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To PREVENT WooD DEcAYiNG.-Take twelve ounces of rosin and eight ounces Of roll birthstone, each coarsly powdered, and three gallons of train oil. Heat them slowly, gradually adding four ounces of beeswax, cut ir small bits. Frequently stir the liquor; which as soon as the solid ingredients are unused will become solid on cooling, and may be remelted on subsequent occasions. When it is fit for use, add as much Spanish brown, or red or yellow ochre, or any color you want, frstground fine in some of the oil, as will give the shade you want; then lay |. on with brush as hot and thick as you can some days after the first coat is dried give 1t second It will preserve plank for ages; and keep the weather from driving through brick work. Common white paint may be used on top of 1t. if required, for the sake of appearance Two coats should always be given, and in compound machinery the sep- arate parts should be yarnished before they are put together, after which it will be pr,l-' dent to give third coating to the joints or: to any other part which is peculiarly exposed to the action oI moisture, suchas waterrshootrl flood gates, the beds of carts, the tops ois posts, and all the timber which is nearot within the ground. Each coat should 6c dry before the parts are joined or the last cont: applied. The composition should be anplled when the wood Is perfectl dfy. V IS neces- sary to mention that compo sitlons nladc uf hot oil. should, for the pcke q secs,risy, be heated in metallic vessels, in the open air, fog when the oilis brought to the boiling point. or 600 of Fahrenheit, the vapor catches frei and though a lower degree of temperance should be used il, this process, it is not ai- ways possible to regulate the heat, or to pre-. vent the overflow of the materials; in either of which cases, were the melting performed in house, fatal accidents might happen.

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