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Durrell Stables Survayer of the Meltings Gold Pot Book, April 25, 1814

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To prevent Mice eating Peas when they are sown for [illegible]
Soak the peas for a Day or two in train? oil before you sow them this will encourage their vegetation and render them so obnoxious to the Mice that they will not eat them

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The use of Garlic against Moles, Grubs & Snails
Moles have such an aversion to the smell of Garlic, thus in order to get rid of these troublesome and destructive guests it is sufficient to introduce a few heads of Garlic into their subterraneous walks - It is likewise employed with Success against Grubs and Snails

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Substitute for Salt of Sorrel for removing Ink Spots and Iron Moulds
Take six parts of Crystals of Tartar in powder, two parts of Alum likewise pulverized, and use them in the same manner as salt of Sorrel

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To make the celebrated Pommade Divine
According to Dr Beddows this Composition is as follows [illegible] Beef Marrow twelve ounces steeped in Water ten Days and afterwards in Rose Water twenty four hours; flowers of benjamin pounded [strax?] & Florentine [boris?] of each half an ounce. Cinnamon a quarter of an ounce and Clove & nutmeg, each a quarter of an ounce the whole to be put in an Earthen Vessel closely covered down to keep in the Fumes, and being suspended in Water made to boil three hours; after which, the whole is to be strained and put into Bottles, or Galipots

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19 [left margin] 211 To prevent Mice eating Peas when they are sown for [illegible] Soak the peas for a Day or two in train? oil before you sow them this will encourage their vegetation and render them so obnoxious to the Mice that they will not eat them [left margin] 314 The use of Garlic against Moles, Grubs & Snails Moles have such an aversion to the smell of Garlic, thus in order to get rid of these troublesome and destructive guests it is sufficient to introduce a few heads of Garlic into their subterraneous walks - It is likewise employed with Success against Grubs and Snails [left margin] 314 Substitute for Salt of Sorrel for removing Ink Spots and Iron Moulds Take six parts of Crystals of Tartar in powder, two parts of Alum likewise pulverized, and use them in the same manner as salt of Sorrel [left margin] 205 To make the celebrated Pommade Divine According to Dr Beddows this Composition is as follows [illegible] Beef Marrow twelve ounces steeped in Water ten Days and afterwards in Rose Water twenty four hours; flowers of benjamin pounded [strax?] & Florentine [boris?] of each half an ounce. Cinnamon a quarter of an ounce and Clove & nutmeg, each a quarter of an ounce the whole to be put in an Earthen Vessel closely covered down to keep in the Fumes, and being suspended in Water made to boil three hours; after which, the whole is to be strained and put into Bottles, or Galipots