Lime-sulfur Wash. — This may be made where it is to be 

 applied, or can be purchased ready made. Apparently the 

 home-made material is slightly the better, but this is often 

 offset by the inconvenience or impossibility of preparing it 

 where it is to be used. 



Several formulas have been given for making the wash 

 but there seems to be little difference in the results. One 

 ffood formula is : — 



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Lime, 20 pounds. 



Sulfur, 18 pounds. 



Water, .48 gallons. 



As spraying is usually done with barrel pumps holding 

 about 50 gallons, this formula is prepared to fill such a 

 barrel. 



The lime used should be the best stone lime, freshly 

 burned, and as little slaked by standing as possible. Finish- 

 ing lime gives excellent results. 



The sulfur should be either flowers of sulfur or sulfur 

 flour; stick sulfur will not do. These materials should be 

 prepared in an iron kettle holding at least 30 or 40 gallons, 

 as follows : Place 6 or 8 gallons of water in the kettle, start 

 a fire under it, and slake the lime, getting this as fine as pos- 

 sible in the slaking. When this is well under way gradually 

 add the sulfur, stirring it in well, and keep the fire going to 

 continue the heat begun by the slaking lime. Boil the mix- 

 ture, adding water as may be needed from time to time, till 

 the color of the liquid becomes dark orange-red. This should 

 take from forty minutes to an hour, the longer boiling seem- 

 ing to bring more of the sulfur into solution and leaving less 

 sediment at the bottom of the kettle. When the boiling is 

 completed strain the liquid into the spray pump barrel, 

 using a strainer of copper wire of at least 20 threads to the 

 inch, then add any water necessary to make the 48 gallons, 

 and spray. The cooking is sometimes done in barrels by the 

 use of steam led into them, but for some reason this often 

 fails to give as good results as the use of a fire. 



If for anv reason this home-made wash cannot be made 



