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that will stand the weather well. I have used a choco- 

 late color with good results. I make it thus : — take 

 white lead and raw oil, with which mix Venitian red 

 and lamp-black, to produce the color desired. The rela- 

 tive quantities of each can be ascertained by any per- 

 son, when the same is mixed. The white lead and oil 

 should be mixed first, then add the lamp-black to pro- 

 duce a lead color ; then the Venitian red, and you have 

 the shade desired. Raw oil stands exposure to the 

 weather much better than boiled oil ; yet if you wish to 

 have your hives dry speedily, and if the weather be not 

 very favorable for such a result, you can use a little 

 litharge, or, if you please, a little boiled with the raw oil. 



