. School and home gardening; a text book for young people, with plans, suggestions and helps for teachers, club leaders and organizers. Gardening; School gardens. GRAFTING 161 6. Grafting Wax.—The materials used are rosin, beeswax or paraffin, and tallow or linseed oil. Melt Va lb. of roain, % lb. of wax, and 2 oz. of tallow or linseed oil. These may be melted in any vessel suitable to stand the heat. The rosin should be melted first. When all are melted and thoroughly stirred together, allow the mass to cool a little ajid then pour it slowly into a pail of cold water. Let one pupil rub tallow
. School and home gardening; a text book for young people, with plans, suggestions and helps for teachers, club leaders and organizers. Gardening; School gardens. GRAFTING 161 6. Grafting Wax.—The materials used are rosin, beeswax or paraffin, and tallow or linseed oil. Melt Va lb. of roain, % lb. of wax, and 2 oz. of tallow or linseed oil. These may be melted in any vessel suitable to stand the heat. The rosin should be melted first. When all are melted and thoroughly stirred together, allow the mass to cool a little ajid then pour it slowly into a pail of cold water. Let one pupil rub tallow on his hands and work and pull the mass of grafting wax as taffy candy is pulled, until it is of a light yellow color; Make it into rolls and lay on heavy, greased paper to harden. Grafting waxes vary in composition. A larger proportion of rosin makes t^em harder. More tallow or oil makes them. k^0^. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Davis, Kary Cadmus, 1867-. Philadelphia, London, J. B. Lippincott Company
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