Show earning money at home by making your own soap in farm butchering there Is usually a large quantity of fat scraps which would be a loss if not utilized for making soap also there are the tat fat scraps and trimmings from bacons bacans hams and all home borne cured meats which can be saved and made into soap the fat scraps saved from fall until spring will amount to considerable and with these you will be able to make enough soup for all family needs to last at least six months this would be quite a saving an excellent recipe tor for making a hard white soap as good as any commercial soap you ever bought Is given below 20 pounds of clean melted fat free fr from salt 4 quarts of 0 soft oft water in which are dissolved 4 13 ounce cans of lye and 4 heaping tab tablespoonfuls tablespoon le spoonfuls Culs of 0 powdered borax let the lye and borax solution stand until cold it Is best to dissolve the lye the day before you want anant to make the soap as it takes the solution quite some time to cool the grease elio ulu be just warm enough to be in liquid state add tile the lye solution slowly and stir mixture moderately until it reaches the consistency of honey now kow pour in cloth lined be box to harden when partly hardened cut in bars but do not remove from be box cover with an old rug or blanket and let t stand 24 hours boul s when nhen it may be remon removed ed if possible let soap stand lit in a warm dry ary place for a month before using remember the longer the soap ages the better it is milder and lasts longer this recipe will make you about bars of hard white soap worth more than 5 and you av will III get a great deal of satisfaction out of seeing the results of your 0 own n handiwork handia I 1 A ork |