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Water 8 gallons. 



Finely cut Barley or other green stuff... about 3 muids. 



or 



Paris Green or Scheeles* Green i pound. 



Treacle (crude) i gallon. 



or Sugar (cheapest) 4 pounds. 



Water I gallon. 



Bran about 20 pounds. 



First mixture is for bare ground or unimproved veld. Dissolve 

 arsenite and sweetening in the water, and wet green stuff thoroughly with 

 solution, then drain. Preferably use green stuff particular pest fancies, 

 and always cut fine to diminish risk of poisoning stock. Bran may always 

 be substituted for green stuff, and horse dung in some cases. Broadcast 

 thinly about sundown. Against cutworms treat land few days before 

 crop shows. 



Second mixture is for lawns and amidst cultivated plants. Dissolve 

 sweetening in the water and use to moisten bran. Then work in poison. 

 White arsenic or powder arsenate of lead may replace the green, but 

 latter's colour is advantageous. Have mixture damp, but not dripping. 

 Broadcast about sundown. 50 to 100 pounds to acre, or strew between 

 rows. Keep fowls off. Even at quarter strength, and very thinly spread, 

 bait sometimes surprisingly effective.. 



WHITE ANT PUMP POWDER. 



White Arsenic (finely powdered) 3 parts by weight. 



Flowers of Sulphur i part by weight. 



Mix thoroughly. Volatilize and pump into workings by means of 

 Universal Ant Exterminator or similar apparatus consisting of pump- 

 connected with fire box and pipe for inserting into ant-hole. Measure is 

 far the best remedy for certain species white and also true ants. 



LIME SULPHUR WASH. 



For Scale Insects, Mites, etc. 



or 



Sulphur (flowers or flour) 20 pounds. 4 pounds, 



Quicklime (white. 90% or higher) . . 10 pounds, 2 pounds, 

 Water to 50 gallons. 10 gallons. 



Heat about a tenth of water, and slowly and gradually add lime. 

 Mix sulphur to thin paste and stir into slaking lime. When slaking 

 ceases and all sulphur added, bring and keep water above one-fifth full 

 quantity, and, stirring frequently, boil until sulphur all dissolved. Cooking 

 takes one-half to two hours, generally about one hour, and when propor- 

 tions correct, leaves no sulphur and little lime. Strain and dilute as 

 needed, storing in covered receptacles. If lime under 90 per cent, pure, 

 use proportionately more, and if quicklime unobtainable, use ij times 

 as much fresh slaked lime. Never cook in copper, nor put in copper 

 knapsack. Preferably cook in iron pot or, by steam, in wooden vat. 

 Factory-made lime-sulphur excellent if diluted proportional to strength; 

 for spraying leafless trees dilute to 4.5 deg. Beaume (1.03 sp. gr.). which 

 requires only 6 parts water if concentrate 27 degs. B. and 9 parts if 

 35 degs. Summer spraying, generally at one-fifth ordinary winter 



strength, often advocated, but somewhat risky to foliage, especially in 

 humid sections and seasons. Citrous trees are relatively hardy to pre- 

 paration. In summer against Red Spider and Bryobia Mite, use one- 

 tenth strength, and to each 20 gallons add one gallon paste made by 

 mixing one pound wheat flour smoothly in cold water and boiling 



