Jusecticides 
Pratt’s Fruit Tree Spray. A combined 
fungicide and insecticide containing sul- 
phur, basic arsenate of lead and DDT for 
control of many chewing and sucking in- 
sects and fungous diseases on fruit trees, 
ornamentals and evergreens. 
Arsenate of Lead (Powder). For chewing 
insects. 2 level teaspoonfuls to 1 qt. water, 
Black-Leaf 40. Nicotine sulphate; for suck- 
ing insects. 1 teaspoonful to 1 gal. water, 
1 oz. to 6 gals. 
Bordo-Mixture (Dry Powder). For fungous 
diseases. Use 5 tablespoonfuls to 1 gallon 
of water, 8 lbs. to 50 gallons. 
Flowers of Sulphur. For dusting. 
Lime Sulphur. For dormant spray use 
12 to 15 lbs. to each 50 gals. of water. For 
Summer spray, 3 to 4 lbs. to each 50 gals. 
of water. 
Lime Sulphur (Solution). The best remedy 
for San Jose scale. 1 gal. makes 12 gals. 
Miscible Oil Spray. 
stock. 
For scale on nursery 
Scalecide. A complete dormant spray for 
fruit trees, shade trees and ornamentals. 
Controls scale and invigorates growth. Use 
1 gal. to 15 gals. water. 
Sulphur, Wettable. For black-spot and 
mildew. Dust or spray. Use 4 teaspoonfuls 
to 1 gallon of water, 8 lbs. to 100 gallons. 
Para-Scalecide. A prepared combination of 
Scalecide and paradichlorbenzene. A 
liquid treatment for Peach borer control. 
Safe to use on Peach trees of all ages. 
Simple, effective and inexpensive to use. 
Can be used to control all borers. One 
gallon makes eight. 
Si eed Disinfectants 
Arasan. Prevents seed decay caused by 
fungi and bacteria. 
Semesan. The universal seed disinfectant 
and plant stimulant. Important for control 
of damping off of seedlings. Gladioli and 
disinfection of seed bed soil. 
Semesan Bel. 1 lb. treats 60 to 80 bu. seed 
potatoes. 
Semesan Jr. 2 ozs. treats 1 bu. of field 
Corn or Sweet Corn. 
Spergon. Seed-treating material for killing 
harmful fungi. 
Ceresan (Improved). 1 lb. treats 32 bus. 
of Barley or Oats for smut. 
For Onion maggots. 
Lb. (makes 80 to 160 gals.) 
Corrosive Sublimate. 
Formacide Formaldehyde Dust. Control 
“damping off’ of flower and vegetable 
seedlings. 
Rootone. For better rooting of cuttings, 
seeds and bulbs use this plant hormone 
powder. Just dip cutting into the powder 
before planting. To treat seeds and bulbs, 
dust with Rootone before planting. 
Sure-Set—Hormone Spray. For earlier 
Tomatoes, Hormone spray makes blossoms 
set in cool weather, gives greatly increased 
early yields. 
Calomel. 
If it’s for the GARDEN, we have it. 
Fungicides 
Fermate. Controls fungous diseases. 
Zerlate. Excellent fungicide spray for vege- 
table plants in greenhouses, and on vine 
crops all season. Used as alternate spray 
with COCS on Tomatoes. Controls fruit 
and leaf spot disease and anthracnose. 
3 lbs. (makes up to 200 gals.) 
Phygon XL. For use on Apples, stone fruits, 
Tomatoes, Beans and Sweet Potatoes. 
Tri-ogen. Combined spray treatment 
fungicide-insecticide and plant stimulant. 
A complete protection against plant in- 
sects and diseases. EK, kit trial size; 
A, small kit makes 16 qts.; B, medium kit, 
makes 64 qts.; C, large kit, makes 32 gals.; 
D, estate kit, makes 128 gals. 
Red Arrow Garden Spray Pyrethrum 
Rotenone. Non-poisonous, kills by con- 
tact, will not burn or stain tenderest foli- 
age, ounce will make 4 to 8 gals. spraying 
solution. 
Non-poisonous when 
Kills garden insects, 
Evergreen Spray. 
used as directed. 
D-X. Penetrating Pyrethrum. Rotenone 
Spray. (Non-poisonous). D-X is a low 
cost contact spray of great power for 
control of sucking and chewing insects. 
Volck. The scientific insecticide for nursery, 
greenhouse and garden. Controls scale, 
insects, mealy bug, white flies, red spiders, 
rust mites and aphis. 
Sprays & Dust 
Chlordane. Dust or spray—6% Chlordane. 
