasalet -spat held clust it will be
bench ea table at wbich one may stand carried along with the dissolved oil
comfortably, and a high stool or chair in the gasoline and the cleanness of
are desirable. , the garment will depend upon the
The 'best white soap, already flaked therouglinese a the rinsing. •
Or shaved thin with a knife, should be A drop' gasoline on a grease spot
cooked. until dissolved in the softest, aots as e drop of rain dtoes on a dusty
clearest water obtainable. If the very board—at spreads in every direction
slightest etiffetiag is wanted,. fori seed carries the dirt, ott from the
organdy, a' stolation of borax is used centre in a ring. If there is not More
for rinsing. Gasoliae of the best and gasoline. to. fcalow, again and again,
whitest quality should be . ready in until the ring is pushed mate off the
abundance. A still. mote valtaile fluid cloth, taeladirty streaks will. remain.
may be needed for Mce collars aad. Rinainer is just as , important in dry
vest e which cannot be oesiveniently eleasatig as an, stealing.
removed from a dark .garment and : If .ee whose garment is soiled, as a
silk bleuee 'Miry he, Or kiti aloaeseer a
nothing of the cost, and the expense
for cleaning fluids is as nothing coma
pared to that of profeseional,eleaning.
Different Processes.
Four or five groups of atticles, may
be eorted out end handled the same
must be cleaned by patting with a
. •
Parents as Educators
Blessed are the Tactful—ByMrs Lydia Lion Roberts
Two boys went up to a house and sat mother leeked out a the window to
stere two boys lighting furiously oven
hair smooth back lawn; while an ada
miring crowd of playmates gathered
near. She thought a minute and then
went out , and stepped up to the an-
tagoniste, and said goodnateseedly,
don't like to have my pretty lawn. to)ra
up, so would you boys please go over;
to the vacant lot across the street to,
finish your fight? You see, this is myi
land and I emit have you fighting
liere, but there is plenty of room over,
theee."
The taws topped' a minute, looked'
at eaca other, then each slowly grina
need, gava her a cheery, "Sure!" and;
the whole crowd moved amiably up the
street without finishing the fight,
Children do not ,like to be talked;
over as if. they had no ears, and they,
are ,hurt and antagonized when their
likes and dislikes are laughed at or
their mistakes ridieuled.
A little gial, whose family had in-
dulged In a hearty laugh 'because in:,
dressing herself she had put her un-,
derwear on over her eteckings instead
of underneath, said reproachkIly to
her mother, "I don't like you to laugh
--it makes me feel so mean at my-
s'eltIVIe" would not dare treat our friends
in such. a 'Monster, for we would soon
be friendless. Then -why treat little
children that way when we need to be
friend re with them if we are going to
teach or guide or • help them? The
friendship of little children is one ol
the sweetest, most precious gifts with
which life ean bless no, and unto the
dorven on the _steas, shuffling their
rn.uddy feet and clanging a heavy oast
back and forth on the path. It was
not their house nee e-venetheir own
neighborhood, yet they h,ad. taken
noisy poseession. Presently a m.an
opened the door, watched them. quietly
a moment and then said pleasautly,
"How do you do? Won't you come
The boys looked up in abashed sur-
prise, sheepiehly get up and hurried
away without a word. The man smiled
and dosed the door:
The man could have slioutede scold-
ed, threatened or abusecathe trespass-
ers with, deubtless um.pleasant results
before the boys went away. Because
he was &went and tactful the annoy-
ance ceased at once and the int:Went
was 'closed. -
We admire diplomacy; we sigh when
we meet unbactaal persons who rub us
the wrong way. A aerson may be
good and yet lack the soothing balm
ottactfulnese. We realize this between
older people but I wonder why we do
not peactice it mare with diadem?
Too often we are careless and blunt,
hurting sensitive little feelings and
often making it twice as bard for
childeen to be good and kincl because
we are so =tactful.
On a pretty suburban street there
were ten bays vele played together,
and problemseof property rights -often
came up. Every time a mother._ ap-
proached. the boys in a friendly, iaa-
senable spirit, the boys responded, and
there was -no trouble. One day a tactful sball it be given,
ed with a warteeprool fur, which mach
resembles that •of the beaver.
"The little fellow has no ears that
are visible. Howerver, he possessee
inteenal ewe, and can hear with them
'1 a can dog vith •
as ease y a a e as.
"We think of a quadruped as hav-
ing a mouth and teeth, but the duckbill
does not have them. It has in their
places a bill evhich closely resembles
that of a duck, only it is somewhat
broader.
"Its. tongue is so iconstraetecl that it
ease collect its food with it into poach-
es, •which are situated in the animal's
'cheeks., In these little pockets the
duckbill can carry tits food wherevex
it wishes to dine usually, hoWever, to
its harrow."
"But the (MAWR can't live in the
water as the whale does, mil it?
asked Floyd.
"Yes; it is both a water animal and
a' burrower, Its toes have sharp claws,
with which it cat dig, and there is a
connecting membrane betvveen them,
which enables the duckbill to swim.1
When he digs, he eat tam bade this
Membrane as a man teams up his
shiet-sleeves Whet 'at work"
"Ial like to see it," remarked Maya,
geelatly /escalated, 4 what his uneje
Was saying.
