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Arm & Hammer Soda book of valuable recipes

1900

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Presented as published in 1900. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
COLIC IN HORSES AND CATTLE.— Dissolve one-half pound of ARM AND HAMMER SODA in warm water. Put in a long-necked bottle, and pour the contents down the animal’s throat. If the first does not prove sufficient, repeat in one hour. This applies to all cattle. HORSES.— One tablespoonful of ARM AND HAMMER BRAND SODA (or Saleratus) to a pail of water, if given a horse to drink once or twice a week, will be found very beneficial, preventing worms, and is cooling and sweetening to the stomach, etc., etc. This also applies to all cattle. For the Cure of scratches in horses.— First wash all dirt from the parts with castile soap and warm water. Then take one-half cupful of ARM AND HAMMER BICARBONATE SODA to a quart of lukewarm waterWash for Scratches in Horses. Wash the effected part twice a day. Should the scratches not yield readily to this treatment on the third day, increase the quantity of BICARBONATE OF SODA. The above solution also makes an excellent wash for horses’ tails and manes, Vaseline and ARM AND HAMMER BICARBONATE SODA well mixed will also be found very beneficial in case of scratches. FARMERS SHOULD INSURE AGAINST DAMAGE FROIY! WEEVIL IN GRAIN. . IN CRIBBING CORN IN THE SHUCK, PUT IN A LAYER OF CORN ABOUT SIX INCHES THICK, THEN SCATTER OR SPRINKLE OVER THIS corn, Arm and Hammer Brand of Soda, in proportion TO FROM TWELVE TO FIFTEEN POUNDS TO EVERY ONE HUNDRED BARRELS OF CORN IN THE SHUCK, AND CONTINUE THIS UNTIL THE CRIB IS FILLED, THIS WILL ABSOLUTELY PREVENT ALL DANGER OF WEEVILS DAMAGING CORN. SEE SEPERATE HANDBILLS WITH TESTIMONIALS. ALSO SEND FOR ARM AND HAMMER BOOK OF VALUABLE RECIPES. insist on having Arm and Hammer soda. 32 Arm & Hammer Brand SODA AMD SALERATUS BATHS. A MOST DELIGHTFUL BATH MAY BE TAKEN BY FILLING THE BATH TUB WITH WATER AS HOT AS CAN BE COMFORTABLY BORNE AND THEN THOROUGHLY DISSOLVING IN IT FROM ONE-HALF TO ONE POUND OF Arm and Hammer brand soda or Saleratus. IT MAKES THE WATER DELIGHTFULLY PLEASANT AND HAS THE EFFECT OF SOFTENING THE SKIN AND GIVING IT A VELVETY TEXTURE. IT IS PERFECTLY HARMLESS AND THERE IS NO DANGER OF USING TOO MUCH. IN FACT, THE MORE USED THE MORE DELIGHTFUL WILL BE THE EFFECT. for Colds, Rheumatism, Lumbago, and ills of LIKE NATURE, THIS IS ALSO A MOST EXCELLENT REMEDY. i THE ABOVE IS A COPY OF OUR PACKAGE