| Show Good Whitewash Recipe for General Gener l Farm Work Numerous inquiries are received by bythe the extension division of the North Carolina State college a about out the best whitewash to use for the henhouse or other th r outbuildings The requests are particularly numerous during the summer summer sum- sum mer men The following directions may give an effective whitewash Slack a a half halt bushel of quicklime or lump lime Ume with boiling water keepIng keepIng keeping keep- keep Ing it covered during the process Strain this and add a peck of f salt dissolved dis dissolved dissolved dis dis- solved in warm water three pounds of ot ground rice boiled in water until It Is Isa isa a thin paste a half halt pound of ot Spanish whiting and a pound of ot clear blue dissolved dissolved dissolved dis dis- dis- dis solved in warm water Mix 1 these together to together gether well and let the mixture stand for several days I Seat neat it and apply as quickly as possible with a whitewash whitewash whitewash white white- wash brush Alum added to whitewash will make It stick better Use an ounce to a gallon Molasses l makes the lime more soluble and makes it penetrate the wood or plaster more deeply Use a pint of ot molasses to a gallon of ot i whitewash A pound of ot cheap bar har soap dissolved In a gallon of boiling I I water and added to five gallons of ot thick whitewash whitewash will Impart a gloss like idee t that at of oil paint |
