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ture and put them together, or you can buy them al- 

 ready mixed. The Bordeaux and Arsenate of Lead 

 will not hurt your plants so you can use this mix- 

 ture any time you wish, whether to kill bugs or 

 blight or both. But don't forget they are poison- 

 ous! 



Take my advice and do not wait until you see the 

 blight, which turns the leaves spotty, grayish, or 

 brown, and shrivels them up, but spray while the 

 plants are young to keep the blight away. When 

 it once attacks a plant no one has yet been able to 

 cure it; we can only save the other plants. Blight 

 is like a big fire. There is no use wasting water on 

 the building itself; we must fight to save the sur- 

 rounding buildings. 



Beans should be sprayed with either the Bor- 

 deaux or the Bordeaux and Arsenate of Lead as 

 soon as they come up because a blight attacks them 

 which makes round brown spots on the beans and 

 ruins them for use. There is a long name for this 

 blight (An-thrac-nose), but it is commonly called 

 "Bean Rust." Your beans may be perfect and as 

 strong as can be, but one warm damp night will 

 start the blight and in 12 hours your crop will be 

 ruined. 



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