Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1908 — BETTER THAN WHITEWASH. [ARTICLE]

BETTER THAN WHITEWASH.

Serviceable Paint Which Is Made Out of Sour Milk. A serviceable paint for farm buildings can be made by thickening sour milk or buttermilk with Portland lament and metallic Venetian red, or bright red paint powder to the ordinary paint consistency. I painted the outside of my barn (rough -lumber) with this mixture and also painted a few boards with ordinary oil paint as a check, and six years after the milk paint had preserved the wood better than the oil paint It has kept its color and shows no sign of age, writes a farmer in Indiana Farmer. This paint will not rub or wash off like whitewash, ,Jhe grease In the milk seems to have the fixing quality, as I tried using water with the cement and found It rubbed off readily.. For this reason it is judged that sour milk is better than buttermilk, as it contains more grease. This sort of paint costs but little and can bo mixed up instantly. It is very valuable for doing little odd painting Jobs around the farm which might not otherwise get I done. It is necessary to keep agitating the paint, as the cement settles quickly. Id the rotation a leguminous crop coming first win add nitrogen for the use jt subaeuiiahi crops.