﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  457 
  

  

  has 
  induced 
  the 
  majority 
  of 
  makers 
  of 
  boiled 
  oil 
  to 
  buy 
  their 
  driers 
  

   from 
  a 
  varnish 
  manufacturer, 
  who 
  is 
  better 
  equipped 
  from 
  the 
  na- 
  

   ture 
  of 
  his 
  business 
  to 
  make 
  driers 
  than 
  the 
  linseed 
  crusher 
  is. 
  The 
  

   division 
  of 
  labor 
  between 
  the 
  varnish 
  maker 
  and 
  the 
  linseed 
  

   oil 
  manufacturer 
  results 
  in 
  enabling 
  the 
  linseed 
  crusher 
  to 
  dispense 
  

   with 
  all 
  apparatus 
  for 
  heating 
  oil 
  to 
  very 
  high 
  temperatures, 
  and 
  is 
  

   on 
  this 
  account 
  advantageous 
  to 
  him. 
  This 
  same 
  division 
  of 
  labor 
  

   has, 
  however, 
  had 
  the 
  further 
  effect 
  of 
  allowing 
  the 
  manufacturer 
  

   of 
  driers 
  an 
  opportunity 
  to 
  introduce 
  into 
  them 
  for 
  his 
  own 
  profit, 
  

   materials 
  which 
  the 
  oil 
  manufacturer, 
  who 
  is 
  endeavoring 
  to 
  pro- 
  

   duce 
  a 
  pure 
  article, 
  would 
  not 
  wish 
  to 
  add 
  to 
  his 
  oil. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  claimed 
  by 
  tlie 
  makers 
  of 
  the 
  so-called 
  " 
  bunghole 
  " 
  oil 
  (a 
  

   simple 
  mixture 
  of 
  raw 
  linseed 
  oil 
  with 
  drier), 
  and 
  also 
  by 
  the 
  

   manufacturers 
  of 
  driers 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  in 
  this 
  way, 
  that 
  the 
  oil 
  made 
  

   by 
  this 
  process 
  is 
  just 
  as 
  good, 
  as 
  kettle 
  boiled, 
  oil, 
  that 
  no 
  fraud 
  is 
  

   intended 
  by 
  the 
  manufacturers 
  of 
  such 
  oil, 
  and 
  that, 
  in 
  fact, 
  it 
  is 
  

   simply 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  boiled 
  oil. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand 
  it 
  is 
  claimed 
  by 
  the 
  linseed 
  crushers 
  and 
  others 
  

   who 
  make 
  boiled 
  oil 
  from 
  linseed 
  oil 
  and 
  metallic 
  oxides 
  alone, 
  

   that 
  the 
  only 
  materials 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  necessary 
  to 
  add 
  to 
  a 
  linseed 
  oil 
  

   in 
  converting 
  it 
  into 
  boiled 
  oil 
  are 
  the 
  oxides 
  of 
  lead 
  and 
  manganese; 
  

   that 
  no 
  one 
  who 
  can 
  obtain 
  the 
  proper 
  facilities 
  for 
  making 
  boiled, 
  

   oil, 
  viz., 
  a 
  kettle 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  heated 
  and 
  agitated, 
  finds 
  it 
  

   necessary 
  to 
  use 
  a 
  drier 
  thinned 
  with 
  benzine 
  or 
  turpentine, 
  and 
  

   that, 
  in 
  fact, 
  these 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  finished 
  oil 
  simply 
  dilutents 
  detracting 
  

   from 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  oil; 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  necessary 
  to 
  use 
  in 
  the 
  

   manufacture 
  of 
  drier 
  for 
  making 
  boiled 
  oil 
  and 
  shellac, 
  kauri 
  dust, 
  

   rosin, 
  or 
  rosin 
  oil, 
  or, 
  in 
  fact, 
  anything 
  but 
  linseed 
  oil, 
  lead 
  and 
  man- 
  

   ganese, 
  and 
  finally 
  that 
  the 
  sale 
  as 
  " 
  boiled 
  oil 
  " 
  of 
  oil 
  which 
  con- 
  

   tains 
  anything 
  but 
  linseed 
  oil, 
  lead 
  and 
  manganese, 
  is 
  a 
  fraud 
  and 
  

   should 
  not 
  be 
  permitted. 
  

  

  The 
  character 
  of 
  boiled 
  linseed 
  oil, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  described 
  in 
  the 
  

   literature, 
  even 
  in 
  the 
  latest 
  books, 
  does 
  not 
  agree 
  with 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  

   oU 
  now 
  made 
  in 
  this 
  State. 
  It 
  is 
  described 
  in 
  the 
  literature 
  as 
  

   being 
  made 
  at 
  a 
  high 
  temperature 
  in 
  the 
  old-fashioned 
  way. 
  

  

  