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harmlessness to the foliage, makes it a very desirable insecticide. It 

 is especially effective against the codlin moth and the curculio. 



Soap: 



Whale Oil Soap, 1 pound. 



Water, 6 gallons. 



Whale oil soap or other cheap soap is used for plant lice and 

 other soft bodied insects. When the leaves are off the trees it may be 

 used as strong as 2 pounds to the gallon of water. It is sometimes 

 used in treating scale insects. 



Hellebore: 



Hellebore, 1 pound. 



Water, 25 gallons. 



Hellebore may be mixed with three or four parts of flour and 

 dusted on the insects, or it may be mixed with water and used as a 

 spray. It is especially useful in combating worms on currants and 

 gooseberries while the fruit is ripening, because it may be used with- 

 out serious danger of poisoning the fruit. 

 Pyrethrum: 



Pyrethrum powder, 1 ounce. 



Water, 3 gallons. 



For dry applications, mix thoroughly one part by weight of in- 

 sect powder with four of cheap flour and keep in a closed vessel for 

 twenty-four hours before dusting over the plants. Pyrethrum, if fresh 

 and pure, can be made to do very effectual work. It should be kept in 

 tightly sealed cans. If the best pyrethrum cannot be obtained it 

 would be better to use some other insecticide. 

 Resin Lime Mixture: 



Pulverized resin, 5 pounds. 



Concentrated lye, 1 pound. 



Fish oil or any cheap oil except tallow, 1 pint. 



Water, 5 gallons. 



Place oil, resin and a gallon of water in a kettle and heat until 

 resin is softened; add lye solution made as for hard soap. Stir thor- 

 oughly, add remainder of water and boil for about two hours until 

 the mixture will unite with cold water making a clear amber colored 

 fluid. Replace the water which has boiled away by adding boiling 

 water to make the 5 gallons. This gives a stock solution which 

 may be kept until needed. In using it, add to the 5 gallons, 80 gal- 

 lons of water, 15 gallons of thin whitewash, and 1 pound of Paris 

 Green or its equivalent. Resin Lime mixture is used in spraying 

 smooth leaved plants, like cabbage and cauliflower, to which other 

 mixtures do not stick well. 

 Kerosene Emulsion: 



Kerosene (coal oil), 2 gallons. 



Rain water, 1 gallon. 



Soap, % pound. 



Dissolve the soap in water by boiling. Take from the fire and 

 while hot, turn in kerosene and churn briskly for five minutes. It 

 can be easily churned by pumping. Dilute before using with 6 to 9 

 parts of water. For scale insects and all sucking insects. 

 Lime: 



Dry slaked lime is often used in combating insects having soft, 

 sticky bodies, such as those of the rose slug, cherry slug and asparagus 

 beetle. 

 Tobacco Dust: 



Tobacco dust may be obtained from large manufacturers at a 

 comparatively small cost. In addition to its value as an insecticide, 

 it has the advantage of acting as a fertilizer. It is useful in fight- 

 ing striped beetles which infest cucumbers, squashes and melons, 



