discussed articles not obtainable. Vessels in which prepared dangerous 

 until thoroughly cleansed. Dissolve arsenite in a little water, and add to 

 bulk Slake lime .in advance, and gradually stir into solution.,. Wise to 

 prepare half-hour or more before applying, stirring frequently meanwhile. 

 Arsenite of lime forms. Sometimes prepared by boiling in small quan- 

 tity water until dissolved white arsenic with four times its weight of 

 washing soda, adding to bulk of water and stirring in lime as before. 

 Thus prepared known as Kedzie mixture. One ounce 98 per cent, 

 caustic soda may be substituted for one pound washing soda. Use white 

 arsenic at rate i* to 2 ounces for 40 gallons water. 



Arsenite of soda in solution kills vegetation, and is commonly used to 

 destroy Prickly Pear, and weeds in paths; also is chief ingredient of 

 cattle dips for destruction of ticks, and in South African " locust poison." 



FRUIT FLY POISON. 



For Fruit Fly, Pumpkin Fly, etc. 



or 



Arsenate of Lead, 50% Paste. 2 pounds, 3 ounces, . 



or Arsenate of Lead Powder . . i pound, i ounces, 



Treacle (crude) 4 gallons, i gallon, 



or Sugar (cheapest) ......... 40 pounds, 4 pounds, 



Water 40 gallons. 4 gallons. 



Mix arsenate with a little water. Dissolve sweetening agent in bulk 

 of water and stir in arsenate. Make up fresh as required, and stir when 

 using. Sprinkle over foliage in minute drops, preferably with garden 

 syringe fitted with fine rose. Try to avoid fruit, but otherwise to reach 

 a'll parts of tree. One syringeful ample for baiting most peach trees, and 

 few require over two. Bait all trees liable to pest on place. Time to 

 begin and number of applications necessary vary, with local conditions. 

 In general begin baiting all apricot, peach, and susceptible plum trees 

 about three weeks before first of such fruits ripen in vicinity, and keep 

 each tree baited until its fruit off three weeks ; and begin baiting pear, 

 apple, quince and orange, trees full three weeks before any fruits of re- 

 spective kinds expected to be mature enough to pluck. Repeat baiting 

 without delay after every rain, and at intervals of ten days in absence 

 of rain. For protection other fruits, bait orange trees once or more in 

 early spring, particularly if oranges hung late; and as protection against 

 infection from outside sources, bait trees, etc., surrounding garden. 

 Whole object is to poison mother flies. Treat melon, pumpkins, marrow, 

 and cucumber plantings similarly, but beginning when first fruits form 

 and eradicating allied wild plants round about. 



Baiting is useful against House Fly; and cheaper and more 

 virulently poisonous arsenite of soda may be substituted for arsenate of 

 lead if the mixture is not applied to living vegetation. Sprinkle on walls, 

 fences, tree trunks, manure heaps, and other surfaces around kraals, 

 stables, etc.. or better on cut branches of gum and other trees suspended 

 where flies congregate. Use cautiously where animals can reach. 



ARSENICAL BAITS. 

 For Cutworms, Grasshoppers, Crickets, Soil Beetles, etc. 



Arsenite of Soda (preferably 80 per cent.) i pound. 



Treacle (crude) i gallon. 



or Sugar (cheapest) 8 pounds. 



