Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1879 — Waterproof Boots. [ARTICLE]

Waterproof Boots.

From the American Agriculturist. Il is not always desirable that boots should be. absolutely waterproof, as whatever keeps Mater out will keep it in, and whoever has worn India rubber boots ibr any length of time, knows that retaining the perspiration of the feet soon puts them in a yery unpleasant, half par-boiled condition that is not desirable. Still, water proof boots are useful in an emergency, to be worn for a short time—as in doing tlie (choresSn bad weather. A pair of good rubber boots answer this purpose, or a pair of common cowhide boots may be inadowaterproof after the method of the New England fisheimen. These people, exposed to all weathers, have for a century used the following coin,, pound ; Tallow, 4oz ; rosin and beeswax, 1 oz each; melt together, then stir in neatsfoot oil, equal in bulk to the melted articles. The boots are warmed before a fire and this composition is rubbed into the leather, soles and uppers, by means of a rag. Two applications will make the leather quite water proof.