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be thoroughly saturated, when they are 

 dried and put away for further use. 



This material is strong enough, and at 

 the same time breaks so easily as not to 

 injure the hands. Any of the resin and 

 beeswax waxes may be used. When the 

 string is used it should be warm enough 

 to stick without tying. 



19. Waxed Cloth. — Old calico or thin 

 muslin is rolled on a stick and placed in 

 melted wax. When saturated it is al- 

 lowed to cool by being unrolled on a 

 bench. It is then cut in strips to suit. 



V — Waxes for Wounds 



20. Any of the more adhesive graft- 

 ing waxes are excellent for dressing 

 wounds, although most of them cleave 

 off after the first year. Stiff and ochreous 

 paints are also good. Tar is useful. 



21. Coal Tar. — Apply a coating of coal 

 tar to the wound, which has first been 

 pared and smoothed. If the wound con- 

 tains a hole, plug It with seasoned wood. 



22. Hoskins' Wax. — Boil pine tar 

 slowly for three or four hours; add one- 

 half pound of beeswax to a quart of the 

 tar. Have ready some dry and finely 

 sifted clay, and when the mixture of tar 

 and wax is partly cold, stir into the above 

 named quantity about 12 ounces of the 

 clay; continue the stirring until the mix- 

 ture is so stiff and so nearly cool that 

 the clay will not settle. This is soft 

 enough in mild weather to be easily ap- 

 plied with a knife or spatula. 



23. Schaefells Healing Paint. — Boil 

 linseed oil (free from cotton-seed oil) one 

 hour, with an ounce of litharge to each 

 pint of oil; then stir in sifted wood ashes 

 until the paint is of the proper consis- 

 tency. Pare the bark until smooth, as 

 the fuzzy edge left by the saw will cause 

 it to die back. Paint the wound over in 

 dry weather, and if the wound is very 

 large cover with a gunny-sack. 



24. Tar for Bleeding in Vines. — Add 

 to tar about three or four times its 

 weight of iiowdered slate or some similar 

 substance. 



25. Hot Iron for Bleeding in Vines. — 

 Apply a hot iron to the bare surface until 

 it is charred, and then rub into the 



charred surface a paste made of newly 

 burnt lime and grease. 



2B, Collodion for Bleeding in Vines. — 

 In some extreme cases two or tliree coats 

 will be needed, in which case allow the 

 collodion to form a film before applying 

 another coat. Pharmaceutical collodion 

 is better than photographic. 



Bailey'.s Rule Book, pp. 86-89. 



Other Forniulnr 



Resin four or five parts, beeswax one 

 and one-half to two parts, linseed oil one 

 to one and one-half parts. This is melted 

 in a mass, and when cool enough it may 

 be drawn out into thin strips and applied 

 by wrapping it firmly around the stock 

 where the scion is inserted; or a more 

 convenient mode of using this wax is 

 to spread it while melted upon thin mus- 

 lin or strong manila paper and, when 

 cool, cut or tear in strips of convenient 

 width for wrapping around the grafted 

 stock. 



Resin six pounds, beeswax one pound, 

 linseed oil one pint. Melt together, and 

 when at the temperature of 180 degrees 

 F. apply directly to the joints with a 

 small bristle brush. In order to keep it 

 at the proper consistency the vessel con- 

 taining the wax may be placed in an- 

 other vessel containing boiling water. 

 G. B. Brackett. 

 Washington, D. C 



Weights of Apples, see under Apple 

 P'li'king. 



West Virginia 



West Virginia is quite irregular in 

 shape. Seven of its counties, viz., Jeffer- 

 son. Berkshire, Morgan, Hampshire. 

 Hard.v, Mineral and Pendleton, are east of 

 the Alleghany mountain range and their 

 waters drain into the Potomac river. 

 Four counties lie in a narrow strip, ex- 

 tending north from the main body of the 

 state, along the Ohio river. These 

 counties are Hancock, Brooke, Ohio and 

 Marshall. In the region east of the Al- 

 leghany mountains are considerable de- 

 posits of limestone, which greatly im- 

 proves the soil for agricultural and horti- 

 cultural purposes. According to the 



