:m Introductory. 



instead of nine or nine and a half cents per pound, the price 

 of the proper article. The work of application is commenced, 

 and it is only after the work has heen completed that the fruit 

 grower learns that the article he had bought for potash was 

 a poor quality of caustic soda. 



Xo. 2 wishes to secure one ton of whale oil soap. He goes 

 to a soap factory and purchases the amount required, but after 

 application he ascertains that whale oil soap proper is the 

 residue precipitated in bleaching whale oil, in which the fatty 

 matter of tlie oil is saponified ])y liquid potassa, and can only 

 be ijurchased at the lileaching works ; also that the whale oil 

 soap he bought was made from a Ioav grade of whale oil in 

 the same manner as soft soap, and instead of the saponifying 

 matter being all potash, the greater part was caustic soda. In 

 such cases the best results cannot be obtained ; perhaps one 

 or two cents per pound are saved, but the same amount of 

 labor was required that would have applied the proper wash. 



CHAPTER X. 



Thoroug'h Application of Remedies. 



" I consider a gi'eat deal of my success in exterminating 

 scale insects was due to the thorough application of the reme- 

 dies used.'" — Elwood Cooper. 



1 do not wish to be considered an alarmist, but I state, 

 frankly, that from this time forth, any fruit grower in this 

 State (especially in infested districts) who wishes the produce 

 of his (.)rchar(l to be choice and marketable, will be compelled 

 to expend money and lal)or to protect his cro]i from the rav- 

 ages of insect pests, and the following rules should be strictly 

 adhered to : 



1. Procure the best quality of such articles as are required 

 for insecticides and fertilizers. 



2. If 3'ou are not a judge of the article, secure the assist- 

 ance of some pcrst»ii wlio is. 



'-\. Be sure that the formula for making any solution is 

 ]jroperly i)rcpari'd, licfore ajjplication to the tree. 



