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and suspending the same from a stick 

 laid across the top of a barrel, so thai 

 the bluestone hangs just beneath the sur- 

 face of the water in a well filled barrel. 

 When the bluestone is all dissolved 

 remo\e the sack and add enough more 

 water to make twentyfive gallons of 

 bluestone solution. 



Milk of Lime — To prepare the milk of 

 lime place four pounds of good quick- 

 lime (preferably large pieces) in a wooden 

 vessel. Add enough water to wet it thor- 

 oughly. When it begins to dry and 

 crumble add more water. Be careful not 

 to add enough to chill it or too little so 

 that it will burn. When the lime has 

 formed a good paste, and is still slaking 

 slowly, allow the slaking to continue and 

 the paste to cool before adding more 

 water. If this method is followed a 

 smooth paste, free from grit and small 

 lumps of lime, will be obtained, provided 

 a good quality of lime has been used. 

 Mix the paste thoroughly with twenty- 

 five gallons of water. 



To mix the solutions of bluestone and 

 milk of lime two men are required to do 

 the work. Pour the two solutions slowly 

 in such a manner that they mix in fall- 

 ing. If the solutions fall some distance 

 the churning motion caused by the fall- 

 ing column of water aids in mixing. 

 After the solutions have been poured 

 together stir the bordeaux thoroughly, 

 using a wide wooden paddle. After 

 straining the mixture is ready for use. 



The spray should be tested to see if 

 enough lime has been used to unite with 

 all the bluestone. Partly fill a shallow 

 dish with the bordeaux mixture and add 

 a few drops of a solution of ferro cyanide 

 of potash (one ounce to half pint of 

 water). If a reddish-brown color appears 

 add more lime paste, stir thoroughly and 

 test a second time. Continue to add 

 small amounts of lime paste until the 

 reddish-brown color fails to appear when 

 the test is made. 



When a large quantity of the mixture 

 is needed mixing is greatly facilitated by 

 preparing stock solutions of both the 

 lime and the bluestone. The best mode 

 of preparing these is to partly fill a bar- 

 rel with water and suspend in it one hun- 

 dred pounds of bluestone. When this 

 has dissolved remove the sack and add 

 enough water to make fifty gallons. 

 You have then a solution in which two 

 pounds of bluestone are dissolved in 

 each gallon of water. Prepare a barrel 

 of milk of lime in the same manner 

 explained for slaking the lime. When 

 this lime solution is stirred thoroughly 

 each gallon of water contains two pounds 

 of lime. To make fifty gallons of the 

 bordeaux mixture measure out three gal- 

 lons of the bluestone solution and add 

 enough water to make twenty-five gal- 

 lons. Measure out two gallons of the 

 milk of lime and add enough water to 

 make twenty-five gallons. Stir thor- 

 oughly, pour the two solutions together, 

 stir, test and strain, following closely 

 the directions given abo-\-e. 



In applying the spray begin at the top 

 of the plants and work downward, giving 

 the canes a thorough coat and wetting 

 the entire surface of every leaf. Do not 

 use too much spray or it will collect in 



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