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INDIA-RUBBER DISTRIBUTOR. 
Price 2/6 and 3/6 each. 
THE MALBEC BELLOWS DISTRIBUTOR 
Price 7/6 each. 
THE BEST FUNGICIDE YET DISCOVERED. 
DIRECTIONS FOR XJSE. 
KEEP THE POWDER DRY. 
FOR POTA TOES . — We recommend a dressing of the plants about the time of the last earthing up, 
and before the leaves are fully grown. This is done by dusting the leaves, especially underneath, by means 
of a Distributor two-thirds full of Powder, inserting the nozzle under the leaves and expelling the Powder 
upwards. A calm morning after rain or a heavy dew is the best time to apply the remedy, as it is then not 
wasted by being blown away. The fine powder adheres to the underside of the leaves of potatoes when 
they are made damp by evaporation from moist soil. 
Again on the first appearance of grey specks and blackened leaves, which generally appear about the 
middle of July,* dust the leaves with the Powder as above instructed, being careful that the application 
reaches all the leaves affected. . 
A thin coating will be sufficient, but be careful to cover the affected parts with the Powdei. 
Work of this kind, to be successful, must, like everything else, be done in a thorough manner, and m 
no case should the first treatment be delayed beyond the period mentioned. 
About a half-cwt. of powder is calculated to dress about one acre of potatoes caiefully used. 
A sample bag of 7 lbs. with India-Rubber Distributor will be sent free to any address in the Kingdom 
on receipt of Postal Order for 7/6, or with Malbec Bellows 4/- extra. 
Special terms for large quantities on application. 
Messrs. Barr & Son, Agents for London, Wholesale and Retail. 
* N.B. — The date of course varies with the district and climatic conditions of the season. 
Extract from Irish Land Commission Circular. 
Agricultural Department, 
Irish Land Commission, 
Dublin, 2 6 th February, 1891. 
Sir, — The Irish Government having requested the Irish Land Commission, through its Agricultural 
Department, to undertake the distribution of a certain quantity of Tait & Buchanans Anti-Blight Powdei, 
which has been presented to the Government for trial by Messrs. Buchanan Brothers of Glasgow, I am 
directed to inform you that if you are willing to test the powder according to the directions given in the 
circular enclosed herewith I shall be glad to forward to you a small quantity to be held ovei for trial in the 
event of potato disease appearing during the ensuing season. In order that the test should be of value it is 
essential that the directions for use should be carried out strictly, and that a careful record should be kept 
on a form which will be supplied by this Department giving the results of the experiment with lcspect to 
that portion of the crop dressed with the powder, and also as to the remainder of the crop in the same field 
not treated with powde,.-I am, &c, ^ j. H . FRANKS. 
EXTRACTS FROM MESSRS. TAIT & BUCHANAN’S CIRCULAR OF DIRECTIONS. 
“Messrs. Tait & Buchanan earnestly desire that growers ol Potatoes should make a practical test of 
this new cure. Select a field and dress with the powder on the very first appearance of the disease. Let 
the part of the field dressed be marked off by stakes firmly fixed in the ground, and when the crop is lifted 
compare carefully this with the other portion both as to weight and soundness of tubers. 
“ The application should be made after rain or in the morning it possible, as the powder adheres 
better to the leaves when wet.” 
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