brief, it may he made as follows : Dissolve 5 pounds of copper 
sulphate (blue vitriol) in 2 or 3 gallons of hot water, in an 
eartheru or wooden vessel. Pour into a barrel or tank, holding 
50 gallons, and add water enough nearly to fill it. Now slake 
5 pounds of good, /re.sA, lime in 2 or o gallons of water and pour 
into the barrel, straining through a sieve as it goes in. Mix 
the two thoroughly and the preparation is ready. In applying 
for tlea-beetles or to any crop which is liable to injury liy 
insects add 4 ounces of Paris green to each 50 gallons of 
Bordeaux mixture. 
The second brood of flea-beetles appears upon potatoes during 
the last half of July, so that spra3'iug about the middle of the 
mouth is likely to protect the plants from attacks. 
METHODS <tF APri,I('ATI(»N 
The Bordeaux mixture'or lime and Paris green combination, 
to be used to advantage, must be sprayed upon the plants. 
There are many sorts of spray pumps novv upon the mnikct 
so that they are adapted to almost any conditions. 
The siirjplest way of 
s p r a y i n g low-growing 
plants, when only a cohi- 
paratively small "amount 
of it is to be done, is 
to use a small hand 
force pump in connection 
with a pail or bucket. 
There are many styles of 
these • upon the market; 
one of the best, which I 
have used for some time 
in my own garden is 
shown in Fig. 4. These 
hand pumps range in price 
from $;5.00 to SG.OO and 
are useful for many kinds of work. 
A very convenient spraying outfit for use in the garden and 
r.uciict riiiiip. 
