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Show BEST WAX FORjGRAFTING Recipe Given for Making Mixturi That Is Essential In All Orchards Convenient Sizes Made. Rosin four parts (ounces or pounds); beeswax, two pounds; tallow, tal-low, one part; melted, slowly, in an iron vessel, putting in the rosin five or ten minutes before the beeswax; and all completely mixed together by much stirring. In 20 minutes or so It will be thoroughly thor-oughly mixed, and a convenient portion por-tion is to be poured into a bucket of cold water. In a minute or less it will be cool enough to take up with the hands (which must have been greased with tallow) and pulled like taffy. When it becomes light yellow In color it is done and can be made into sticks or balls and put into another an-other vessel of cold water to harden. Other portions can be treated in the same way until all is used up. These balls, or sticks, of convenient size can be laid away until required for use. |