184 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. IQXKD. 



Following this are a large number of testimonials from dealers 

 and others of the wonderful results which followed the use of 

 Bug Death in 1899. 



This Station has not made an analysis of Bug Death but it 

 was analyzed by the N. Y. (Cornell) Station in 1898 and found 

 to consist of zinc oxide 76.5 per cent, lead oxide 9.8 per cent, iron 

 oxide 7.8 per cent, small amounts of silica, chlorine, potash and 

 a trace of phosphoric acid. 



In May we wrote the Danforth Manufacturing Company, as 

 we did all other manufacturers whose goods we proposed testing 

 in the field and received a letter from the superintendent saying : 

 "We are desirous of having our good tested this year." He 

 stated that he was to be in Maine in the near future and that he 

 would call and talk the matter over. The latter part of June he 

 called at the Station. The interview was a pleasant one and 

 while we expressed doubts as to the goods doing what was 

 claimed for them, the whole experiment was explained to the 

 superintendent and he went away saying that personally he 

 would like to have the trial made but that he would 

 have to consult with his associates. Under date of June 

 26th he wrote as follows : "The writer has conversed with other 

 members of our firm in regard to entering the competition test 

 at Houlton, and we have decided not to go into it this year." 



After the spraying experiment was well under. way we learned 

 more as to the large sales of Bug Death that were being made in 

 Maine and decided to give the goods a trial. Near the large 

 experimental field was a small plot (about % of an acre) used 

 by the former owner of the place as a garden which was planted 

 to Green Mountain potatoes. About half of it was treated with 

 Black Death and later with Paris green and the remainder with 

 Bug Death. 



The directions for application of Bug Death are as follows : 



"For potato and other plants or vines which require a top 

 application, apply dry with Perfection shaker at the rate of 12^4 

 pounds or more per acre to an application, acording to size and 

 condition of the vines. Dust the plants thoroughly and pleasing 

 results will follow." 