. withal:lit llot't`lirive. Glean` 'weeds 10 'by 'enittral °Penatie*. The 'rite twesounce miatuee of aleohole atereteffetierie if 'warmed, ay setting
Micas is aapotent weapon in fighting /and should be 'prepared sorne
tine chloroform. and ether may .:lee pur.1 the ..:e0i'!'er 'howl , hot water. Of
the fly nuiaente. DarIF fl.ltbY Ole" .alleadel'I'PlaintIng 49te and the weed chased a,t the chug above in one,bottle courSe.**nline mast not be warmed
ahe „neannee., Tele should he tetnoVed! aettalivate se that .tho aeurla Plants of gasoline when needed. tattiana aaeoltne,
an Or1,0-fatii' of it added to a quarti e b
hard efroagh to
fly to breed: sLow Wet places Omit sawing islet before the antis plantecl.. ,,,seaeas.s.„,a .
abopt the barn should be cleaned up seed e . given an oppeatunity
usell '11 ox.i fire, met), do not ru
ae it furnishes a fertile plaee for the iney he deetatierea b diseitg or bar- r FOr Sminner cottons such asla-was, ivodne:0'h:'106111-
the stable should be drained. The harrow should again be used after
The use .of disinfectante about the the 'ooine is in, and perhaps eecoad
stable deetroys breeding places, for the Hate before the.- *tete 'are large
fly, and atso gerra Igo that iis carried ersoogli 'to cultivate. •
hy the fly from animal' to animal a.nid While atI1Ch CrattrO May destroy now
•from stable to stable (luting. the SUIThand then a hill' of the earn, this dam.,
Mee metals aial frequentlas Gauges age is many times over -balanced by
great lees. It is a evelleeseablished the beneate in the Way of Iteeping
itiot that centagioes aboetion, 'tuber- down weed and waaming sip the soil
iciflosis anti other infections diseases for the Mete rapid growth of the Corn.
tro tranernitted from one herd to an.- successful growers adjust
ether *roves Rae. CaceitlilIGS3 about' their "cultivators to that the dirt Is
. the stable ani in handling &tiler pees thrown away from the row cloriag the
ducts" is 'the only safeguard against first cultivation when the plants tura
,infectku. small and latter reverse the process
, Speeaiag the herd with some rolls ,and Werk the soil toward the row,
able' andeffective fly revenant not thus covering up any small weeds that
only insures protection to the stook may 'have started and .stin keep the
during tlw fly season, but materially, soil fairly level. •
inctre7: Cte profit fi."6.1n stavk ,
Tau aa a in parLicuiav, v.).11,11 hev tegumes are the heavy artillery it
0 rgan i a ti,o'sa, fier.a tha Alp $0v s better agrloulture.
"It would be an 1111rUiSkiai sight, I
hen% is in Atestralea, and Tasmania It confess."
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THE CHILDR,E,N'S ia 06ietiew.)0111.4 anitnal—a
, ioad..r4nr1 iiISO many character -
HOUR
,,It,t4 clu.eAel,QtliocoortbiAl. lali)waahla,•10 alt arli„ j
real," alefieeted Itioad Graham,elating
hie beak, "Viret Stelae in 13iology,',
which he had brought home Wit11,,him
that afternoon from school, „
"Queer?" and Uncle Nathan looked
up •frorri his chair' by the heavy aisa
reading' tablq.
"Yes, I thiale se," rePlied
I "Don't you?" '
"Perhaps; but there's a suocrer
no n than it, *hale—and, t ho boya
ensie laid doWa his PO "oleo wito40
is not 'supposed to possess Chat
"I should 'think sal" .
meeltee c1f. cos,y. ,Aref
snu
Ile horn'the bank of the.' steeem,
aimed, Ianole .Neataie, "where it
ado moet of its thne. Thisantler-
treta retalence bee two tuntial ap
aches., ;one arom beneath the watee
OM fa= ..eleovea
rde 'Nathan: peeved a moment,
Doe; it have .any other queer eliar.1
eristics?".,inquired laloyea
One very much so --;-for an animal,"
rned Uncle Nigtban The duck-
ays eggs,' from 'which the young
hatched. 'Then this ',6da
her Suckles 'her young ---as 'does. a
1 CO
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teas youtt e ighi tattle' Naatlitin,
it tlie bOillig a aeeeir
roal than mny othea la"' Said .Iolead
1
• -~
"I'm not eurprised tha:t the
English stbolars thought it a humbug.
I'd. like to run acmes .crse."
"It would be interestinge-eurely,"
was Uncle Nathan's reply, a,e he
aboopect to pick up a. paper that had
fallen to the floor. "The duckbill has
so many different charetetistics—sorae
that belong to birds, e.traie to acquatic
creatures, and some to mammals—
that it, has been ,called the missing
link'." a
"I don't wonder," reflected Floyd,
thoughtfully.
•
Paint Primps Poultry House.
Painting adds greatly both to the
appearance and service of all build-
ings and appliances. One may buy,
ready mixed paints, or may parehase
pate pigments and ail and mix them.
All surfaces should be clean and dry
before they are painted. Lase a prim-
ing coat: made of equal parte of paint.
and linseed oil and cover with one or
more -coats of paint, which sbould be
thoroughly lerushed into the surface,
Whiteeaseh is the cheapest or all,
paints, and may be used either for
exteraor ee interior siniaces, It can
be made by slaking about ten pounde,
<Sr quiekliette in a pail with two gallons
of water, covering the pail with cloth
u ap an lowing it to slake for
one hate. Watea is thee added to
bring the whitewareh to a eensisterita
Wwbealtilierpl'ITIalacd*?.vali7lePtealleact
surfaces may be made as followst (4)1
Slake one bushel of quicklime toA
gallons of het water, (2) dissolve 2t
pounds of coalmen salt and one pound.
of valsahate of zine in 2 <gallons ea
boilinp; water; pour (2) into (1), then'
add 2 gallons of skim milk atici mix
thoroughly. Whitewash is spread'
lightly over the surface with a brOad
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to lean on the fence ami look at a
SCL iS 140 busy to live.
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froth hessio,
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