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II. KEROSENE EMULSION 



For sucking insects, such as aphides, or plant lice. 



Hard soap ^ lb. 



Boiling water I gal. 



Kerosene 2 gal. 



Dissolve the soap in the boiling water. Add the kerosene and churn with a 

 pump from five to ten minutes. Dilute with from 8 to 50 gallons of water, using 

 the strong solution for scale insects. 



III. BISULPHIDE OF CARBON 



For grain moths, weevils, and all insects affecting stored food and seed. 



One teaspoonful to each cubic foot of space. 



Pour into a saucer or shallow pan and set on the top of the grain in a tightly closed 

 bin. The bisulphide is very inflammable, and should be kept from light and fire. 



IV. COBALT SIRUP 

 For poisoning tobacco flies and other flies and moths. 



Cobalt . . i oz. 



Molasses . - . } pt. 



Water I pt. 



Insert in the blossom of the Jamestown weed by means of a quill. 



FUNGICIDES AND INSECTICIDES 

 I. BORDEAUX PARIS GREEN 



Bordeaux mixture 5 a ^ 



Paris green 4 oz. 



II. LIME, SALT, SULPHUR WASH 

 For winter application for San Jose scale 



Lime *5 lb - 



Sulphur 15 lb - 



Salt . . 5 lb - 



Water 5g al - 



Heat 4 or 5 gallons of water in a twenty-gallon iron kettle. Put in 15 lb. of lime; 

 while it is slacking, add 15 lb. of sulphur and add boiling water to make a thick 

 paste. Add more water so as to make about 10 or 15 gallons. Keep the mixture 

 well stirred, and boil thirty or forty minutes. Strain, add the salt, and dilute to 

 50 gallons. 



