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��may be broken occasionally by corn- meal, barley, or other grain. Hay is necessary to the rabbit's health. During the winter, green foods are required together with grain. Two meals a day, except for suckling stock, when three should be given, is the best schedule.

The Belgian hare is ready for the market at the age of four months, although some breeders sell at the age of ten to twelve weeks, aiming to have their stock weigh about five and one- half pounds at that age.

���The pan on the top shelf keeps the duck

curtain wet and the evaporation of the

water cools the whole box

How to Make an Iceless Cooler

OX farms where ice is scarce, the device illustrated is of great utility. It consists of a box of convenient size, with shelves at various distances apart. In the drawing, the upper shelf is about 3 ins. from the top of the box, which is about 12 ins. by i8 ins. square. The bottom shelf is 13 ins. above the floor, the second shelf 12 ins. above that, the third 1 1 ins. higher, and so on. A pan of water is placed on the top shelf.

The box should be placed where there is more or less movement of air, to encourage an evaporation of the water which keeps a heavy duck curtain wet all the time. This curtain completely envelops the box. It is tacked on two sides and on the back, but left loose in

��the front. Only two lengths need be used, one starting near the floor on one side, extending loosely over the box and down on the other side; the other extending from the floor behind to the top and fastening at the sides, but left loose above and down at the front. The front should have buttonholes to go over pegs at the side.

When the pan is filled with water, the duck should rest in it, so that the water will flow by capillary attraction to the floor. Very little of it should actually reach the floor, because most of it should be evaporated by the air. This method will actually keep the temperature inside the box considerably cooler than that outside. This cooler is easily made and the cost is reduced to a minimum. — Dr. L. K. Hirshberg.

A Vegetable Peeler Made from a Razor Blade

AN old safety-razor blade can be used . for peeling vegetables by attaching it to a wooden handle, as shown in the illustration. The handle should be 7 ins.

��by ^8 in,

��by y2

��in., and should be sand-

��papered to a smooth finish. Attach the blade by means of two bolts ^, 3^ in. by >2 in., having flat heads. Place a washer B on each bolt, between the blade and handle.

If a drill is at hand, a strip of iron or brass may be substituted for the wooden handle. Many uses can be found for this handy knife. — J. E. Noble.

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If the razor blade is properly adjusted the fruit may be peeled quickly and without useless waste

��Soldering German Silver

GERMAN silver cannot be soldered with lead without showing a diff'er- ence in color. The following formula obviates this difficulty: Silver, i part; brass, i part; zinc, i part. Melt in the ladle, stir, pour into the mold and cool. The flux for the foregoing is borax powder. — T. F. BuscH.

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