Whitewash

Tho following is sent out by the laght;,,„. . Board of the Treasury Department : . " The following recipe for whi,tewash Las been foü5ï by éxperieöce to answer on vooci, briol and stonr, nearly as well i a "il paint, :x 1 1 . 1 is mueh cheaper. Slake half a bushel of unslaked linie with boiling water, keeping it eovcred during the (. Stvain it and add a peek of salt, red in wann water. Three pounds . f :; . im 1 vice put in boiling wator, and thin paste : half a pound of ;ish whiting, and a pound u,', dissolved in warm water; well tojuther, and let the mixn 1 for several days. Keep the WMh thus prppared in a kettle or portable i'urnace, and when used put it on as hot as ]osible, with paintors' or whitewush brushes." Thoy also give the following directions for making a wash, composed in part of :ulic cement. They instance a particular kind of cement, thouarh other rarietiee aro equally good if they are gTOund M finely, the only differonce in Ihc resnlt being in tho color of the wash : " Take of frosh Rosendale cement three parta, and mix thcm thoroughly in cSld water. This will prive a gray or granite color, dark or light, according to the color of the cement. If a brick color is doaired, add cnough Yenetian red to the mixturo to produce that color. The ce■jju ii t, sand and col oring matter must be mixed together. If white is desired, tho walls, when new, should receive two coats of cement wash, and then tho whitcwash. Aí'ter tho work hns rocoived the first coat, a Miip;le coat, every 3 or 4 years will be sufficisat It is best to thoroughly danip'ii tlic walls with clean, fresh water, and foUow inimcdiatcly after with the clean comen t waah. This course will prevent iho brides from absorbing the water from the wash too quickly, and will give timo for the cement to set. Care must be taken to keep all the ingredients of the cement wash wcll stin-od during the applioation of it. The mixture must be made aa thiok as it enn be coriveniently ptrt oti with a whitewaeh brush." iie following is recommended for trial wasli is wanted that will help pivrvrve the wood and whicb will not tic liablo to wash olf by the action of " Take good quick limo, in lumps, slake it with hot water, and whilo slaking add, to what will makc a pailful, a pound oi talloworany, greesc free fronx dirt. H may bo ïiicid, smoked, or othcrwise imfil for kitchen nae. As soon as the violent úakmg is over stir thoroughly. All the water should be added bofore the slaking ocasos, and the mixturo should be completo. Tliis forms in the whitewash an insoluole iiuio soap, wiiicu ii tne wniio■v:isli ÍB'dilutocl with cold water, often BeparHt#B in minuto clots. If the mixture bc well made, it wül be very smooth, and very little affeeted by rains. "Farmers will fina the following profittct&B tac house or fenoe paint : Skimmilk, two quarts ; fresh slakod lime, eightounoes ; liusted oil, six ounecs ; Spanish white three pounds. The lime is slacked in wafer, exposed to tho air, and then mixed with about one-fourthof the milk ; the oil in which tho pitch is dissolved, to be addod a little at a time, then tho res of the milk, and at'terwards the Spanish white. This is for white paiut. If desir ablajaj ..i],,-r ,-ul.,rin:iy b yrodoced if a oream color is desired, in plac ofpartof fhe Spanish white, U6O th ochro alono." CePifipurgüs