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you can buy) and three gallons of water. In the sections where the weather is often hot and 
the humidity high during the growing season, growers have had some trouble with burning of 
the foliage with this arsenate of lead spray although it does not burn nearly as easily as Paris 
Green. A comparatively new Tarter Emetic spray has been used very successfully and 
we suggest it be used in place of the arsenate spray. The formula is: Tarter Emetic— 
four pounds; brown sugar—sixteen pounds; to 100 gallons of water. For home gardens use 
three gallons of water, two ounces (four and a half teaspoonfuls) of Tarter Emetic, and a half 
pound of brown sugar. Tarter Emetic is a standard drug also known as Antimony and Potas- 
sium Tartrate U.S. P. Brown sugar is usually cheaper but any sugar is equally effective. We 
think if one keeps all open spikes cut close there will be little damage. The thrips go to 
blooming spikes so if these are cut and removed from the field, any thrips present on the spikes 
where most of them will be, would go out on these spikes. Any tops broken off or worthless 
spikes, should also be kept cleaned up and removed from the field and destroyed as you then 
remove any thrips that may be present on these spikes. 
When they start to bloom, it is wise to cut them as soon as a bloom or two open and put 
them in water inside where they will continue to open better and safer than in the field. — If 
