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will be a water jar with a home made dasher as shown in Fig. 4. 



Figure 4 



The soap solution and kerosene may be poured in the jar and 

 the top covered with a elotli to prevent waste. The dasher is 

 then worked vigorously until the emulsión is formed. Ten 

 minutes work should be amply sufficient. 



If properly emulsified the stock emulsión may be set away 

 to be used when occasion demands. For the treatment of plants 

 with tender foliage such as the less hardy garden products, 

 dilute the stock emulsión with 15 to 20 parts water; for use 

 upon the more hardy plants such as egg plant, citrus trees etc. 

 the dilution may be made at the rale of 1 t<> 7 or 1 to 10. 



WHALE OIL SOAP. — This is a very convenient remedy to 

 use as thert is nothing to do by way of preparation other than to 

 dissolve the soap in the required amount of water. The uses to 

 M^hich it is put are quite variable ranging from very weak solu- 

 tion for plant liee to mueh concentrated ones for the armou- 

 red scale insects. Several brands of whale oil soap may be had 

 upon the market, but the one which has been found most uni- 

 versally satisfactory in the citrus work in Florida is Good's 

 Caustic Potash Soap. The soap is mixed with water in the 

 following proportion : 



