CHAPTER V 



SPRAYING. FORMULAS. GARDEN PESTS 

 AND FRIENDS 



Many a man ^vho imagines he could conquer the world 

 and all the folks in it, can't even manage the pests in the 

 garden. Dorothy Tucker. 



PRAYING mixtures are divided 

 into two classes : Fungicides and 

 insecticides. Often, however, I 

 find that it is practicable to unite 

 the two into one spray and thus 

 fight both fungus and insects at 

 the one operation. A mixture of 

 Bordeaux solution and an arsen- 

 ical poison, is a good example of 

 such a combination. Bordeaux 

 mixture is the best and most useful of all known 

 fungicides for general use. 



FUNGICIDES. Bordeaux mixture is made by tak- 

 ing three pounds of sulphate of copper, four pounds 

 of quicklime, fifty gallons of water. First, dissolve 

 the copper sulphate. The easiest, quickest way to 

 do this, is to put it into a coarse cloth bag and sus- 

 pend the bag in a receptacle partly filled with water. 

 Next, slake the lime in a tub, and strain the milk of 

 lime thus obtained into another receptacle. Now get 

 someone to help you, and, with buckets, simul- 

 taneously pour the two liquids into the spraying 

 barrel or tank. Lastly, add sufficient water to make 

 fifty gallons. 'Tis safe to use this full-strength Bor- 



