what kind of oil for leather boots?
Put the shoes on these as on shoe trees. Or stuff the wet shoes full of dry crumpled newspaper. To Restore Softness to Leather. Rub boots or shoes, that have become hard from being wet, with neat's-foot oil or castor oil as warm as the hands will bear. Apply with a sponge and rub it in with the fingers. To Preserve Boots and Shoes. Pour a little boiled linseed oil in a tin pan or plate, and let the shoes stand in this until the soles are sat urated. This oil dries rapidly and renders the soles tough and hard. But do not apply linseed oil to the upper leathers.