A  correspondent  asks:  "Does  the  reader  know
from  practical  experiment  that  one  season  is  better
than  another  for  applying  outside  paint?''  I  sup-
pose the  writer  means  the  effect  upon  the  wearing
qualities  of  the  paint  and  the  permanency  of  the
color.     I  have  been  experimenting  for  a  practical


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solution  of  this  question  for  my  own  satisfaction
and  guidance,  and  have  come  to  the  conclusion  that
paint  put  on  the  outside  in  the  hot  weather  of  sum-
mer will  wear  as  well  and  hold  its  color  as  long  as
paint  put  on  in  the  cooler  days  of  spring  and  fall.
