Turkey Red for Cotton

Ingredients

• 4 pounds cotton goods
• 1 pound sumac
• 2 ounces muriate of tin
• 3 pounds bur-wood
• 1 ounce oil of vitriol
• soft water

Directions

1. Soak sumac in enough soft water to cover the goods overnight.

2. Wring out the sumac, then rinse the goods in soft water.

3. Dissolve muriate of tin in clear soft water and soak the goods for 15 minutes.

4. In a boiler, add bur-wood to cold soft water and nearly boil it.

5. Let the bur-wood water cool, then add the cloth and boil for 1 hour.

6. Remove the cloth, add oil of vitriol to the water, return the cloth, and boil for 15 minutes.

7. Rinse the cloth in cold water.