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soiling sugarcane sets, paris green, lead 

 arsenate, and arsenate of copper.) 

 1927a, pp. 18-23. (Queensland, Mastotermes 

 rated 4th of 29 insects of major impor- 

 tance to sugarcane; dipping ends sets in 

 dehydrated tar before planting not effec- 

 tive; sodium arsenite best poison bait, 

 pieces split cane soaked in 10% solution; 

 mortality secured in 24 hr.) 



Jepson, F. p., et al., 1930b, pp. 6-14. (Ceylon, 

 gasoline (petrol) used as poison.) 

 1931a, pp. 67-69. (Ceylon, mounds leveled, 

 hole in center area and a circle of holes 

 about center 18 in. apart, one oz. petrol 

 per hole, 10 to 12 oz. per nest, disinte- 

 grate the fungus combs.) 



Johnston, H. R., 1954, pp. 24, 28, 46. (With 

 pressure 50 lb. per sq. in. where space 

 under slab 2 to 4 in. good treatment 3 ft. 

 from nozzle, voids of i in., spread of 

 chemical for maximum of 2 ft., U.S.) 



KoFoiD, C. A., et al., in Kofoid, 1934, 2d ed., 

 p. 582. (Lists soil poisons, U.S., precau- 

 tions where arsenic used.) 



KowAL, R. J., 1954, pp. 12, 14, 16, 18. (Soil 

 poisons under slab construction, i pt. per 

 sq. ft., U.S.) 

 1954a, p. 6. (U.S., water suspensions or 

 powder not as effective as solutions or 

 emulsions as soil poisons.) 



KowAL, R. }., and St. George, R. A., 1948, 

 pp. 112-113. (Preliminary results soil 

 poison tests, 3 to 4 years, Beltsville, Md., 

 Canal Zone, Panama; dry lead arsenate, 

 sodium arsenite and liquid trichloroben- 

 zene, and combination trichlorobenzene 

 and 5% pentachlorophenol most effec- 

 tive.) 



Laan, p. a. van der, 1 95 1, pp. 33-35. (DDT 

 as a soil poison.) 



Langford, G. S., 1953, pp. 36-37. (Southern 

 U.S., chlordane.) 



(Lewis, B., and) Snyder, T. E., 1944, pp. 16- 

 20. (Soil poisons, U.S.) 



LiTTiG, K. S., 1949, p. 45. (U.S. Third Army 

 posts, 5% pentachlorophenol in fuel oil, 

 I to 2 gal. per 5 lin. ft.) 



Luke, W. J., Jr., 1952, pp. 1-7. (Dominican 

 Republic, sugarcane, aldrin or "Octalene" 

 or "Aldrex" most effective, 2 lb. per acre, 

 after soil was plowed and knifed.) 



McCauley, W. E., 1939, pp. 9-12. (Need for 

 standardized method of testing soil poi- 

 sons.) 

 1943. PP- 165-166. (Testing soil poisons, in 

 Campbell and Moulton, 1943, pp. 1-206, 

 reprint of mimeographed outline of stand- 

 ard procedure issued by U^. Dept. Agri- 



culture, Bur. Ent. and Plant Quar., Forest 

 Insect Investigations.) 



Madrid, V. J., 1934, pp. 604-612. (Philippines, 

 immersion of seeds and cuttings from a 

 few minutes to i hr. in a 1:10 solution 

 of coal-tar kerosene emulsion effective; 

 does not affect viability.) 



Martin, G. C, 1950, pp. 61-63. (Rhodesia, 

 crop (tobacco) spray as a repellent.) 



Mossop, M. C, 1948, pp. 114-118. (Rhodesia, 

 control harvester termites, Hodotermes 

 and Microhodotermes spp.; 6/4 bu. dry 

 bait per acre spread evenly; soak dry 

 grass up to Vz in. in length in solution 

 I lb. sodium arsenite to 8 gal. water, dry 

 bait before using; do not graze cattle 

 until after soaking rains.) 



Narayanan, E. S., and Lall, R., 1952, pp. 

 21-30. (Crops, India.) 



O'Kane, W. C, and Osgood, W. A., 1922, pp. 

 1-20. {Vz of 1% solution Phinotas oil in 

 water.) 



OsBORN, E. H., 1926, pp. 707-708. (Australia, 

 giant white ant, sugarcane, arsenic-mo- 

 lasses bait, poison fences, stumps.) 



OsHiMA, M., 1919, p. 342. (Formosa.) 



Paoli, G., 1929, pp. 273-281. (Sodium cyanide 

 solution for destruction nests.) 



Randall, M., and Doody, T. C, in Kofoid, 

 1934, 2d ed. (Ground treatments, U.S., 

 pp. 502-513; poison dusts and baits, U.S., 

 PP- 463-476.) 



Rossi, R. T., and Snyder, T. E., 1934, pp. 755- 

 756. (Soil poison tests about radio poles 

 at Riverhead, Long Island, N. Y., U.S. 

 Dept. Agriculture in cooperation with 

 R.C.A.) 



St. George, R. A., 1939, p. 14. (U.S.) 



1952, p. 20. (U.S., new insecticides for ter- 

 mite control, DDT, chlordane, benzene 

 hexachloride, aldrin, dieldrin; chlordane 

 2% emulsion not injurious to vegeta- 

 tion.) 

 1952a, pp. 36, 32. (History soil poison tests 

 in U.S. and comparative effectiveness 

 chemicals.) 

 1954, pp. 24, 26. (U.S., I and 2% chlordane 

 in No. 2 fuel oil and 2% chlordane emul- 

 sion, at Vz and i pt. per sq. ft. of soil 

 surface effective for 5 years; emulsion 

 does not injure plants.) 



Secrest, H. C, 1952, pp. 88-89. (New in- 

 secticides to control subterranean ter- 

 mites — 0.8% gamma isomer benzene 

 hexachloride in kerosene and 8% DDT 

 in No. 2 fuel oil effective for 5 years, 

 dosage 2 gal. per 5 cu. ft.) 



