RESIDUES FROM POISONOUS INSECTICIDES 
ON PLANTS 
U. S. D. A. Miscellaneous Publication No. 526 entitled “Insec- 
ticides and Equipment for Controlling Insects” adequately 
treats the poisonous residue problem as follows: 
Residues of insecticides on the harvested product may en- 
danger the consumer’s well-being and must be guarded against. 
The recommendations that follow are given as a guide in avoid- 
ing such risks. 
Insecticidal residues cannot be removed satisfactorily from 
cabbage, lettuce, celery, spinach, cauliflower, turnip greens, 
kale, broccoli, or other greens by a superficial washing of the 
head or leaves. Such a washing may remove the residues from 
the outside smooth surfaces of the leaves or fruit, but the 
innermost parts among the folds or ribs will not be affected 
materially. 
Cabbage. Such materials as paris green, cryolite, D.D.T., and 
calcium arsenate should not be applied to any portion of the cab- 
bage plant that is to be marketed. This means that cabbage 
intended for marketing as U. S. Grade No. 1 (which allows 
four loose outer leaves) should not be sprayed with these ma- 
terials after the head has begun to form. If the marketed 
product is to bear a greater number of loose outer leaves than 
those allowed in U. S. Grade No. 1, these materials should not 
be used after the plants have been thinned or transplanted. 
If all the outer leaves of headed cabbage have been removed, 
the remainder should be’ free of harmful residues. 
Celery. Arsenicals and fluorine compounds and D.D.T., are 
not recommended for use on celery because of harmful residue. 
Tomatoes. Residues may occur on tomatoes treated with 
calcium arsenate, cryolite, or D.D.T., but the washing process 
in the canneries and wiping the fruit for market with a cloth 
will practically eliminate these residues. 
Beans. For green and snap beans, sprays or dusts contain- 
ing cryolite, arsenicals, or D.D.T. should not be applied after the 
pods have begun to form. If treatment is made after this period 
of growth, two or three washings of the harvested beans in 
water should remove any harmful residues. 
Peppers. All peppers that have been treated with an arseni- 
cal (calcium arsenate), cryolite, or D.D.T. must be washed 
before they are marketed or processed. 
Seed Inoculants 
All Prices Quoted Are Postpaid. 
When planting a legume feed or cover 
crop, such as clovers, cowpeas, beggar- 
weed, crotalaria, soy beans and _ velvet 
beans, first inoculate the seed with Nitra- 
gin. This helps the crop to add the 
maximum amount of valuable Nitrogen plant food material 
from the air to your soil. A good leguminous cover crop can 
take 50 to 150 pounds of nitrogen per acre from the air—if 
inoculated with Nitragin. For your soil’s sake, inoculate all 
legume seed with Nitragin. 
Group A—Black Medic 
Clover 
Groupe B—White Dutch and 
Persian Clovers 
Group C—Garden and 
Seog i $100 Ib. 50c; 1200 Ib. $5.70 
Group D—String and Snap f] bu. 50c 
Beans 
Group E—Peanuts, Cow- 
INOCULATE ALL LEGUMES 
WITH 


The Original Legume Inoculator 
4] bu. 50c; 2% bu. $1.00 
{1 bu. 50c; 2% bu. $1.00 
Small size 30c; 5 bu. 55c; 25 bu. 
$2.50; 30 bu. $3.25 
peas, Lima and Velvet 
Beans, Crotalaria, Beggar- 
weed and Alyce Clover 
Small size 30c; 5 bu. 55c; 25 bu. 
$2.50; 30 bu. $3.25 
jomall size 30c; 5 bu. 55c; 25 bu. 
$2.50; 30 bu. $3.25 
100 Ib. size 50c 
Group L—Lespedeza {Large size 50c 
Group S—Soy Beans { 
SpeciAL for Sesbania 
SPECIAL for Lupines 
GARDEN Size, for Garden 
Peas, Sweet Peas, All 
Beans, Soy Beans and 
Lupines. 
Each package will inoculate 8 
lbs. seed—10c 
SEED TREATMENT 
(For Disease Control) 
The following recommendations are suggested: 
Treatment for the prevention of Damping Off fungi: 
Oz. per Teaspns. 
Bu. per Lb. 
