ooq WATCHING 



AND SPRAYING 



exists, it is often a wise precaution to spray it 

 before planting, but you must spray your 

 growing crop on the very first sign of insects 

 or diseases. Remember that bugs do not 

 like poison, and will not go where it is; 

 therefore, you must take it to them in good 

 quantities. Partial spraying is little better 

 than none. Do the job thoroughly, when you 

 start in to do it at all. See that the whole 

 plant from root to top is thoroughly saturated — 

 stem, branches and leaves. One spot untouched 

 by the spray makes a sure refuge for the bug. 

 Don't sympathize with his homeless condition 

 at the expense of your crop. 



Bordeaux mixture is a cure for almost every 

 variety of plant disease. It consists of sulphate 

 of copper (blue vitriol) and Kme, diluted with 

 water. The principal use of the lime is to make 

 the mixture stick to the plant and to render the 

 copper sulphate less caustic, and one thorough 

 spraying, if rain does not come for a day or two, 

 will cling to the plant fof a couple of weeks. 

 This mixture can be safely used even before there 

 is any sign of disease, and it then acts as a pre- 

 ventive. But where disease is severe, apply it 

 every few days, because the new leaves and 

 shoots offer so many breeding places for the 

 disease spores. 



