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AN EFFECTIVE WASH. 



A thick paint of lime, soap, carbolic acid and sulphur is recom- 

 mended to protect fruit trees from injury by rabbits, sheep and mice. 

 It is made as follows : Slake one peck of fresh, stone lime with old 



soap suds, thinning to the con- 

 sistency of whitewash. For the 

 one peck of lime add one-half 

 gallon of crude carbolic acid, 

 four pounds of sulphur and one 

 gallon of soft soap. Paint the 

 trunks of the trees with this in 

 late autumn. 



THE MODERN LIME-SULPHUR 

 MIXTURE. 



It has been found that the 

 lime-sulphur mixture, such as 

 is used for spraying for scale 

 insects is cpiite effective in pre- 

 venting work by rabbits in the 

 orchard and nursery. This is 

 the ordinary 15-15-50 boiled 

 mixture with which nearly all 

 home owners are now familiar. 

 It is used as an autumn spray, 

 the stems of the trees being 

 thoroughly covered with the 

 mixture entirely to the ground. 

 For those Avho desire to pre- 

 pare a small quantity of the 

 lime-sulphur mixture for a few 

 trees, to be used as a paint, the 

 following will be helpful : 



Slake one pound of fresh stone 

 lime in a small quantity of hot 



water. Or, one pound of ordinary hydrated or prepared lime may be 



used instead. 



Boil for one hour the one pound of lime with one pound of sulphur 



in one gallon of water. Thin the boiled mixture with enough hot water 



Fig. 



2 0. Bridge-grafting in detail. 

 1. "Wound. 2. Scion. 



3. Wax. 4. Bark. 



