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for a poison if the latter for some reason is undesirable. ^Miis is not 

 to l)e eonfnsod with gronnd qnick lime, which is used in making Bordeaux- 

 mixlnre. tlie latter being very caustic and likely to burn the foliage. 

 Nor should hydrated lime be' confused with air slaked lime, since the 

 latter is not caustic a1 nil. Hydraleil lime, when dusted on sticky 

 l:n\ae. cliiius to Ihcii- bodies and al lacks iliciii tlirough their skins. 



rOISONED 



DUAX (KANSAS BAFr). 



Sift together 1 pound of Paris-green or % pound of white arsenic 

 (not arsenate of lead) and 20 pounds of bran: add half a gallon of 

 molasses or svrup and a little water, and stir in three oranges or lemons, 

 ground fine in a food-chopper, skins and all. Tliis may be broad-casted 

 over from 2 to .") acres of land. It is very attractive to both cut-worms 

 and to grasshoppers. Do not try to substitute any other poison for the 

 Paris-green or white arsenic. Neither arsenate of lead nor arsenate of 

 calcium will do the work unless very large quantities of the prison are 

 used. Neither sliould one use this bait where ])<)ultry are likely to pick 

 up much of it, althougii the l)ait shouhl be <listril»uted in a finely broken 

 up condition ratlier than in lumps. 



CRIDDLK MIXTURE. 



Criddle-mixture is horse manure mixed with an arsenical, and slightly 

 salted. It is to be distributed about the field in small masses, and is 

 especially useful in combatting grasshoppers, as it takes advantage of 

 their well-known love of salt. The proportions are about as follows : 



Paris-green, 1 pound; salt. 2 pounds; fresh horse manure, 100 pounds 

 or five S-gallon pailfuls. Tlie salt is dissolved in a pail of water, the 

 poison stirred in. and tlie whole mixed with the hovse manure in a half 

 barrel. 



LYSOL. 



For sterilizing knives, saws, shears and other tools, nothing is better 

 than Ij^sol used at the rate of from 2 to 5%, diluted with water, Lysol 

 has the advantage that it helps cleanse the tools and softens dirt that 

 might otherwise cling to them. It is useful for cleansing and sterilizing 

 tools used in pruning where diseases are present and for sterilizing the 

 knife used used in cutting out peach-borers, in order to avoid distributing 

 crown-gall through the orchard. 



POISONED SYRUP FOR OXIOX :\rAGGOT, 



Dissolve 5 grams or 1,4 ounce of sodium arscnite in 1 gallon of hot 

 water and add half a pint of New Orleans uiolasses. Distribute a small 

 amount of this in small basins covered Avith wire screen of small enough 

 mesh to keep out bees, using 15 or 20 of these basins to the acre, and put 

 the pans in position just as the onions begin to nicely get through the 

 ground keeping them replenished until the danger is past. It is said 

 that the etficiencA' of this bait is increased if a slice of onion is added to 

 the syrup in each pan. 



Two tablespoonfuls of the stock solution of Kedzie-mixture will take the 

 place of the 5 grams of arsenite of soda. 



