PAINT OILS AND THINNERS 



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Transporting Menhaden from net to deck of boat, in swinging basket 



the most satisfactory for use in paint is that grade termed " light 

 winter pressed." This oil is of a pale straw color and has a high 

 iodine number which is responsible for its rapid drying value. 

 It contains less of the stearates that precipitate from crude oil, 

 but sufficient to render its film water-shedding and elastic. The 

 presence of too great a quantity of stearates is apt to result in a 



A big catch of Menhaden made off Narragansett Bay 



