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four pounds; brown sugar—16 pounds; to 100 gallons of water. For home gardens use: 3 
gallons of water, 4% teaspoonsful of Tartar Emetic, and 1% cups of brown sugar. Tartar 
Emetic is a standard drug also known as Antimony and Potassium Tartrate U. S. P. Brown 
sugar is usually cheaper but any sugar is equally effective or you can use corn syrup and 
molasses (three and three-quarters pints per 100 gallons. If Tartar Emetic is not obtainable, 
a suggested substitute is Salp (sodium antimony lacto phenolate) used in combination with 
the corn syrup or molasses solution at the rate of six pints per 100 gallons of spray. 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 
desired for showing, and the show is nearby, cut the spikes as above and hold in as cool a 
place as available until the day of the show. If you must ship or carry the blooms some 
distance, we suggest you pack them flat in boxes. 
Now the fun is over and the work of digging, curing and cleaning is at hand. Dig the 
bulbs about four to six weeks after blooming or as soon as they show signs of turning brown. 
Cut the tops off close to the bulb and spread out in low boxes to dry; preferably where 
the air can move around them. It will depend on the size of the bulbs and the drying con- 
ditions on how soon they will be ready to clean; the old bulb should come off easily and be sure 
to destroy all the old bottoms, etc. Now store in a cool dry place. If you use napthalene 
flakes, we suggest that you put in half a handful on pieces of paper, or small pie plates, in 
the boxes; cover the boxes with paper, or, if you can put them in one big pile, cover it all with 
a tight cover of some kind such as canvas or several thicknesses of newspaper and leave for 
a couple of weeks. Uncover, take out the napthalene flakes, and store for the winter. Put- 
ting the napthalene on paper will save taking all the bulbs out to get the napthalene flakes 
away from the bulbs for we do not like to leave them among the bulbs all winter. Now the 
bulbs should be in good shape until planting time. 
