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GRAFTING WAX
To Make. —Rosin, 4 lbs.; tallow and beeswax, each, 1 lb. Melt, mix well and work, after cooling a little in cold water, until pliable. May be used at once, or will keep for years. —Blade.
2. Grafting Wax. —A cousin of mine, Jerry Lawrence, of Strykers-ville, N. Y., who has followed grafting over 25 years, uses rosin, 1 lb.; beeswax, 6 ozs., and mutton tallow 4 ozs., claiming that, with the mutton tallow, it is a good salve for cuts and bruises, which are often received in climbing and sawing among the trees. Using these proportions, and keeping a ball or two of
the wax in a covered pail with blood-warm water during the coldest part of the spring, when the wax would otherwise crack in spreading, saves the trouble of making two kinds. He keeps a little lard on the back of the hand to use occasionally to prevent the wax from sticking to the fingers. Make into balls of 1/2 to % lbs., pouring from the kettle into the water only so much of the wax mixture as can be worked at a time, keeping the balance warm until all is worked, or pulled to whiteness. Melt the rosin first, then add the others. No. 1, it will be seen, is softer, and if anyone chooses they can make both kinds, the first for the coldest weather and this for the warmer, as the season advances
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