...acts as an effective spray against insects. HOW TO PREPARE. as water. For example, arsenate of lead is used at the rate of 2 pounds to 50 gallons of water. To every 50 gallons of Bordeaux add 2 pounds of arsenate; or Paris Green, used according to the potato...

...which followed the application washed off the poison. Experiments 4 and 0, in which arsenate of lead was used at the rate of 2 pounds to 50 gallons of water, were also failures for the same reason. Experiments 8, 10, and 11, in which copper arsenite was used...

...pounds of lime and 2 quarts of New Orleans molasses added, another (strip No. 2) with arsenate of lead at the rate of 2 pounds to 50 gallons of water, with the same amounts of lime and molasses added as in the solution used on strip No.l, the third (strip...

...larvae were observed, the following sprays were tested on large plots in a 9-acre field. Right-angle mist-producing nozzles were used. Approximately 80...if any damage was noted from the spray. A few dead larva1 were found. Experiment No. 2. — Lead arsenate, paste, was used at the rate of 2J pounds to...

...shows two boxes of cabbage plants. The plants in one box were sprayed with powdered arsenate of lead at the rate of 2 pounds to 50 gallons of water, with 2 pounds of yellow laundry soap added. The plants in the other box were left untreated. Larvae were then confined...

...on plum foliage with little or no injury. The best insecticide spray for plums is arsenate of lead used at the rate of 2 pounds to 50 gallons of water. 66. Thinning of Plums. — In order to produce first-class fruit, it is usually necessary to thin the...

...gallons of liquid gave good results as a "sticker" and spreader. Potash fish-oil soap without resin was used at the rate of 2 pounds to 50 gallons of liquid. NICOTINE SULPHATE. Forty per cent nicotine sulphate was utilized in sprays every year in some...

...beetles were first noted in the field powdered lead arsenate was applied on two large plats. On one it was used at the rate of 2 pounds to 50 gallons of water, on the other at the rate of 2l/z pounds to 50 gallons of water. Three-fourths of the leaves had both...

...caterpillars, either small or nearly full grown, succumb quickly to such a poison as arsenate of lead used at the rate of 2 pounds to 50 gallons of water. Good spraying should give results in twentyfour to forty-eight hours, unless the caterpillars are so...

...(AßsOe) was tested against the codling moth in our experimental apple orchard, Benton Harbor, Mich. This was used at the rate of 2 pounds to 50 gallons of lime-sulphur solution in comparison with arsenate of lead paste, used at the same rate, combined with...