Insecticides 



For Sucking Insects 



Nicotine Soap Wash 



3 oz. nicotine (95 per cent). 



4 lb. soft soap. 



40 gallons of water. 



Dissolve the soft soap in hot water, cool, and add 

 the nicotine, stirring thoroughly. Dilute to 40 

 gallons. 



Pahaitin Emulsion 



2J pints paraffin (good lighting oil). 

 i lb. soft soap. 

 10 gallons water. 



Dissolve the soft soap in hot water. When 

 dissolved pour in the paraffin with constant stirring. 

 Then with the aid of a bundle of birch twigs, or 

 better still, with a garden syringe, chum the mixture 

 backwards and forwards until the oil is broken up 

 so finely that the drops do not separate out on 

 standing. This will take 15 to 20 minutes. Dilute 

 with water to make 10 gallons. 



This solution may be used in summer. A stronger 

 solution for use in winter is made in the same way, 

 the proportions being : 



1 gallon paraffin. 

 IJ lb. soft soap. 

 10 gallons water. 



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