THE BEST WHITEWASH MADE.
Slake half a bushel of quicklime with boiling water, keeping it covered during the process. Strain it, and add a peck of salt dissolved in warm water, iltbs. of rice which has been previously boiled to a thin paste, Jib. of powdered Spanish whitening, and ITb. of clean glue dissolved in warm water. After mixing all these ingredients, let stand for several days. If this wash be kept in a kettle and heated very hot before being put on it will be found to have the brilliancy of paint, and is almost as durable. It is wonderful what a little paint or whitewash adds to the look of a place—yea, and healthfulness, too —and it is indeed too bad to neglect using them where needed.
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Lake County Press, Issue 1065, 21 May 1903, Page 3
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129THE BEST WHITEWASH MADE. Lake County Press, Issue 1065, 21 May 1903, Page 3
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