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Spraying for rust gives some promise with Bordeaux 

 (1 to 8 formula, 40 gallons) and resin solution (resin 

 five pounds, potash lye 1 pound, fish-oil 1 pint, water 

 5 gallons; prepare as under Cabbage Pests. Two 

 gallons of this mixed with 8 gallons of water should be 

 added to the Bordeaux). Or, instead of resin solution, 

 use resin soap. (Dissolve 7 pounds sal-soda in 4 to 5 

 gallons of water, and boil; add 10 pounds resin, and 

 continue boiling until (about a half-hour) the resin is 

 completely dissolved ; the result is a yellow soap in the 

 bottom and a clear liquid above. Pour off the liquid 

 and save the soap. For use, dissolve 2 pounds of the 

 soap in 10 gallons of water and add to the Bordeaux 

 as above, 40 gallons.) For experiment and special 

 sprayer, see New York Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion Bulletin, No. 188. 



Sulphur treatment for rust (see California Bulletin, 

 No. 165) is valuable chiefly in the Californian climate. 

 Sow flowers of sulphur when the dew is on and the air 

 quiet. 



Against anthracnose, apply Bordeaux. Other Euro- 

 pean fungous diseases have not yet reached America. 



Pests are the two Asparagus beetles, the common 

 and the twelve-spotted. Against them: (1) Poultry. 

 (2) During cutting season leave scattered shoots to 

 grow as traps. Kill with insecticide, or cut down and 

 burn. (3) After cutting season, or on young plants, 

 dust fresh air-slaked lime or arsenites, or both, on the 



