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Dressing for Belts (Adhesive). — 51b. tallow, lib. yellow- 

 wax, 21b. common chalk, lib. black lead, and lib. resin. Dissolve 

 these together by gentle heat. Put upon the belt when slighllv 

 warm. Be sure ancl keep well stirred in the kettle while a])plying 

 it to the belt. I'se a little at a time and fre(|ueiitl\ . 



For RuniJiNG I'p Brown Edges, make a solution of oxalic acifl 

 and add to gootl harness compo. 



Harness Blacking. — Melt 21bs. mutton suet, 61bs. bees' wax, 

 when melted, stir in 61bs. sugar candy, 2i41bs. lamp black, 21bs. 

 soft soap, and J^lb. indigo in powder, and when the whole has been 

 thoroughly mixed by heating and stirring for an hour over a slow 

 fire, add 5^-gallon oil of turps. 



Harness Blacking Polish. — Heat together, over a slow fire, 

 16oz. white wax and 24oz. turps. When the wmx has dissolved, 

 mix in 8oz. ivory black and loz. powdered indigo. Stir the mixture 

 till cold. Take a little of this compound on a cloth or piece of 

 flannel (old is best) not flufTv, and polish with a shoe brush. 



Harness Blacking Compo. — l^^^oz. yellow wax, '^^oz. powdered 

 indigo, 5^oz. powdered extract of logwood, loz. powdered drco 

 black, 7oz. spirits of turps. Melt the wax in turps over slow 

 fire, then the other ingredients, and mix together. Keep in a vessel 

 from which the air is excluded, and stir well before using. Apply 

 with a sponge or soft brush, and polish with a hard brush. 



Harness Compo Renovator. — Dissolve ^oz. isinglass, or best 

 gelatine, and 8oz. glue in 1 quart vinegar in separate vessels. 

 Extract the goodness from 8oz. logwood by boiling it in 1 quart 

 vinegar, strain and dissolve in it J^oz. indigo. Mix the two com- 

 pounds. Add 4oz. soft soap, and strain. 



Harness Grease or Soap. — 4oz. ammonia soap, loz. palm oil, 

 3oz. ordinarv hard soap (pure), and l3<^oz. of a solution of tannin, 

 made by digesting 9 to 16oz. tannic acid in 4oz. water. Gently 

 heat the oil and soap together until melted, using a water bath, 

 then add the ammonia soap, and lastly the tannin solution. Well 

 mix by constantly stirring, and put into stoneware jars. The 

 ammonia soap is prepared by heating olive oil to the boiling point, 

 and then stirring in sesqui-carbonate of ammonia (in powder) until 

 the smell of ammonia that is given off remains permanent in the 

 compound. Do not lay on more than the leather will absorb. 



Harness Makers' Black Wax. — 21b. of Stockholm pitch, 21b. 

 resin, ^^'-pint seal oil. In summer add more resin and less oil. 

 Put the ingredients into an iron vessel, and melt over a slow fire. 

 When thoroughly melted and incorporated, pour into a pail of cold 

 water, and work' the wax well until it swims, then cut into balls. 



Harness Makers' Jet. — Boz. gelatine, 6oz. gum arabic, 1^2 

 pints water. Dissolve these together in an oven, then add 12o/. 

 treacle and lOoz. ivorv black. Stir occasionally, and, when cold, 

 bottle off. Apply with a sponge. This will not resist water. 



Harness Polish.— 4oz. glue, 1% pints vinegar, 2oz. gum-arabic, 

 5^-pint black ink, 2 drachms isinglass. Break the glue into small 



