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New England cookbook, 1855-1934
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or until you have 31 stiches - Then seam two and two for about a finger length, partly of white and partly of coloured worsted. - For a waist coat - Cast on one hundred stiches - Ninety at the top of sleeve. - Out door whitewash (the following is recommended Two quarts of skimmed milk - 2 ozs fresh slacked lime, 5 lbs whiting; put the lime into a stoneware vessel, pour upon it a sufficient quantity of milk to make a mixture resembling Cream, and then add the balance of the milk. Crumble the whiting and spread it on the surface of the fluid. Stir, or grind as you would lead paint, and apply it as you do other paints. It dries quick, and a second or third coat can be added if desired. - It is inodorous, does not rub off - This quantity will cover 57 square yards with one coat - It may be colored if desired, by adding coloring matter (From N.Y Observer)
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or until you have 31 stiches - Then seam two and two for about a finger length, partly of white and partly of coloured worsted. - For a waist coat - Cast on one hundred stiches - Ninety at the top of sleeve. - Out door whitewash (the following is recommended Two quarts of skimmed milk - 2 ozs fresh slacked lime, 5 lbs whiting; put the lime into a stoneware vessel, pour upon it a sufficient quantity of milk to make a mixture resembling Cream, and then add the balance of the milk. Crumble the whiting and spread it on the surface of the fluid. Stir, or grind as you would lead paint, and apply it as you do other paints. It dries quick, and a second or third coat can be added if desired. - It is inodorous, does not rub off - This quantity will cover 57 square yards with one coat - It may be colored if desired, by adding coloring matter (From N.Y Observer)
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