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biting insects like beetles and larvae (worms), 

 and the sucking insects, which include the va- 

 rious scales, plant lice, and squash bug. The 

 chewing and biting kinds are killed with the 

 Paris-green solution, but the sucking sort need 

 kerosene and preparations which kill by contact. 



There are many ways of making the standard 

 kerosene and soap emulsion, but Bailey recom- 

 mends the following method as the best: — Put 

 one-half pound of hard soap into a gallon of 

 boiling soft water; as soon as the soap is dis- 

 solved, add two gallons of kerosene or coal-oil. 

 This mixture should be of a milk-like consist- 

 ency, which can only be secured by running it 

 through a pump vigorously for fifteen minutes 

 or more. For use on plants or trees, it is di- 

 luted with ten to fifteen times its bulk of water. 

 It can be used stronger than that on trees in the 

 winter. It is sure death to scales and plant 

 lice if applied early enough ; this is another proof 

 of the value of watching your growing crops. 



Within a few years, pumps have been in- 

 vented which will perfectly blend water and 

 kerosene without the addition of soap, and this 

 is by far the better remedy. Without soap, 

 the proportion of kerosene can be increased to 

 even one-fourth the quantity of water, without 

 injury to the plants, if the application is made 



