Plant Enemies and Insecticides 



BORDEAUX-ARSENATE OF LEAD 



A combined fungicide and insecticide for pota- 

 toes, melons, cucumbers and squash. Three 

 ounces to one gallon of water. Spray once a 

 week or every ten days. Forty cents per pound. 



KEROSENE EMULSION 



For all soft-bodied, sucking insects, especially 

 aphis and lice. One pound of paste to ten gal- 

 lons of water. Paste, thirty cents a pound. 



Directions for Preparing 

 kerosene emulsion 

 Dissolve one-half pound of soap in one gallon 

 of boihng water, add two gallons of kerosene, 

 and force through a spray pump again and again 

 until an emulsion is formed. Dilute from ten 

 to twenty-five times before applying. Use rain- 

 water for making solution. 



BORDEAUX-ARSENATE OF LEAD 



One pound of arsenate of lead with fifty gal- 

 lons of Bordeaux mixture for all eating insects 

 and fungoid diseases. 



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