To Make Corn Starch.

Gather the corn when it is a proper age for table use; have a large tin

grater, and grate the corn into a clean vessel, into which drop the

cobs as you grate them until the vessel is about half full, rub the

cobs and squeeze them dry as possible, and put them into another vessel

of clean water, rub and squeeze them again the third rinsing will take

all the starch out, let it settle, and then pour all the starch

together and strain it through a coarse cloth, and then through a

flannel, and let it settle until the next morning, when you will find a

thick yellow substance under the water, covering the pure white article

in the bottom of the vessel, remove the yellow substance and pour clean

water on the starch and stir it up, as soon as it settles thoroughly

again, pour off the water and put the starch on dishes, and set it in

the sun to dry. When you want to use it, moisten it with cold water and

pour boiling water on, till it is the right consistency for use. It

requires no boiling.