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  Prof. 
  Smith: 
  What 
  do 
  you 
  use 
  the 
  lamp 
  black 
  for, 
  Mr. 
  

   Jones 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Jones: 
  To 
  toughen 
  the 
  wax 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  will 
  not 
  crack 
  

   and 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  will 
  adhere 
  better. 
  

  

  A 
  Member: 
  How 
  do 
  you 
  get 
  your 
  excess 
  of 
  wax 
  off 
  the 
  cloth? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Jones: 
  We 
  just 
  throw 
  the 
  rolls 
  on 
  a 
  board 
  and 
  press 
  

   them. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  I 
  believe 
  you 
  would 
  find 
  it 
  easier 
  to 
  tear 
  it 
  up 
  

   into 
  strips 
  than 
  to 
  put 
  it 
  in 
  rolls. 
  We 
  have 
  been 
  using 
  that 
  

   method. 
  We 
  ran 
  short 
  of 
  cloth 
  and 
  I 
  went 
  to 
  town 
  and 
  got 
  

   some 
  and 
  tore 
  off 
  a 
  piece 
  about 
  8 
  or 
  9 
  yards 
  long 
  and 
  folded 
  

   it 
  up 
  into 
  strips 
  that 
  wide 
  and 
  dipped 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  pure 
  beeswax 
  

   and 
  pressed 
  it 
  on 
  a 
  board 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  ready 
  for 
  work. 
  

  

  Col. 
  Sober: 
  I 
  take 
  just 
  a 
  common 
  corn 
  cob 
  and 
  wind 
  it 
  on 
  

   as 
  you 
  would 
  on 
  a 
  spool, 
  then, 
  while 
  the 
  wax 
  is 
  warm, 
  I 
  dip 
  it 
  

   in; 
  you 
  can 
  have 
  the 
  cloth 
  half 
  an 
  inch 
  wide 
  or 
  an 
  inch 
  wide 
  

   just 
  as 
  you 
  please. 
  My 
  way 
  of 
  making 
  wax 
  is, 
  I 
  take 
  two 
  pounds 
  

   of 
  rosin, 
  one 
  pound 
  of 
  beeswax 
  and 
  half 
  a 
  pound 
  of 
  tallow. 
  I 
  

   find 
  that 
  stands 
  all 
  kinds 
  of 
  weather. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Jones: 
  You 
  prefer 
  the 
  tallow 
  ? 
  

  

  Col. 
  Sober: 
  Yes 
  sir, 
  I 
  do. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  Beef 
  tallow 
  or 
  mutton 
  tallow 
  ? 
  

  

  Col. 
  Sober: 
  I 
  prefer 
  mutton 
  tallow; 
  two 
  pounds 
  of 
  rosin, 
  

   one 
  of 
  beeswax 
  and 
  half 
  a 
  pound 
  of 
  tallow. 
  Then 
  you 
  want 
  to 
  

   boil 
  it 
  very 
  slowly 
  and 
  thoroughly, 
  and 
  pour 
  it 
  in 
  cold 
  water. 
  

  

  A 
  Member: 
  Do 
  you 
  unroll 
  this 
  roll 
  of 
  cloth 
  ? 
  

  

  Col. 
  Sober: 
  I 
  have 
  a 
  machine 
  to 
  turn 
  it 
  on 
  just 
  the 
  same 
  

   as 
  you 
  would 
  on 
  a 
  spool. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Jones: 
  The 
  strip 
  goes 
  through 
  the 
  wax 
  ? 
  

  

  Col. 
  Sober: 
  No, 
  you 
  wind 
  that, 
  then 
  when 
  your 
  wax 
  is 
  warm, 
  

   you 
  drop 
  this 
  in 
  but 
  secure 
  the 
  ends, 
  then 
  take 
  it 
  out 
  and 
  lay 
  

   it 
  by 
  till 
  it's 
  all 
  saturated; 
  then 
  I 
  tear 
  it 
  off 
  as 
  I 
  use 
  it. 
  I 
  find 
  

   that 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  convenient 
  thing, 
  and 
  I 
  generally 
  get 
  calico, 
  

   that 
  is 
  pretty 
  closely 
  woven, 
  but 
  is 
  rotten 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  tears 
  easily. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Jones: 
  Did 
  you 
  ever 
  use 
  raffia 
  for 
  tying 
  your 
  grafts 
  ? 
  

  

  Col. 
  Sober: 
  No 
  sir, 
  I 
  have 
  not. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Jones: 
  We 
  have 
  used 
  it 
  on 
  pecans 
  and 
  walnuts 
  

   for 
  the 
  reason 
  that 
  it 
  doesn't 
  have 
  to 
  be 
  untied 
  as 
  it 
  bursts 
  off 
  

   with 
  the 
  growth 
  of 
  the 
  tree. 
  

  

  Col. 
  Sober: 
  This 
  wax 
  I 
  have 
  tried 
  on 
  thousands 
  and 
  thou- 
  

   sands 
  of 
  grafts 
  and 
  it 
  stands 
  all 
  kinds 
  of 
  weather. 
  You 
  can 
  

  

  