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Steep the tobacco in the soap in water, strain, and use in two applica- 

 tions at three or four days' interval. 



No. 8 QUASSIA CHIPS AND WHALE OIL SOAP. 



Quassia Chips ... ... ... ... lib. 



Water Igal. 



Whale Oil Soap ilb. 



Boil the quassia chips and water for half-an-hour ; then stir in the 

 whale oil soap. When using dilute with 10 gallons of water. 



No. 9. SULPHUR AND LIME PAINT. 

 Boil for half an hour 



Sulphur lib. 



Quicklime 21bs. 



Water 3gals. 



and thicken to consistency of paint, with fine clay or with flour, and brush 

 over stems and limbs after pruning. 



No. 10. KEROSENE EMULSION. 



Kerosene ... ... ... ... ... 2gals. 



Soap ... ... ilb. 



Boil the soap in one gallon of water. When boiling remove to another 

 vessel, add the kerosene and churn violently for 10 minutes, or pour with a 

 fall from one bucket into another until the whole forms a creamy mass 

 which thickens on cooling. Will keep. When used, to one part of the 

 emulsion add eight to ten parts of water, according to season. The time 

 required to effect a complete enralsion will depend on the violence of the 

 churning and the temperature of the mixture. 



No. 11. 

 Same, with loz. Paris Green to every 12 to 15 gallons of the emulsion. 



No. 12. 

 No. 1 with loz. Paris Green to every 12 gallons of the mixture. 



No. 13. 



Paris Green ... ... ... ... ... 4oz. 



Water SOgals. 



or loz. to 12 gallons. ,The addition of a little lime will neutralise the caustic 

 property of the arsenic. A little glue or flour will ensure its adhesion to the 

 leaves. To mix well, first make into a thin paste with a little water. 



No. 14. RESIN AND SODA WASH. 



Resin (pounded) ... ... ... ... 51bs. 



Caustic Soda (70 per cent.) lib. 



or, 



Washing Soda 31bs. 



Fish Oil Ipt. 



Water, to make... ... ... ... ... 25gals. 



Boil ingredients, with enough water to cover, for 1 to 2 hours, adding 

 water slowly if there is a tendency to boil over. The compound will assume 

 the colour of black coffee. Ascertain that mixture will assimilate with water 

 by occasionally pouring a small quantity of mixture into water. If not 

 boiled sufficiently will form a ropy mass in bottom of vessel. Dilute with 

 warm water, stirring all the time to one-third, the first bulk (8 gallons), 



