HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



A. W. HIGGINS 



SOUTH DEERFIELD, MASS. 



FERTILIZERS AND 

 FERTILIZER MATERIALS 



Telephone South Duel-field UU 



or E. S. RUSSELL, South Hadley, Mass 

 Telephone Northampton ItiKi 



Mr. Frank Miller, Jr., of 

 Southampton has a three= 

 year=old registered Molstein 

 Bull for sale. 



Price reasonable. 



NORTHAMPTON 



COMMERCIAL 



COLLEGE 



THE SCHOOL OF THOROUGHNESS" 



In session twelve inontlis in 

 tlie year. Students lulinitted 

 at any time and graduated 

 when competent. 



Greater demand and better 

 salaries for business - trained 

 men and women than ever be- 

 fore. For catalog^ue and com= 

 plete information address 



JOSEPH PICKETT, Principal 

 76 Pleasant St., Northampton, .Mass. 



Conehuled from piige "t 



0.3 of one pound of copper sulphate and 

 0..3 of one pound of lime. The formula 

 4-4-50 (which is the standard strength) 

 means that in 50 gallons of the diluted 

 spray there are 4 pounds of copper sul- 

 phate and 4 pounds of lime. 



For example: 



(The following analyses were taken 

 last fall and may have changed. Watch 

 i your label.) 



Pijror ii manufactured by the Bowkei- 

 Insecticide Company of Boston, Mass. It 

 contains not less than li% copper. The 

 rate of dilution recommended by the 

 manufacturers is 1 lb. to -5 gallons. 

 Equivalent to a 0.6-0.6-50 spray. 



Corona Dry Bordeaux Mixture is man- 

 ufactured by the Corona Chemical Co. of 

 Newark, N. 3. It contains ll^v copper. 

 The rate of dilution recommended by the 

 manufacturers is 1 lb. to 5 gallons of 

 water. Equivalent to a 4.3-4.3-50 spray. 



Electro Bordo Lead Mixture is made 

 by the Vreeland Chemical Co. of New 

 York City. It contains b", copper and 

 6.6% dry lead arsenate. The rate of di- 

 lution recommended by the manufactur- 

 ers is 2 lbs. and 5 gallons of water. The 

 approximate formula of the Boi-deaux 

 mixture pioduced by this dilution is 

 3..3-3.3-50. 



Frost's Bordo-Lead is packed for the 

 Frost Insecticide Co. of Arlington, Mass. 

 It contains '2' ', copper and 25V, dry lead 

 arsenate. The rate of dilution recom- 

 mended by the Frost Insecticide Co. is 10 

 lbs. to 50 gallons of water. Equivalent 

 to a 1.2-1.2-50 spray. 



The General Chemical Com/iain/ of 

 New York City with which the Thomsen 

 Chemical Co. of Baltimore has recon- 

 solidated, manufacture a Bordeaux paste. 

 It contains 9.6'v copper. The rate of di- 

 lution recommended by the manufacturer 

 is 11 lbs. to 50 gallons of water. Equiva- 

 lent to a 4.3-4.3-50 spray. 



The Grasselli Chemical Co. of Boston 

 manufacture a Bordeaux mixture paste 

 containing 4.7Vf copper. The rate of di- 

 lution recommended by manufacturers is 

 1 lb. to 5 gallons of water. Equivalent 

 to a 1.9-1.9-50 spray. 



Insecto is manufactured by the Sher- 

 win-Williams Company of Cleveland, 

 Ohio. It contains lOi'v- copper and 147r 

 lead arsenate. The manufacturers rec- 

 ommend that it be diluted 1 lb. to 5 gal- 

 lons of watei-. Equivalent to a 4.1-4.1-50 

 spray. 



Kei/ Brand Borda-Lead and Target 

 Brand Bm-do-Lead are one and the same 

 thing. It is manufactured by the Inter- 

 state Chemical Company of .Jersey City. 

 It contains 2'/, copper and 25'/^ lead ar- 

 senate. The dilution recommended is 10 

 lbs. to 50 gallons of water. Equivalent 

 to a 0.8-0..8-50 spray. 



COBURN & GRAVES 



The REXALL Store 



Tel. 200 . . Northampton, Mass. 



BISSELL'S TIRE SHOP 



NOI'.IHAMPION, MASS. 



Miller, Goodyear, and U. S. Tires 



Tires and Tubes 



N'ulcanized by Steam 



GOODYEAR SERVICE STATION 



HIKE AIR 



CC KlN«i STREET 



Tel. 1293-M 



FARMERS' WEEK 



AT 



MASSACHUSETTS 

 AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE 



July 28-August 2 



Save these dates for a worth-v,hile 

 outing 



H. D. SMITH 



Hatfield, Mass. 



GRAIN, COAL, ICE 



AND 



FARM MACHINERY 



