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sunken brown spots appear on the pods; and 

 when these spots have a tiny pink centre, you 

 have seen the spore at work. The best known 

 means of fighting it, is to select clean healthy 

 seed, carefully hand-picked; go over the field as 

 soon as the plants come up and weed out the 

 affected ones; spray thoroughly with Bordeaux 

 mixture* to which has been added resin soap. 

 The compound should be as follows: Bordeaux 

 mixture: — 1§ pounds vitriol, 1 pound lime, 12 

 to 15 gallons of water. Resin soap: — i pound 

 resin, J pound crystallized salsoda, 1 pint water 

 (boil until clear brown solution is secured, 

 then add to Bordeaux mixture). Apply first 

 when the third leaf of the seedlings is opening, 

 and repeat at intervals of ten to twelve days or 

 after rain has washed the mixture off. 



*NoTB. — Unless the under surfaces of the leaves as well as the 

 upper surfaces be kept coated with the spray, Bordeaux will be of 

 little avail. For the commercial grower of dry beans, spraying is 

 not advised. — Samuel Fraser. 



