90C WATCHING 



^^'' AND SPRAYING 



while the sun is shining. This emulsion is 

 fatal even to the dreaded San Jose scale. As 

 experiments are constantly going on along this 

 line, the up-to-date farmer or gardener will 

 keep in touch with the latest discoveries. 



"Whale-oil soap, one pound of soap to four or 

 five gallons of water, used to be a popular remedy, 

 but it is rapidly giving place to kerosene emul- 

 sions, which are more easily prepared and less 

 offensive. Tobacco dust will drive away cu- 

 cumber and melon beetles, if liberally appHed, 

 and will lessen the ravages of the flea-beetle. 

 But Bordeaux mixture well applied will do the 

 same. 



For treating cabbages or other crops late in 

 the season, white hellebore is often substituted 

 for Paris green, which is a deadly poison. It 

 may be applied dry, alone or mixed with half 

 as much flour; or in solution, one ounce to 

 three gallons of water. 



Spraying enormously increases the yield of 

 any crop, and indeed sometimes makes all the 

 difference between good crops and no crops. 

 So long as insects and diseases exist, any patch 

 in any part of the country is liable to attack. 

 Because you have escaped so far is not to say 

 that you always will escape, so be ready for emer- 

 gencies. Timehness and thoroughness are two 



