Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-09-24
YOU CAN HAVE A PRETTY HOME
IF CAN'T HAVE A FINE ONE.

PernapS you can nave me
house" 10 live in, but you can have d
pretty one
To begin with, we suspect you can
paint it, even if you do think you cant
afford to do so. And a painted farm
house will give new distinction in
your neighborhood, and will he mark
of progress your other neighbors NAV
follow
Then, arrange to plant some shrubs
and some bulbs of oldfashi-oned flow
ers this fall and such new trees rs
you need. The blossoming Grape
myrtle, with it's profusion of beauty, is
now adding glory to many Dixie home
steads and the fragrant mimosa Is
seeming the air with a perfume as
rich as that which marks the breezes
that blow soft over Ceylon's isle.
Why do not more of our Southern
farmers plant these beautiful shrubs
around their homes? Farmers in cold
er climates would pay heavily to have
them, but our farmers too often neglect
them because perhaps they cannot be
had in the neighborhood. Order then
from a nursery.
There is indeed no excuse for any
body not having a pretty home, no
matter how humble it is. We have seen
negro cabins so beautifully kept as 20
{ be more attractive to the eye than
some $4,000 homes We have seen. The
/ simple morning-glory and plenty Of
| cheap whitewash will make any plac :
look beautiful if the grounds and walks
are we'll kept. In this connection, we
reprint again the famous Government
recipe" for whitewash and would sug-
gest that every reader cut it out and
put it away in the Bible for reference
right between the Old and New Tes-
lament where it can be easily located.
But before putting it there, why not
get busy with it and whitewash all
f the outbuildings on your place-and if
you can't paint your house, why white
wash it also? Now that you have laid
, by your crops, the best work you can
g do is to beautify your home The white
5 wash recipe follows:
ITO make the so-called Government
whitewash, Stake half bushel of lime
with boiling waited Cover during the
operation to keep in the steam. Strain
I the liquid through a fine seive or
cloth strained and add to it peck o.
> salt, which has previously been dis
solved in warm water Then dissolve
g one pound of clean glue by soaking it
= we'll or heating in double kettle, and
\ add to the whitewash, together with
three pounds of rice, pounded fine AMI
boiled to a paste, and half pound OF
r Spanish whiting. Then place the com
pound in a small kettle, place this ket-
i. lie into a larger one containing water
q and bring to a boil When the sub
stance begins to bugble, remove it
G from the fire and add five gallons OF
; boiling water Cover it up and let stand
4 for few days When wished for use,
I reheat and apply while hot
"Coloring can be added in the proper
:. proportions to secure the desirable
,. shade. Venetian red can be used. For
e cream color add yellow ocher; for
Il pearl or lead, add lamp black or ivory
c black for fawn, add proportionately
four pounds of umber to one pound OF
: black: for stone color, four pounds of
!. lumber to two pounds of lamp black
!. will give desired results The Pro-
=; gressive Farmer.
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