used, and may take from three-quarters to one and a-half hours. Many 

 authorities still advocate boiling- for two hours or more, but such good 

 results have been obtained in Ontario with less boiling that one is safe 

 in reducing the time, provided the proper color is obtained. Keep a hoe 

 in the barrel and stir occasionally from the bottom to prevent the mix- 

 ture from burning. Dilute with water to fill up the barrel, strain thor- 

 oughly into the pump and spray while warm. In this condition it passes 

 more readily through the pump and nozzles. It is essential in all the lime 

 mixtures to have a good strainer. The best is the galvanized or wood pail 

 strainer with a cone of brass netting (30 to 50 meshes to the inch) fast- 

 tened with its base in the bottom of the pail. Make the cone large and 

 pointed, reaching to the sides of the pail at the bottom, and about two- 

 thirds of the height. Five or six stiff wire supports distributed evenly 

 around the bottom of the pail and soldered together at the tops will form 

 a good frame for the netting. A small opening is cut in the bottom, 

 and a cylindrical tube of any desired length soldered around it. This 

 serves as a funnel in directing the flow of the liquid into the tank or 

 barrel. By pouring the mixture slowly on to the point of the cone, the 

 netting is kept clear by the force of the liquid, and the screen does not 

 cleg as quickly as when the strainer pail is filled to the brim and allowed 

 to gradually empty. 



Any of the standard nozzles may be used. The Spramotor is a 

 favorite, while the Simplex, a simple brass nozzle made by the Morrison 

 Brass Manufacturing Co., Toronto, is also largely used in the Niagara 

 district. It gives a rather coarser spray than the other nozzles in use, 

 but does not clog so easily, and wears longer. A new nozzle which was 

 used with considerable success in the Niagara district last year is the 

 "Friend," made by the Friend Manufacturing Co., Gasport, N.Y. This 

 is a large single nozzle which it is claimed will do the work of a cluster 

 of the other types. 



Some growers complain of the difficulty in keeping the pump in good 

 working order with this mixture. However, little trouble will be ex- 

 perienced if the nozzles are removed every night and placed in coal oil, 

 and a couple of pails of water run through the pump and hose while the 

 lime mixture is still soft. A little attention at the time, and a thorough 

 cleaning at the close of the spraying season, will go a long way toward 

 keeping this now essential part of the farm machinery in condition. 



Self-boiled Lime-Sulphur Mixture. 



The proportions given for this mixture vary about as much as for 

 the steam or fire-cooked mixture. 



Lime 2 5~3S pounds. 



Flowers of sulphur 15-18 pounds. 



Water 40-50 gallons. 



