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BORDEAUX MIXTURE. Copper sulphate, 6 pounds; quicklime, 6 pound-; 

 water, 40-50 gallons. Dissolve copper sulphate by suspending- it in coarse clotli 

 bag near surface in four gallons of water, using a wooden or eirthen vessel. Slake- 

 lime in equal amount of water. Then mix the two and dilute. Ready for imme- 

 diate us e, but will keep indefinitely. Do not use air-slaked lime if it can possibly 

 be avoided. If it is used, take greater quantities than of quicklime. Then wkeu 

 mixture is made insert in it the freshly polished blade of a knife, and leave for a 

 few minutes. If blade then shows coppery discoloration, more limy must be added. 

 Some persons add six pounds of molasses to the formula given. Bordeaux Mixture- 

 and Paris Green may be applied together. 



RESIN WASH. Resin, 24 pounds; caustic soda (98 percent,), 5 pounds; fish 

 oil (2J- bottles), 3 pints; water, 100 gallons. Place ingredients in kettle, cover 

 with water and bring to boil. Stir until dissolved and cook for two hours, adding 

 hot water when there is a tendency to slop over. Then stir and add hot water to 

 fifty gallons. Put in spray tank and dilute with cold water. Use while warm. 

 Will keep. For all aphides dilute to 150 gallons. Winter Resin Wash is similarly 

 made, but dilution is only 65 gallons. 



LIME- SULPHUR -SALT MIXTURE. Quicklime, 40 pounds ; sulphur, 20 pounds ; 

 stock salt, 15 pounds; water, 60 gallons Take 10 pounds lime, all of sulphur, and 

 10 gallons water ; boil for one-and-a-half hours or until all is dissolved. Slack 

 remaining lime in hot water and stir in the salt. When salt is dissolved, mix the 

 two solutions and cook one half -hour longer. Strain, dillute to 60 gallons, and 

 use warm. Stir while using. Slaked lime is sometimes used, but is probably less 

 efficacious. 



PARAFFINS EMULSION. Soap, l pounds ; paraffine, 5 gallons ; water, 2 

 gallons. Take whale oil or common bar soap ; cut up and boil until dissolved in 

 water. While still boiling add solution to the paraffine. Churn violently ; five 

 minutes if with pump or syringe, or fifteen if with paddle. Dilute, using nine 

 parts of -water to one of emulsion. Best if used warm. Will destroy aphides if 

 diluted fifteen times. 



PARIS GREEN. Paris Green, 1 pound ; water, 200-300 gallons. For delicate 

 foliage add one or two pounds of quicklime. Follow directions on package in 

 mixing, and stir continually when using. Use very fine spray. 



WHITE HELLEBORE. Fresh White Hellebore, 1 pound ; water, 40 gallons. 

 This will not burn foliage. Be sure the hellebore is fresh. 



KNAPSACK PUMPS are most desirable for small orchards of young trees. Three 

 forms are stocked in Cape Town : The " Vermorel," sold by merchants in many 

 small towns as well, price about 56s. ; excellent for Bordeaux Mixture, but not 

 applicable for Resin Wash or other oily or caustic sprays, unless specially fitted ; 

 the "Galloway," price 60s., stocked by Geo. Findlay & Co., and R. M. Ross & 

 Co., a solid, well-made pump, and good for all the spraying mixtures ; the 

 "Notus," price 40s., a much smaller pump, but good for all the sprays and well 

 worth its price ; stocked by Koch & Dixie. James Robertson & Co. have signified 

 their intention to stock all of these pumps. Not many other pumps are stocked, 

 but any may be ordered through dealers in agricultural wares. Wm. Roe, of Graaff- 

 Reinet, is agent for the " Nixon" pumps. They are first-class pumps and come 

 in three sizes. Write to him and other dealers for price lists and information. In 

 Cape Town, copper sulphite may be procured at 9d. per lb., or 20s. for 50 Ib. keg. 

 Resin costs 3d. by the lb., 12s. by the hundred-weight, or 7s. 6d. per hundred- 

 weight in 240 lb. barrels. Ninety-eight per cent, caustic soda cost 3s. 6d. per 

 three lb. can, or 33s. per dozen cans. Fiah oil may be purchased at 4s. 6d. per 

 gallon. Paris green sells at Is. 6d. per lb., and white hellebore Is. or Is. 6d. Nearly 

 all of the prominent ironmongers keep the articles, and many are stocked by the 

 chemists. First try to procure them of your local dealer, and if he does not keep 

 them, request him to lay in a stock. 







