VIII. 



INSECTICIDES AND FUNGICIDES 



THE gardener hardly expects, nowadays, to 

 mature a crop of vegetables or small fruits 

 without having to fight insects and diseases of 

 a fungoid character. So prevalent has the 

 practice become that he prepares for it at the 

 beginning of the season. Knowing that in all 

 probability insects will come and that fungus 

 will appear sooner or later, it behooves him to 

 act on the offensive, or, in other words, to get 

 the start of plant-enemies, for it is easier to 

 keep them away than it is to get rid of them 

 after they have taken possession of one's 

 plants. Don't wait for them to put in an 

 appearance. Take measures to prevent their 

 doing so by the occasional use of reliable insec- 

 ticides and fungicides about the time they may 

 be expected to arrive. 



We have many formulae for the preparation 

 of these applications, some of them so elaborate 

 that not one person out of twenty-five would 



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