Beanseu Lima 2... ee Spergon He i, 
Beans, Snap and Pole ........Spergon 2 es 
Peas, English’ 20s. Spergon 2 Uy 
Cowpeast..0: 2-6 eee Spergon 2 A 
Sweet) Corn: ote ee Spergon 1% y 
BeoeeGle gt. sce ees Spergon Wy 
Cantaloupe. eee Spergon or Semesan 1 
Carrotace Be ee eee re, Spergon 34 
Gelefyeeretr ce ee th Coe Spergon or Semesan 34 
Cabbage, Cauliflower, etc....Spergon or Semesan % 
Gucumbers = Spergon or Semesan i 
Ezoplant? ee ae Spergon or Semesan 34 
Escarollés @ sere oe Spergon or Semesan 1 
Lettuce: eee Spergon 2 
Pepper? sae eas Spergon or Semesan 14 
Spach ee ee ere Spergon 1% 
Tomatosen ses Bh 2 ee Spergon or Semesan ] 
Watermelon ie kee oe Spergon or Semesan it 
The seed and seed treatment material should be thoroughly 
mixed together in a rotary drum mixer until all the seed are 
uniformly coated with the treatment material. In most cases 
this will take from three to five minutes at a speed of forty 
revolutions per minute. Screen off excess dust. 
Bichloride of Mercury (Corrosive sublimate) treatment 
affecting organisms on surface of seeds: 
Cucumbers: Dilute 1:1000, immersing seed for 10 minutes. 
Less hardy seeds: Dilute 1:1000, immersing seeds for 5 min- 
utes. 
For small quantities of seed dissolve 1 tablet in 1 pint of 
water. 
For larger quantities dissolve 1 oz. of the powder form in 
7% gallons of water. It is advisable to dissolve the powder 
in a small quantity (a pint or quart) of boiling water first. 
Place seed in loosely woven cloth bags (about one half full). 
Submerge bags in solution and stir with a stick to loosen ad- 
hering bubbles. After soaking the proper length of time, re- 
move bags and drain thoroughly. Seed should be washed for 
15 minutes in several changes of water. Then spread in thin 
layers to allow to dry. 
Do not prepare solution of Bichloride of Mercury in metal 
containers. Only glass, earthenware or wooden vessels should 
be used. In working with the compound, the greatest caution 
should be exercised, as it is extremely poisonous. 
DILUTION TABLE FOR INSECTICIDES AND 
FUNGICIDES 
Average amounts needed to make spray of 
Material 50 gals 4 gallons I gallon 
Arsenate of Lead............... 1% lbs. 2 oz. 1 tablesp’n 
Black Leaf 40................... 1% pt. 4 teasp’ns 1 teasp’n 
Ceresan 1 lb. 1 1-3 oz. 2 teasp’ns 
(Add Dupont Spread- 
er-Sticker) .......... 10 tablesp’ns 2% teasp’ns 
1% teasp’n 
DDT 50% Wettable 
(For truck crops) ........ 144 lbs. 1% oz. 2 teasp’ns 
Fish Oil Soap 
(as spreader) .............. 144 Ibs. 2 oz. 1 tablesp’n 
Garden Volck Spray ..... 2qts. 5 oz. 2% tablesp’ns 
Kryotides <...222.<.4,kanes 1% Ibs. 2 oz. 1 tablesp’n 
Manganese Sulphate......... 3 Ibs. 4 oz. 2 tablesp’ns 
Nicotroliie..ncncteanoee lqt. 5S tablesp’ns 4 teasp’n 
Oil Emulsion (Fico)..... lgal. 10% oz. 2% oz. 
Orthex Spreader— 
Adhesive getae tee Y% pt. 4 teasp’ns 1 teasp’n 
Paris; Green #2... 1 lb 1% oz. 2 teasp’ns 
Penetrol eee ON lat 5 tablesp’ns 4 teasp’ns 
Nicotine Pyrox ................ 13 lbs. 20 oz. 3 tablesp’ns 
Red Arrow Insect Spray. 1 pt. 2% tablesp’ns ™% teasp’n 
Spergon Wettable............. 1% lbs. 2 oz. 1 tablesp’n 
Sulfocide =o. ae eae ae lqt. 5 tablesp’ns 4 teasp’ns 
Sealecide Scene 31-3 gal. 2 pts. pt. 
Triton B-1956 ................. 114.02, - S4, teasp’n) | 0, eee 
Zinc, Sulphates-.ae, 1% lbs. 2 oz. 1 tablesp’n 
Note: One acre requires 75 to 200 gallons of liquid spray, 
depending upon nature of crop and size of plants. 
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