New insecticide for Corn seed maggots, 
grasshoppers, Japanese beetles, ants and 
many others. Lb. (makes 12 gal. solu- 
tion). 4 lbs. (makes 50 gal. solution). 
Rotenone Dust .75%. Rotenone, 34 of 1 
per cent. Dry powder, non-poisonous to 
humans. Easily applied. Excellent control 
for leaf-eating insects on all crops: recom- 
mended for Mexican bean beetle, cabbage 
worms, aphis, etc. 
DDT Dust—3% DDT. Now the standard 
dust to use for cabbage worms, onion 
thrips, corn borers, flea beetles and many 
other insects. 
Dura Dust No. 25. A 25% DDT mixture: 
DDT 50% Wettable Dust. For dilution in 
water for spraying, or mixing with talc to 
prepare dust of desired strength. 1 Ib. in 
100 gallons of water makes effective garden 
spray leaving a heavy residual deposit on 
plants; 3 lbs. to 100 gals. of water makes 
effective and safe spray for cattle, horses, 
hogs and other farm animals, or residual 
spray for walls of barns, stables, hog or 
poultry houses and milk sheds. 
Synklor-50-W, Chlordane 50%. A prod- 
uct which is claimed to be more potent 
than DDT and no more harmful to hu- 
mans. Kills two ways; insects are pois- 
oned by eating it and paralyzed by touch- 
ing it. 
Tomato Dust. Is a general garden insecti- 
cide and fungicide with emphasis on better 
Tomato protection. It controls both early 
and late blight, as well as horn worm, fruit 
worm, and flea beetlek—Tomatoes worst 
enemies. 
Red River Potato Mix, Acme. Special for- 
mula for Potatoes. Use as dust or spray. 
(Contains DDT). 
Start Your Spraying Operations Before The “Bugs” Arrive 
AUC Ue eee 
Weed Killers 
Ammate Weed Killer. Safest, easiest, and 
most effective chemical:for killing poison 
ivy and sumac. Harmless to humans and 
animals. Does not render soil sterile. 
Weed Killer. Destroys weeds in paths, roads, 
gutters, drives, etc. Kill roots and tops of 
all weeds and grass growth easier than hoe- 
ing and digging by hand. Very effective 
in walks and cobbled gutters without in- 
jury to road-bed. Does not discolor cement. 
Usually prevents growth for season. 
New Improved Weedone. Original brand 
of 2,4D kill lawn weeds, also sumac, poison 
oak, poison ivy. 8 oz., covers 1,500 sq. ft. 
1 qt. covers 5000 sq. ft. 
Tat C-Lect Crab Grass Killer. An amaz- 
ing new chemical which kills both the seeds 
and plants of Crab Grass in lawns. Pre- 
vents recurrence the following year. Not 
toxic to soil. 
Miscellaneous 
Ant Traps. 
feature. 
outdoors. 
A metal container with safety 
Can be used indoors as well as 
Antrol. Sets containing four jars and 4-oz. 
bottle of syrup. 
Antrol Ant Powder. Kills ants, roaches, sil- 
verfish and other pests. 
Beetle Traps, Japanese. Very effective 
method of exterminating Japanese beetles. 
Smarol. An insecticide bait to combat snails, 
cut worms, sow bugs and grasshoppers. 
Cuprinel No. 10. Insects and fungi just 
don’t go in wood treated with Cuprinol. 
This excellent wood preserver is harmless 
to plants. 1 gal. covers 400 sq. ft. 
Chaperone (Liquid). Spray hedges, garbage 
cans, etc., to keep dogs, cats and rabbits 
away. Rains will not reduce its efficacy. 
Tree Wound Paint. For coating and pro- 
tecting wounds, cavities and fresh cuts 
from decay; impervious to rain, cold or 
heat. 
Grafting Wax. For all pruning and grafting 
purposes. Used when trimming trees and 
shrubbery. 
Japademic. Milky spore disease spore dust. 
Pound treats 4000 sq. ft. 
Para-Dichlor Benzene. Kills the Peach tree 
borer, controls moths in carpets, furniture 
and clothes. 
Crow Repellent. Protects seed Corn from 
damagé by crows, moles, squirrels, etc. 
Cyanogas-A Dust. Kills ants, moles, mice 
rats, groundhogs and prairie dogs. 
Nico-Fume Powder Pressure Fumigator. 
Ts now burned under pressure in the can in 
which it is packed. 
Tobacco Dust. 
Stop. A tree-banding compound which pre- 
vents insects from crawling up trees. 
Mologen. Eliminates moles from the lawn 
within 2 or 3 days. Non-poisonous to hu- 
mans or pets. 
We carry the most complete line in the Capital District. 
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