is sufficient for 50 gallons of spray. It is more economical, 

 however, to purchase this already made than to attempt its 

 manufacture on a small scale. This "sticker" is sold under the 

 name of resin fish-oil soap, and can be purchased from dealers 

 in insecticides. Use at the rate of 3 pounds to 50 gallons, or 

 1 ounce to 1 gallon of water. 



Poisoned Bran Mash. — For combating cutworms, army 

 worms and grasshoppers arsenic is often applied in a sweetened 

 bran mash. Mix dry 1 pound of Paris green with 25 pounds 

 of bran or middlings. Stir a quart of cheap molasses and the 

 juice of five oranges or lemons, together with the ground-up 

 rinds, into a gallon and a half of water, and moisten the bran, 

 stirring thoroughly until it makes a stiff mash. This amount 

 is sufficient for treating several acres, and should be spread, 

 thinly, broadcast. For small gardens a simple formula is 1 

 quart of bran, 1 teaspoonful of Paris green, 1 tablespoonful of 

 molasses and the juice of one-quarter an orange or lemon, 

 with sufficient water to moisten the bran. Do not add so much 

 water that the mass will be thin and will cake when exposed. 

 Keep poultry out of fields treated with this poisoned mash. 



Contact Insecticides for Sucking Insects. 



Kerosene Emulsion. — This emulsion is an old standard 

 remedy for sucking insects, but unless prepared with extreme 

 care, so that all the kerosene is emulsified, there is great danger 

 of severely burning or even killing the plants to which it is 

 applied. As there are equally efficient contact insecticides 

 on the market to-day which do not injure plant life, kerosene 

 emulsion is not recommended unless the commercial, prepared 

 brands are used. 



Nicotine Suljphate. — Numerous extracts and solutions of 

 tobacco are now sold under various trade names as contact 

 insecticides. These all contain the active alkaloid nicotine in 

 liquid form, and if used properly never injure foliage. Many 

 of these insecticides contain free or volatile nicotine, and are 

 especially useful for fumigation and spraying purposes in 

 greenhouses. For out-of-door spraying, however, these volatile 

 sprays are not as satisfactory as the more stable nicotine sul- 

 phate compounds, which are guaranteed to contain 40 per 



