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No. 6. London purple, 4 ounces, very thoroughly mixed with 

 25 pounds of land plaster. Apply with a sprinkling-box. 



No. 7. Mix I ounce of fresh powdered white hellebore in 3 

 gallons of water. Apply at once with force-pump or sprinkling 

 pot. 



No. 8. Kerosene Etmilsion. — Dissolve \ pound hard, or I 

 quart of soft soap in 2 quarts of boiling water; place I pint 

 of kerosene in a tin can; pour the boiling-hot solution into 

 this, cork, and shake rapidly for i minute. Before using, 

 dilute with its own bulk of warm softwater. Apply as in 

 No. 2. 



No. g. Mix I pound of fresh ryrethruni po7vder with an 

 equal bulk of air-slaked lime in a bottle or tin can ; cork 

 tightly and leave 24 hours before use. Apply in still air, 

 with sprinkling-box or powder-bellows. 



No. 10. A I r-sla hed /i we a.pp\icd with a sprinkling-box. 



No, II. Cut small cards from thin tarred paper, slit one side 

 to the centre, and make a short cross-cut near the end of the 

 slit, as in drawing. 



No. 12. Corrosive Sublimate Solution. — Dissolve 'l\ ounces 

 of corrosive sublimate in 2 gallons of hot water, and pour 

 this solution into 15 gallons of cold water. Use wood, 

 earthen, or glass vessels. For potato scab the formaldeiiyd 

 treatment is preferable (see p. 107). 



No. 13. Potassiiirn Sul/id Solution. — Dissolve -J ounce of 

 potassium sulfid (liver of sulfur, sulfuret of potassium) 

 in I quart of warm (not hoti water, and add this solution to 

 5 quarts of cold water. Apply as in No. 2. 



