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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 
