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and the whole should be very well rubbed in at one time. If, 

 from length of time, chops or cracks are in the body, a little tar- 

 ointment should be rubbed into them once in three or four days, 

 till well. If, after curing, they should have a cough, with bellies 

 too large, give each from half an ounce to an ounce, to two 

 ounces of crude antimony, well levigated, in some of his food, 

 and continue it for ten days or more. Tar-ointment is tar and mut- 

 ton suet, of each an equal quantity, melted over a gentle fire, 

 Good also for cracked heels in horses. Dr. Norford. 



METHOD OF PREPARING A CHEAP SUBSTITUTE 

 FOR OIL PAINT. BY M. LUDICKE. 



It often happ ns that people do not choose, or cannot employ 

 oil-painting in the country, either because it does not dry soon 

 enough, and has an insupportable smell, or because it is too dear. 

 M. Ludicke employed, with the greatest success, the following 

 method, for painting ceilings, gates, doors, and even furniture, 



The Process. 



Take fresh curds, and bruise the lumps on a grinding-stone, 

 or in an earthen pan, or mortar, wit!) a spatula. After this ope- 

 ration, put them in a pot, with an equal quantity of lime, well 

 quenched, and become thick enough to be kneaded : stir this mix- 

 ture well, without adding water, and you will soon obtain a 

 white- coloured fluid, which may be applied with as much facility 

 as varnish, and which dries very speedily. But it must be era- 

 ployed the same day, as it will become too thick the day following. 



Ochre, Armenian bole, and all colours which hold with lime, 

 may be mixed with it, according to the colour which you wish to 

 give to the wood} but care must be taken that the addition of co- 

 lour made to the first mixture of curds and lime may contain very 

 little water, else the painting will be less durable. 



When two coats of this paint have been laid on, it may be 

 polished with a piece of woollen cloth, or other proper substance, 

 and it will become as bright as varnish. It is certain, that no 

 kind of painting can be so cheap : but it possesses, besides, ether 

 advantages : in the same day two coats may be laid on and po- 

 Ji=>hed, as it dries speedily, and has no smell. If it be required to 



give 



