Madder Red. — To each pound of goods, alum, five ounces; red, or cream of tarter, one ounce; put in the goods, and bring your kettle to a boil for one-half an hour; then air them, and boil one-half hour longer; then empty your kettle, and fill with clean water; put in bran, one peck; make it milk warm, and let it stand until the bran rises; then skim off the bran, and put in madder, one half pound; put in your goods, and heat slowly until it boils and is done. Wash in strong suds. Green. — On Wool or Silk, with Oak Bark. — Make a strong yellow dye of yellow oak and hickory bark in equal quantities. Add the extract of indigo, or chemic, one table- spoonful at a time, until you get the shade or color desired. Blue. — Quick Process. — For two pounds of goods, alum, five ounces; cream of tartar, three ounces; boil the goods in this for one hour; then throw the goods into warm water, which has more or less of the extract of indigo in it, according to the depth desired, and boil again until it suits, adding more of the blue if needed. It is quick and permanent. Stocking Yarn, or Wool, to Color. — Between a Blue and Purple. — For five pounds of wool, bichromate of potash, one ounce; alum, two ounce; dissolve them, and bring the water to a boil, putting in the wool, and boiling one hour; then throw away the dye, and make another dye with logwood chips, one pound; or, extract of logwood, two and one-half ounces; and boil one hour. This also works yery prettily on silk. Whenever you make a dye with logwood chips, either boil the chips one-half hour, and pour off the dye, or tie up the chips in a bag, and boil with the wool or other goods; or, take two and one-half ounces of the extract in place of one"pound of the chips is less trouble and generally the better plan. In the above recipe, the more logwood that is used, the darker will be the shade. 224 HOUSEHOLD. Scarlet, with Cochineal. — For Yarn or Cloth. — For one pound of goods, cream of tartar, one-half ounce; cochi- neal, well pulverized, one-quarter ounce; muriate of tin, two and one-half ounces; then boil up the dye, and enter the goods; work them briskly for ten or fifteen minutes, after which boil for one and one-half hours, stirring the goods slowly while boiling; wash in clear water and dry in the shade. Pink. — For three pounds of goods, alum, three ounces; boil, and dip the goods one hour; then add to the dye, cream of tartar, four ounces; cochineal, well pulverized, one ounce; boil well, and dip the goods while boiling, until the color suits. Orange. — For five pounds of goods, muriate of tin, six tablespoonfuls; argal, four ounces; boil, and dip one hour; then add to the dye, fustic, two and one-half pounds; boil ten minutes, and dip one-half hour; and add again to the dye, madder, one teacupful; dip again one-half hour. Cochineal in place of madder makes a much brighter color, which should be added in small quantities until pleased. About two ounces.

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Madder Red. — To each pound of goods, alum, five ounces; red, or cream of tarter, one ounce; put in the goods, and bring your kettle to a boil for one-half an hour; then air them, and boil one-half hour longer; then empty your kettle, and fill with clean water; put in bran, one peck; make it milk warm, and let it stand until the bran rises; then skim off the bran, and put in madder, one half pound; put in your goods, and heat slowly until it boils and is done. Wash in strong suds. Green. — On Wool or Silk, with Oak Bark. — Make a strong yellow dye of yellow oak and hickory bark in equal quantities. Add the extract of indigo, or chemic, one tablespoonful at a time, until you get the shade or color desired. Blue. — Quick Process. — For two pounds of goods, alum, five ounces; cream of tartar, three ounces; boil the goods in this for one hour; then throw the goods into warm water, which has more or less of the extract of indigo in it, according to the depth desired, and boil again until it suits, adding more of the blue if needed. It is quick and permanent. Stocking Yarn, or Wool, to Color. — Between a Blue and Purple. — For five pounds of wool, bichromate of potash, one ounce; alum, two ounce; dissolve them, and bring the water to a boil, putting in the wool, and boiling one hour; then throw away the dye, and make another dye with logwood chips, one pound; or, extract of logwood, two and one-half ounces; and boil one hour. This also works yery prettily on silk. Whenever you make a dye with logwood chips, either boil the chips one-half hour, and pour off the dye, or tie up the chips in a bag, and boil with the wool or other goods; or, take two and one-half ounces of the extract in place of one"pound of the chips is less trouble and generally the better plan. In the above recipe, the more logwood that is used, the darker will be the shade. Scarlet, with Cochineal. — For Yarn or Cloth. — For one pound of goods, cream of tartar, one-half ounce; cochineal, well pulverized, one-quarter ounce; muriate of tin, two and one-half ounces; then boil up the dye, and enter the goods; work them briskly for ten or fifteen minutes, after which boil for one and one-half hours, stirring the goods slowly while boiling; wash in clear water and dry in the shade. Pink. — For three pounds of goods, alum, three ounces; boil, and dip the goods one hour; then add to the dye, cream of tartar, four ounces; cochineal, well pulverized, one ounce; boil well, and dip the goods while boiling, until the color suits. Orange. — For five pounds of goods, muriate of tin, six tablespoonfuls; argal, four ounces; boil, and dip one hour; then add to the dye, fustic, two and one-half pounds; boil ten minutes, and dip one-half hour; and add again to the dye, madder, one teacupful; dip again one-half hour. Cochineal in place of madder makes a much brighter color, which should be added in small quantities until pleased. About two ounces.

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