USE OF TOBACCO WATER. 299 



it in quantities at a cheap and easy Tate, of applying it with 



the least possible waste, and of preparing it so as to be used 



with safety. On considering the subject, it struck me that Water of t0 - 



i * ba -co & snuff 



the tobacco water used by shepherds, having the power of manufacturers. 



curing the scab in sheep, might answer my purpose ; and 

 having a tobacco and snurT manufacturer very near us, I ap- 

 plied to him, and had the pleasure of finding, that in pres- 

 sing his tobacco he obtained large quantities of it, which he 

 threw away as useless, except some little which he sold to 

 shepherds. This liquor was exceedingly strong; and, after 

 various trials, I found, that a quarter of a pint, or indeed 

 less if it was tolerably thick, would impregnate a gallon of 

 water with sufficient power to destroy every insect or reptile 

 that felt its influence ; and that two gallons of it, when di- 

 luted, were enough to wash all my trees, which are about 

 fifty, three times over, and to preserve them throughout the 

 season in the finest health and vigour. 



My method of using it has been thus : as soon in the Method of 

 spring as I observe a leaf on any of my trees begin to curl, using 

 or be in the least diseased, I prepare my tobacco water as 

 I have before mentioned, viz. to something more than a 

 wine-glass full, or nearly to a quarter of a pint of the liquor, 

 I add a gallon of water ; and mix it well together. I then 

 sprinkle the whole of my trees over with this preparation, 

 with a brush such as the plasterers use in moistening their 

 walls, or sometimes by pouring it from a very small watering 

 ^ pot with fine holes; beginning at the top of the tree, and 

 laying it on very gently to prevent waste, which would be 

 considerable, if done with violence or thrown from an en- 

 gine. Some time after, either in one, two, or three weeks, 

 as I find it necessary, I repeat the sprinkling ; and before 

 the fruit gets to a size to be stained by it, 1 go over them 

 again ; and have always found three times sufficient to secure 

 them from the depredations of the insect, which generally 

 preys on the leaves before the shoots are much advanced in 

 strength. I have now practised this antidote for some years ; 

 and having during that time taken every opportunity of com- 

 municating the knowledge of it, I have at this time the sa- 

 tisfaction of seeing it in such general use around me, that I 

 find our tobacco manufacturer has such a demand for the 



liquor, 



