REMEDIES. 373 



REMEDY NO. 10. 



Boil six pounds of arsenic in sixty gallons of water (or one 

 pound of arsenic to ten gallons of water) until the arsenic is 

 dissolved ; when ready to use. add ninety gallons of water, 

 making one hundred and fifty gallons in all, or one pound of 

 arsenic to twenty-five gallons of water. (Spray the foliage.) 

 One or two pounds of potash dissolved and hoiled in water 

 before putting in the arsenic, will make the arsenic dissolve 

 quicker. For every one pound of potash used, five gallons of 

 water can be added. 



Note. — In cases where trees or vines are seriously infested 

 by canker-worms, beetles, etc., and the prospects of a crop 

 ruined, use No. 10, or No. 89. Thorough spraying will effec- 

 tually destroy them. Care should be taken that this applica- 

 tion should not be put on trees that the fruit is to be used for 

 food in any way, as it is dangerous to those eating the fruit. 

 Only use this remedy when all other means fail. See Reme- 

 dies No. 22 and No. 123. Great care should be taken to keep 

 children away from where this solution is prepared or used. 



See Remedy No. 123. 



REMEDY NO. 11. 



One pound of American concentrated lye to each gallon of 

 water used. 



See Remedy No. 2. 



REMEDY NO. 12. 



One pound of caustic soda (Eng. brand) and two ounces of 

 common potash. 



Note. — The weight of caustic soda and potash used in mak- 

 ing this solution must be added together in computing the 

 quantity of water required. 



See Remedy No. 2, directions for preparing solutions, and 

 No. 123 ; or lye made from wood ashes ; should be boiled until 

 it will float a hen's egg when cool. If the surface of the shell 



