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THE TROPICAL AQRICOLTURIST. 
[November 2, 1891. 
recrnifcinR sybtem — arcaBonftblc, humaDO, and generally 
Btnookbly working aystom — baaed on the reorni^cr who 
had “ boon th*>re,*’ been up and worked on tUo gardens 
judged what tho life was like and Ibe probabilities, 
of making “ life worlU living " as compared with life 
in his native villngu or elsewhere, and who wool 
down to bring up bis own family, relatives and friends, 
and their families, relatives aud friends, as many as 
ho could ffet» Thero wag no nblaction, crimping, no 
“ man felling,” only a plain atat-'meut of advautiigos 
to be gained by emigration, nt worst slightly coloured 
by a rirviftr eager to impress bis relations and friends 
with the advantage of the chan-je, and get his bonus 
per head for a large number of recruits* Put the 
coloring at its highest, after all, the sirdar was taking 
his own people to share a life that ho had bimseli 
found by personal oxperierco not only oadurnble, 
but prohlablo and pleasant, and the system forms a 
striking contrast to tho arkutti one, which, wiili its 
atteuJaut evils of in sreprieoutatioop, forcible abduc* 
tiouP, aud iho gennr al tmOio iu human floph goes 
nearly to deserve tho stigma of a “ alavo trade,” by 
which it WAS designated by a recent writer from tho 
Madras siile, when tbo Ganjam district was thrown 
open to coolio recruiting, it is to bo hope ! that Mr. 
Hogarth’s cfTort will bo seconded by united action on 
tho part of tho various associations coocerued.~- 
Calcutta Englishmaa. 
HOW TO SAVE EXPh:NSE IN PAINTING 
UPON KXTEKIOR SUUFACES. 
We always expect greater service than we receive 
from it because our system of exterior p'linting is a 
failuro, It involvf 9 an actual loss each time of painting, 
of more th:in two hundrod per cent., which in the 
aggregate for tho entire country amounts to a positive 
loss of many inilli ns of dollars by ptintiiig thrto 
timre where once only is necessary. 
This statement may appear exaggerated, nevertheke-i 
it 18 easily proven, as we shal hhow. 
Such waste has bi:en going on nniuy years, and not 
unnoticed by property htdders, but has been oiidur^d 
for the rea-ion that no one has appoArod who could 
solve this mystery. A discovery baa beou made and 
verified tliat by a vi’ry email extra expense, paint can 
bo made to la>t three times as long ns it has Idtherto, 
Experiments hiivo befn made with the various pig. 
ments, oils and vehicleg employed for painting pnrp ises, 
to ascertain which is ilio moht dur^blo ; also tho b st 
method cf applying it. 
The most intricate problem becomes plain and simple, 
when understood, but without Romo knowledgn of 
oliemifitry to enable us to sho the various relations of 
cause and effect upon ench other by Lbo<ie thing^ we 
cannot acoonipliah much. Objeetb ssong arealso helpful 
on our study hs in this case it is ►© proved. 
Tho ixterior wall of a biick hou.se in proco.^a of 
preparation to recoivo a coat of what is termed nmstio 
fiui^^k attraotod oor attention. It was being covered 
with repealed uoalB of quick drying tinsco I oil uotil 
it became glossy, when the oompoRition prepared 
iriih oil was spread with a trowel an pUster upon 
the surface. 
It furnished tho i lea desired at onco ; this is the 
thing necefsary to be dene: Ifofore paintin? pr* pare 
the surface by filling tho lun s or grain of tlio wood 
with quick oxidizing iinseed oil fnr tho supp:)rt of tho 
paint. Accordingly tho (xperimont was mide on a 
lar,e scale and for a 1 ng period of ten 5 ears in 
the lollowing nr.it r ; Tho oxn'o of zinc wasf ebeted 
partly for its having been roj ‘ctod for ouldde wo k 
by painters gercnilly, on account of its crackiug and 
peeling off, mid partly fir its being tbo oxide of a 
hard motsl. ,.1-1 i -.i 
Tho best Calcutta raw Imseod oil prepared with 
ehemicnlfl without hint to cause it to oxidiz-j quickly 
and thus prei'erve its naluriil elasticity like oil when 
it begins to lattcn was emp’oyotl to coat tbo bare 
wood twico before painting, and when dry tire same 
oU was 1180(1 to mix the ztno, two coatr of which was 
applied upon a largo house so as to prepare a fair 
opiwrtanity for a test to all points of the compass 
during a period of ten yeers. 
