The New Family Receipt Book, Containing One Thousand Truly Valuable Receipts in Various Branches of Domestic Economy

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Expert advice on agriculture (pigeons' dung as manure p. 6), domestic economy (British substitute for foreign tea p. 123), hints on domestic wine-making (genuine French method of m aking cherry wine p. 257), domestic remedies (a few concise rules for the recovery of persons apparently drowned p. 372). Addenda contains numerous other useful items such as the "Great advantages of ploughing with oxen instead of horses," how to "purify fly-blown meat," "Rules for plucking geese," etc. Indexed. Show more