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How to
Drive Nails into Hard Wood
The editor of an agricultural periodical witnessed an experiment
of driving nails into hard seasoned timber, fairly dried. He
says that the first two nails, after passing through a pine
board, entered about one inch, and then doubled down under the
hammer; but on dipping the points of the other six or eight
nails into lard, every one was driven home with the least
difficulty. Carpenters who are engaged in repairing old
buildings sometimes carry a small lump of lard or tallow for
this purpose on one of their boots or shoes. - From The
National Farmer's & Housekeeper's Cyclopedia, 1888
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Nails dipped in soap will drive easily in hard wood. - From
Practical Housekeeping, 1883
To Remove
a Screw Rusted in the Wood
Heat a poker in the fire red-hot, and put it on top of a screw
for minute or two; then take the screw-driver, and you will
easily get it out, if you do it whilst it is warm. - From The
National Farmer's & Housekeeper's Cyclopedia, 1888
The
Durability of Red Cedar
We have heard of an old farmer, who, when asked how he knew that
cedar posts would "last forever," said he had frequently tried
the experiment. Some may doubt his assertion, yet its lasting
powers have been found to exceed a long lifetime. At the head of
one of the graves in "Old St. Mary's," Md., there stands a cedar
slab, which, as the inscription indicates, was placed there in
1717, and is still perfectly sound. - From The Register of
Rural Affairs, 1857
To Prevent
Rust
A
composition that will effectually prevent iron, steel, etc.,
from rusting. Mix with varnish four-fifths of well rectified
spirits of turpentine. Apply this varnish with a sponge, and the
articles wiIl retain their metallic brilliancy, and not be
liable to rust. - From The National Farmer's & Housekeeper's
Cyclopedia, 1888
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