England and America's new and useful receipt book; valuable for all families, tradesmen, shopkeepers, housewives, farmers, &c., &c. / by A.W. Chase; improved by H.S. Lincon Hows.

  • Chase, A. W. (Alvin Wood), 1817-1885.
Date:
1868
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Credit: England and America's new and useful receipt book; valuable for all families, tradesmen, shopkeepers, housewives, farmers, &c., &c. / by A.W. Chase; improved by H.S. Lincon Hows. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    large handful of borax powder to about 10 gallons of boil- ing water ; they save in soap nearly half. All the large washing establishments adopt the same mode. For laces, cambrics, &c., an extra quantity of the powder is used, and for crinolines (required to be made very stiff) a strong solution is necessary. Borax, being a neutral salt, does not in the slightest degree injure the texture of the linen; its effect is to soften the hardest water, and therefore it should be kept on every toilete table. To the taste it is rather sweet, is used for cleaning the hair, is an excellent dentifrice, and in hot countries is used in combination with tartaric acid and bi-carbonate of soda as a cooling beverage. Good tea cannot be made with hard water ; all water may be made soft by adding a teaspoonful of borax- powder to an ordinary-sized kettle of water in which it should boil. The saving in the quantity of tea used will be at least one-fifth. BOTS, in Horses.—When a horse has the bots, it may be known by the occasional nipping at their own sides, and by red pimples or projections on the inner surface of the upper lip, which may be seen plainly by turning up the lip. New milk, 2 quarts; molasses, 1 qt, ; mix, and give it to the horse. In 15 minutes afterwards give very warm sage tea, 2 qts. In 30 minutes after the tea, give of cur- rier’s oil 3 pints, (or enough to operate as physic,) Lard has been used, when the oil could not be obtained, with the same success. This will cure, as the milk and molasses cause the bots to let go their hold, the tea puckers them up, and the oil carries them away. If the currier’s oil cannot be obtained, substitute lard, adding 4 ozs. of salt in 3 pints of warm water, BOTTLES, to remove bad smells from them.—TJse oil of vitriol and water, half-and-half. Let them stand a day or two. Then wash them out, and they will be quite sweet. BOX METAL, for Machinery.—Copper, 4 parts ; lead, 1 part—zinc is sometimes substituted for the lead—