Show A good whitewash the following recipe for a awash wash of any color is said to be excellent is taken from the Ch comical mical gazette whitewash is one of the most valuable articles in the world when properly applied it prevents it not dot ot only the decay of wood but conduces greatly to the ll 11 healthfulness of all bill buildings I 1 dings whether of wood or stone ont out buildings and fences want wani once or twice every year a good coat of whitewash white wasll wasil which should de be prepared in the following way take a clean water wafer tigh ligh t barrel and put into it halt a bushel of lime ilme slake it by pouring water vater over it boiling hot and in sufficient f quantity to cover it five inches deep and stir it briskly till thoroughly slaked when the slaking has been effected dissolve it in the water and add two pounds of sulphate of zinc and one of common salt these will cause the wash to harden and prevent its cracking which gives at an unseemly appearance to the work if desirable des rable a beautiful cream color may be communicated cited to lo the above wash by adding three pounds of yellow achre ochre or a good peari pearl or lead color by the addition of lamp or ivory black for fawn color add four pounds of umber turkish or amerl america cap the latter is the cheapest one pound of indian red and one pound of common lamp la mp black bick pa for r common stone color add four p pounds 0 o ands of raw umber and two pounds of la lampblack b la c k this wash may be applied with a w whitewash ash brush and will be folind found much superior both in appearance and durability to common whitewash |