At tho expiration of the tenth year on tho side ex- 
po ed to the Soutli, the paint was aoinewhat bloaolied, 
bn remained iirm without signs of perishing, on the 
no th side it hud tho appeirrnee of wlth-tuoding 
another ten years teat. 
This oil possesses all tho qualities of very old oil 
vrithout tbo expense of storogo and nccuniulatioti of 
interest for several years. A single coat of it over 
old paint is more durable than a coat of tho process 
lead paint. Judging from those experiments it is very 
evident that wfi (rapJoy too little oil iu paint'og on 
e.xteriors, and this is the true method of applying it 
for great durability. 
The manufsoturers of lii|uid mixed paints osn now 
laho advantage of this iutormation and relieve their 
customers of an extraordinary exponse from tho 
sealing of their paints. 
.tSAIlEl. WlIEEI.EIt. 
— Oil, Paint and Orur/ Kepotler. 
« 
A New Wood. — Western Australia is producing 
a wood which is dostinod to bo much in favour 
with church tiiilders. This is tho j irrah wood, 
which is as hard and durable ns oak, but posEesaoa 
a rich, deep colour liko mahogany or very old- 
oak, and is well adapted for panelling and carving. 
Old Iltrr.o Churoli, in Kent — where tho Tt Dcaiil 
was Qrst sung in the English language— has just 
been teroofi d with jarrah, and tho effect in said to 
bo startlingly fino. The church is now oompl toly 
restored. — A. I'\ Press, 
The probability of large shipmente of frui's to 
this country being made from our Australian 
Colonies in the early future, the praclioability of 
which has been so recently dumonstrated by the 
great quantities of exoelleiit Tasmanian apples with 
which our markots have this year beou supplied, 
is now further exompltficd by tho arrival of a small 
oons'giiment of laisina from the Australian Irrigation 
Coluuios, on iheltivor Murray, beiug tho tirat fruits 
reocivod from those settlements, tbo establishment 
of which, some throe or four years ago, has been 
attended with suoh remarkable eucoess that thoir 
progress has been desoribed by a colonial bishop who 
recenlly visited thorn — Dr. Tiiornton, of Uallnrat — 
as simply “ amazing ” A quantity of raisins are 
now on view nt Iho London olHoes of the Australian 
Irrigation Oclonies in Queen Victoria Street. They 
are eiUiraly sun-dried, tbo clear dry atmosphere 
of that part of Australia where the sett omenta 
are situated enabling tho drying of all d-acrip- 
tions of fruit to bo carried out in the most pjerloot 
manner and without risk cf inju y. Tliey h ive 
heerj pronouuoed of txaellout quality, bo;h in 
flavour and appoutanoe, and aro vary attractively 
put up in 2 lb., 0 lb., aod 12 lb. b.jxes. 
Tbo above consignment will, in duo course, 
be followed by others of a no lass interesting 
oharnctor, embracing tho following valuable fruits 
of oommeroe t-Orangos, 1 . mors, raisin., ourranis, 
apiicoia, peaclnjs, figs, ito., together witii wine, 
olive oil, and other produots, lor which a large 
demand is aiitioipatod in tins oountry in futnra 
years. The total area of land oonsii.iuing ihs 
Australian Irrigation Cflunies, and of which soma 
25,000 acres at eaoh of tho two sotilemenls 
(Mildura and Itenrnark) are now being dinlt with 
will fall but little short of half a-millioti acres; and 
although tho colonial demand will probably nhjorb 
Iho entira production for some years — there being 
at p»»sent a largo importation of these fruits, Ao., 
into Australia from foreign ocuntrics — an cxleudoil 
r.mproaal trade with tho mother oountry will be 
early oultivatod (more especially with reference to 
wine, oil, &o.), in view ol the enormous future 
produolion which is oonfldently antieipatod and 
practically assured. — Ji. Mail, 
