Encyclopedia of Practical Receipts and Processes

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Lard

The best quality of lard melts at 81° Fahr., and contains about 60 fresh bones, split open lengthways, is very well adapted for making soaps, but generally undergoes a process of purification before being thus employed. (See No. 534.) is terminated when large, regular, dry scales 527. Cocoanut Oil possesses two promiappear on the surface; when this is the case let it settle, and draw off the fluid which remains. Put the soap into frames lined with cotton cloth which has been well powdered with a mixture of lime and starch, and as soon as the soap has become firm, lay it out to dry.

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