MILDEW

Is likewise obstinate. If anything will extract it, it is lemon-juice

mixed with an equal weight of salt, powdered starch, and soft soap.

Rub on thickly and lay upon the grass in the hot sun; renewing the

application two or three times a day until the spot fades or comes out.

I have also used salt wet with tomato-juice, often renewed, laying the

article stained upon the grass. Sometimes the stain was taken out,

sometimes not.

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