Appendix II. 



DIRECTIONS FOR PREPARING USEFUL WASHES, 

 WITH THE FORMULA. 



Paraffin Emulsions. 



(1) FORMULA FOR AUTUMN USE. 



Paraffin i gallon. 



Soft soap . . , . ii Ibs. 

 Water . . ..' * .10 gallons. 



Preparation. Dissolve the soap in i gallon of boiling 

 water and add the paraffin whilst the water is still boiling. 

 Churn or beat the emulsion together ; make up to the full 

 10 gallons with rain water and churn again. 



(2) FORMULA FOR SUMMER USE. 



i pint of milk. 



1 oz. carbolic soap. 



2 pints of paraffin. 



An emulsion made in the same way as the one above, 

 but this is in stock form and may be kept bottled up until 

 required, when 20 pints of rain water must be added to each 

 pint of stock emulsion. 



(3) Quassia and Soap Wash. Quassia ; i Ib. ; soft soap, |lb. ; 

 water, 10 gallons. Place the quassia chips in a muslin bag 

 and allow them to soak in cold water for twenty-four hours ; 

 dissolve the soap and mix with the quassia extra. 



(4) Tobacco and Soap Wash. Tobacco leaf, \ Ib. ; soft 

 soap, | Ib. ; water, 10 gallons. 



Preparation as for quassia above, or scald the tobacco 

 and make up at once if required in a hurry. 



(5) Nicotine Washes. Pure nicotine (poison) may be 

 obtained, and for pests such as apple psylla it is a useful 

 and deadly poison. Strength for spraying tender leaves and 

 blossoms, i oz. in 8 gallons of water. 



(6) Burgundy Mixture (i per cent.), i Ib. powdered pure 

 copper sulphate; ij Ibs. washing soda; water, 10 gallons. 



Preparation. Pour i gallon of water in a clean wooden 

 tub, add the sulphate of copper, and when this has dissolved 

 add the soda also dissolved in a separate gallon of water ; 

 then stir well and finally add the rest of the water. The 

 soda may be dissolved in a bucket. 



(7) Woburn Winter Wash. Iron sulphate, Ib. ; lime, Ib. ; 

 caustic soda, 2 Ibs. ; paraffin, 5 pints ; water, 10 gallons. 



Preparation. Put 9 gallons of water in a clean wooden 

 tub and dissolve the iron sulphate in that. Make milk of 

 lime by gradually slaking the lime, adding the water little 

 by little then strain the milk of lime into the solution of 



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