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13. Add one peck of quick lime dust to 40 gallons of 
water. It may be used after standing ten or fifteen minutes, 
with occasionally stirring. When it is necessary to keep 
plants free of the dregs of lime, the lime may be left at 
the bottom of the vessel, but it has a better effect to stir the 
whole together before it is applied. 
14. Quick lime three-quarters, and one-quarter soot, to 
be mixed well together. 
15. To a full quart of quick lime add 10 gallons of 
water, or half a peck to 40 gallons ; let it stand for 10 mi- 
nutes or any longer time, and be occasionally stirred up 
just before it is wanted for use ; when settled, draw it off 
pretty clear. In cases where the lime will not prove a nui- 
sance, it will be better to mix a portion of the lime and 
water together. 
16. Compost for Wounds in Trees. — One bushel 
of tenacious clay, half a bushel of fresh cow dung, let 
them be well tempered together to the consistency of com- 
mon mortar, with the assistance of suds, from the washhouse, 
and 4 pints of the dregs of fish, lineseed, or any other kind 
of oil, or in place of the oil, a peck of tallow or kitchen fat 
may be used. 
For wounds in the smaller branches it will require an 
additional quantity of suds to bring the compost to the state 
of moderately stiff" paint, or as stiff" as it can be applied with 
a painter’s brush. 
