Show k W 1 how iT oOin oil air we wel all know that it is of oil our harnesses us neglect todo to do it bec bee ausel tigard atas a dirty job but it ia is ealr capy enough if right My procesa for forgoing doing ibis Ms as folloW follows Bt li zt 1 1 first I 1 take the harness apart having eacel s trap strap and piece by itself ahen then itin in warin warm waria soap boap suds I 1 used to soak it iri ift cold coldi water for h hait halt alf a day as others did but I 1 find that ahat warm warin wilt wiit erdoes no harm mid arid much facilitates cili tates the job when cleaned I 1 black every I 1 part with a harmless black dye which imade I 1 make thus Ones ounce of extract of logi logwood I 1 twelve grains of potash both pounded fine tine upon that I 1 pour evv two 10 quarts boil boiling in lah rain a n water stirring until all ail allds ns dissolved i when en cool it may bended bexis ed I 1 keep it unhand all the time in bottles it may be applied with a shoe brush or convenient if any one objects to the use of this blacking fearing that hat t potash it con bains woud leather I 1 say that this kind of potash will not used in a much larger proportion the ribe blacking generally used contains copperas a sulphate sometimes anade of oil of vitriol and iron and it will eat out he the life of leather unless used with great caution I 1 when the iye lye dye has struck in I 1 go ga through aith kith with the oiling process some have a sheet iron pan to oil in which lis its better than anything but J have a sheet of iron nailed mailed toa to a board it is about two by three feet square this I 1 lay upon a table I 1 lay a piece or part odthe har nessi upon thi this sand and with n eats meats foot oil oll applied with a zt paintbrush kept for the purpose igo I 1 go over it oiling every oiled part art and thus proceed proceed until every part is oiled the thi e traces breeching breeching and such parts as neel leei the I 1 most moat por for thelast oiling I 1 use one third castor oil i and nd two thirds beats foot oil mixed A few hours after or perhaps the next dayi days dayl I 1 wipe the harness over with ith a woolen cloth which gives it i t a glossy appearance i why I 1 used some castor oil for the thelaSt laSt coat is because it will stand the effects of the at moo TOo sphere the rain raili aci acs c i much longer than foot root oils consequently the ilot liot require oiling so often by its use one pint of oil is one harness the com tom common way of oiling a to a apply ply as much foot oil blick black black baack althe leather ieather will lii take lake up then therl wash ing orf off with castile soap and water thib this 1 s way is not so good as mine because it mak makes es the harness smutty andalay and alace the soap that ia used contains barilla a strong alkali which cuts up and feeds upon the oil in the leather and the weather especially if ra rainy raily ili 1 Y soon renders lenders the harness stiff and unyielding as before the the threads ia is also aiso als ais 0 destroyed and the s chin chir gives way I 1 have experimented wih W nt h different kinds of oil and eird find tb that atthe the kind proc processo essI essl now cow nse use is the best |