8 SPICES CHAP. 



Kerosene and Condensed Milk 



Kerosene . . . .... -2 gallons. 



Milk . . . ' . .3 pints. 



Water ...... 6 pints. 



Kerosene and Sour Milk 



Kerosene 2 gallons. 



Sour milk 1 gallon. 



When used they should be churned up with a stick 

 or by means of a force-pump, to make the emulsion 

 regular and well mixed, when it can be diluted. 



Kerosene and Soap Emulsion. The best way of 

 making this is with soft soap. One quart of soft soap 

 is dissolved in 2 quarts of boiling water. Eemove 

 from the fire and add 1 pint of kerosene and stir 

 briskly. Before using, dilute with an equal quantity 

 of water. This emulsion will keep for a considerable 

 time. Should the soap be too caustic for the foliage, 

 use only half the quantity. Soft soap is not always 

 procurable and hard soap can then be used. The 

 following recipe is recommended by Loder (Spraying 

 of Plants). 



Dissolve ^ Ib. of hard soap in 2 quarts of water, 

 add 1 pint of kerosene oil and pump the mixture 

 back into itself while hot. Dilute with twice its bulk 

 of water before using. 



Hard soap . . . . . J Ib. 



Kerosene . . . . . .2 gallons. 



Boiling soft water .... 1 gallon. 



Dissolve the soap in the boiling water, then add the 

 kerosene and churn for five or ten minutes. It is 

 essential that the liquids mixed should be as warm 

 as possible. The author himself has been in the habit 

 of heating the mixture after adding the oil, but care 

 has to be taken not to let it catch fire. With ex- 

 periences of ordinary coolie recklessness, one would 

 not recommend this on an estate worked by coolies. 

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