This
application is alike healing and pleasant.
A raw onion is an excellent remedy for the STING OF A WASP.
CORNS.--A corn may be extracted from the foot by binding on half a raw
cranberry, with the cut side of the fruit upon the foot. I have known
a very old and troublesome corn drawn out in this way, in the course
of a few nights.
HEART-BURN.--Eat magnesia for the heart-burn.
CHLORIDE OF LIME.--A room may be purified from offensive smells of
any kind by a few spoonsful of chloride of lime dissolved in water.
A good-sized saucer, or some similar vessel, is large enough for
all common purposes. The article is cheap, and is invaluable in the
apartment of an invalid.
EGGS IN WINTER.--The reason hens do not usually lay eggs in the winter
is that the gravel is covered up with snow, and therefore they are
not furnished with lime to form the shells. If the bones left of meat,
poultry, &c. are pounded and mixed with their food, or given to them
alone, they will eat them very eagerly, and will lay eggs the same
as in summer. Hens fed on oats are much more likely to lay well than
those fed on corn.
PEARLS.
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