The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-10-01
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1ufrllsh powder, md being fafy
fine "a not decidedly nice f. handle.
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not stain The cotton which happens
TO be open 1T The dme Of mal Ing
The application no complaint.
have ever been made Ia lhat PATE
ticulaf.
The arsenic employed by ~ In
our experiments Of latl aumm,r
was The common white arsenic.
costing by the barrel. landed ~
Texas, from : to cents per pound
We suppose it would cost about
the same NJ the present time 10
either Mobile, Ncw Orleans Of
Savannah. A permanent solution
was made by adding 10 five gallons
Of water five pounds Of arsenic and
one pound Of sal soda, and then
boiling over a fire, in a common
iron pot, until all the arsenic was
dissolved. This makes 4 solution
of arsenic that will keep for any
length Of time withoutthc slightest
precipitation. We have now in
our Office a bottle OF the solution
made on this plan last summer il
IL just as perfect to-day as it wa,
ON The day when we made it,.
Oh this solution one quart was
put into forty gallons OF water.
which was then sprinkied over a
field Of gorm-inlccted cotton in the
usual way. 1t destroyed the
worms, which were in strong force
whes the application was made,
leaving the plants uninjured 10 any
extent worth naming. Several
sinilar ssts were made. all with
Uniform success. Forty gallons
were found amply sufficient to 20
over an acrc OF cotton Of ordinary
growth.
Here we have a remedy with
which we can save our crops from
the cotton worm at a cost of one
cent and a quarter per acre, rating
the price Of arsenic At 4 cents per
pound and that Of sal soda at q
cents, which would be very high
for the latter. This, It seems 10
us, Is whiting the matter of cost
down TO a point decidedly fine.
Of course there must be added in
the final footing up of all OUTLAWS,
the further cost of preparation and
application, but one cent and a
quarter pays Tor the poison. And
rs to the cost of the application, It
Is no greater than that OF any other
liquid remedy; indeed it should
not be so great, owing to the fact
that the liquid is a perfect solution.
and therefore does not require the
agitation necessary to keep in sus-
pension the insoluble p%oisons. such
as London purple and Paris green.
Inc extra cost of preparing the
saturated solution OF arsenic mip6l
Dc put down as a very small item ;
but we think this Is more than Off
vet BY the advantages of having n
perfect solution at the application,
made IN a moment, withou, the
necessity Of stirring and '.gaum-
for an hour or so with some
kind ofcoloring matter, "daubinp"
Up ones clothes and everything :
'se around after a manner that
ould scarcely be considered en-
rely agreeable. Nothing of this
ind in preparing the arsenic FOR
be cotton feld-you pom a quart
clear solution into the huny.hole
4 a barrel containing Cory gallons
I water, and all is ready. And
hen, as to the saturated solution.
il will keep an indefinite
lagsh Of time it may be made at
id spells when there is no.iiing
lee 10 particular TO o.-Colton