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this has been thoroughly put before farmers, by our able 

 entomologist, Mr. C. P. Lounsbury, and it would be out of place 

 here for us to enlarge on it, but we must say it is the 

 treatment that we ourselves use and believe thoroughly in. In 

 regard to the sprays that suffocate the best of these we believe to 

 be the 



Resin Wash. Formula 20 Ibs. resin, 6 Ibs. caustic soda, 3 Ibs. 

 fish oil, water to make 100 gallons. 



Directions for preparing the above Wash. Place the resin, 

 caustic soda, and fish oil in a large boiler, pouring over them 

 about 20 gals, of water and cook thoroughly over a brisk fire for 

 at least three hours ; then add hot water, a little occasionally, and 

 stir well until you have not less than 50 gals, of hot solution. 

 Place this in the spray tank and add cold water to make necessary 

 amount. Never add cold water when cooking. 



American Blight (woolly aphis). We have no pest in this 

 country, whose ravages are so widespread as this one, and 

 probably nore so difficult to keep in control (we say keep in 

 control advisedly because we find it impossible in old orchards 

 when the aphis is on the r >ots to entirely keep the pest away). 

 Our remedy which we have used with gieat success is paraffine 

 emulsion. 



Formula. Paraffine, 2 gallons ; whale-oil soap (or 1 quart soft 

 soap), 1 to 2 pounds ; water, 1 gallon. 



Dissolve the soap in water by boiling, and add boiling hot, 

 away from the fire, to the kerosene. Agitate violently for five 

 minutes by pumping the liquid back upon itself with a force 

 pump and direct-discharge nozzle throwing a strong stream, 

 preferably one-eighth inch in diameter. The mixture will have 

 increased about one-third in bulk, and assumed the consistency 

 of cream. Well made, the emulsion should keep indefinitely, and 

 should be diluted only as wanted for use. This solution can be 

 diluted from 10 to 20 times at discretion of the sprayer. 



Should your trees be supplied you from the Nurseryman free 

 from aphis which is a consummation devoutly to be wished, your 

 best method of keeping your orchard clean will be by having 

 your eye continually round the trees, and should a spot be 

 discovered where the insect has got a hold, treat it at once with 

 neat parafine and a feather, which kills immediately on contact ; 

 we do not advise the wholesale treatment of this fruit with neat 

 parafine, but we do insist that it requires radical treatment should 

 it get lodgement in an orchard. 



Red Spider is a serious pest in the spring on young grafts, and 

 indeed some years on young growth generally ; again, in the fall 

 before and during the time the fruit is ripe, it is a serious pest in 

 plum trees. Sulphur applied dry either by bellows or the 

 shaking of coarse bags is an almost safe cure ; there is also in 

 this country a minute black spider with red legs, who is a great 



