REPORT OF THE HORTICULTURIST 

 SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



SPKAYING WITH BOUDEAUX MIXTURE AND BUG DEATH TO PREVENT BLIGHT AND ROT. 



119 



COST OF MATERIALS. 



Formula 1 : Bug Death, dry, at the rate of 144 lbs per acre. 



144 lbs. at 8c. per lb $11 52 



Formula la : Bug Death, 1 lb. to 3 gallons water. 



108 lbs. (3 applications) at 8c. per lb 8 64 



Total cost $20 16 



Yield per acre : 251 bush. 6 lbs. 



Formula 2 : Paris green, 8 oz. to 40 gallons water. 



6 lbs. 12 oz. (3 applications) at 20c. lb $ 1 35 



Yield per acre ; 189 bush. 54 lbs. 



Formula 3 : Bluestone, 6 lbs.; lime, 4 lbs.; Paris green, 8 oz.; water, 40 gallons. 



114 lbs. bluestone at 7c. per lb $ 7 98 



9 lbs. 8 oz. Paris green at 20c. lb 1 90 



Total cost S 9 88 



Yield per acre : 310 bush. 12 lbs. 



COMPARISON OF COST OF MATERIAL AND YIELDS PER ACRE. 



Formula. 



Paris green 

 Buj: Death. 



Cost of material. 

 Per acre. 



Yield per acre. 

 Average of 11 Varieties. 



^ 1 35 189 bush. 54 lbs. 



20 IG 251 ., 6 M 



Bordeaux mixture and Paris 



green . 



9 88 



310 



12 u 



