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implement dealers or druggists. Care 

 slioukl always be taken in the handling 

 and storage of arsenicals to obviate the 

 danger of poisoning persons or live 

 stock. Where smaller quantities of the 

 arsenicals are desired, the proportions 

 indicated slinuld be followed: 



Lime-Sulphur Solution: Strong lime- 

 sulphur solution is used as a dormant 

 tree treatment for the control of scale 

 insects and certain iliseases, and in a 

 much more dilute condition as a spray 

 on trees in foliage for the control of 

 various fungous diseases. Many grow- 

 ers prefer to purchase the connnercial 

 article, whicli comes on the market of 

 a specific gravity of about 33 degrees 

 Baume. This is used at the rate of one 

 gallon to seven or eight gallons of 

 water for winter spraying, and at the 

 rate of one and one-half gallons of 

 water for use on apple and other pome 

 fruits as a sunmier fungicide. In sum- 

 mer spraying the arsenate of lead and 

 40 per cent nicotine sulphate is added 

 to the dilute lime-sulphur solution, thus 

 permitting the treatment of sucking and 

 biting insects and fungous diesases. 

 Concentrated lime-sulphur solution can 

 be made at home, which practice is fol- 

 lowed by numerous growers. Those 

 interested in this matter should write 

 to the Department for more explicit 

 information than is feasible to give 

 here. 



Nicotine: Nicotine is used for the 

 control of certain sucking insects as 

 plant lice, the apple retl bugs, the pear 

 psylla, etc. This product comes on the 

 market of various grades, but the grade 

 known as 4(1 per cent nicotine-sulphate 

 is mostly employed. This may be used 

 alone in water to which has been added 

 a little soap, or in lime-sulphur and 

 arsenate of lead, or in bordeaux mix- 

 ture and arsenate of lead sprays. It is 

 employed at the rate of from three- 

 ciuarters to one pint \>vv hundred gal- 

 lons of spra\-. 



Bordeaux Mixture: Bordeaux mix- 

 ture is composed of four pounds of 

 bluestone (coi)per sulphate) and four 

 pounds of stone lime to tifty gallons of 

 water. For early suunner spraying the 

 amount of bluestone may be leduced to 

 three pounds to lessen risk of injury. 

 To make bordeaux mixture for use in 

 an ordinary barrel si)rayer, dissolve 

 three or four pounds of bluestone in 

 2.5 gallons of water, and in a separate 

 container slake four pounds of stone 

 lime and dilute to 2.5 gallons, then 

 pour the solutions simultaneously 

 through a strainer into the sjjray 

 tank. Stock solutions, especially w'here 

 large ciuantilies are to be used, are 

 desirable, since they save time. A 

 stock solution of bluestone is made by 

 dissolving it at the rate of one pound 

 to one gallon of water. The bluestone 

 should be suspended in a sack in the 

 upper part of the barrel or other con- 



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