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The Eclair " Knapsack " pump may be employed for this, and 

 it must be impressed upon the labourers to direct the spray over 

 every part of the currant bushes. 



Another solution for spraying, to be used in a similar manner 

 may be composed of 5 to 6 Ibs. of soft soap, mixed with the 

 extract of 8 or 9 Ibs. of quassia chips, to 100 gallons of water, 

 3 quarts of carbolic acid might be substituted for the quassia. 



Spraying with these solutions should be repeated in the 

 autumn before the weather becomes cold, and just after the 

 leaves have fallen, if possible. This will economise liquid and 

 labour, and will affect the mites before they get into the buds. 



Directly the leaves have fallen it would be desirable to put 

 hot lime round the stocks and dig it in at once, so as to bury 

 the leaves with any mites that may be upon them, and thus 

 prevent any chance of their getting up the stems. 



In very bad cases it would pay to cut the bushes close to the 

 ground, and in the autumn and early spring to syringe the 

 stocks with the Paris Green solution or the carbolic acid solution. 

 This would entail the loss of one year's crop only. 



