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Butter glazing and carpentry tips from rural Chelmsford
A Berkshire Agrarian section recounts a farmer selling glazed butter at forty cents a pound under a five year contract, describes the glaze process, and notes a damsel’s method. It also covers tin soldering with muriatic acid and zinc, German millet sowing, and domestic advice on marriage and child health with observations by a Massachusetts doctor.
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Faith Rochester