CONTENTS 11 



Chapter 21. INSECTICIDES AND FUNGICIDES 264 



Insecticides. 



Paris green Arsenate of lead Arsenite of zinc London purple White arsenic 

 Sulphur Lame-sulphur wash Tobacco extracts Pyrethrum White hellebore 

 Coal oil Crude oils Soaps Coal tar Borax Other insecticides Bisulphide of 

 carbon Carbon tetrachlorid Para-dichlorobenzene Hydrocyanic acid gas. 



Fungicides. 



Copper sulphate Bordeaux mixture Copperas or iron sulphate Formalin or 

 formaldehyde Bichloride of mercury Lime-sulphur wash. 



Combined Insecticides and Fungicides. 



PART IH. TABLES OF AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS AND 

 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 



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TABLE I. Percentage composition of agricultural products 279 



TABLE II. Fertility in farm produce 283 



TABLE III. Weight per bushel, seeding rate per acre, number of seeds per pound 



and depth to cover farm seed 284 



TABLE IV. Water requirements of various standard crops 286 



TABLE V. Cost per acre producing crops 287 



TABLE VI. Cost of farm horse power 287 



TABLE VII. Weights and measures 288 



