APPENDIX 



SPRAYING MIXTURES 



FOR BITING INSECTS 



DRY PARIS GREEN WET PARIS GREEN 



Paris green . . . . i Ib. Paris green . . . % Ib. 

 Lime or flour 20 to 50 Ibs. Lime . . . # to y 2 Ib. 



Water .... 50 gals. 



FOR SOFT-BODIED SUCKING INSECTS 



KEROSENE EMULSION 



Hard soap (in fine shavings) ^ Ib. 



Water I gal. 



Kerosene 2 gals. 



Dissolve soap in boiling water, add kerosene to the hot water, 

 churn with spraying pump until the mixture changes to a creamy, 

 then to a soft, butterlike mass. This gives three gallons of 66 per cent 

 oil emulsion which may be diluted to the strength desired. To get 

 1 5 per cent oil emulsion add ten and one half gallons water. 



FOR FUNGOUS DISEASES 



COPPER SULPHATE 



Copper sulphate i Ib. 



Water 1 8 to 25 gals. 



Use only before foliage opens to kill wintering spores. 



BORDEAUX MIXTURE 



Copper sulphate 5 Ibs. 



Lime (good and unslacked) 5 Ibs. 



Water 50 gals. 



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