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water, or it may be made by dissolving 11 ounces of 

 acetate of lead (sugar of lead) in 4 quarts of water, 

 in a wooden pail, and 4 ounces of arsenate of soda 

 (50 per cent purity) in 2 quarts of water in an- 

 other wooden pail. The process can be hastened by 

 using warm water. Pour the solutions in from 25 

 to 50 gallons of water, mix, and the insecticide is 

 ready for use. 



ADHESIVE POISON. Put 1 pint of fish oil, or 

 any cheap animal oil except tallow, 5 pounds of 

 resin, and 1 gallon of water in an iron kettle, and 

 heat till the resin is softened, then add 1 pound of 

 concentrated lye, in solution made as for hard soap ; 

 stir thoroughly, add 4 gallons of water, and boil 

 about two hours, or until the mixture unites with 

 cold water, making a clear amber-coloured liquid, 

 and dilute to 5 gallons. Mix 1 gallon of this solu- 

 tion with 16 of water and three gallons of milk of 

 lime, or thin whitewash; add thereto *4 pound of 

 Paris green or other arsenical poison. Recom- 

 mended for spraying cabbage and other crops 

 that have foliage to which it is difficult to make the 

 insecticide adhere. 



POISONED BAITS. Dip fresh clover, lettuce, or 



other attractive leaves in strongly poisoned water 



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