The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-03-22
srkAY ALL FRUIr TsKEs.
Do 1t This Monsh. whether They Are
Infected or Not.

Do 1t This Meath. wnesher They Are
Infected or Not.
TACOMA, March 2i.-fSpecial.l- The state
board of horticulture has issued notices re-
curing every fruit tree infested with San
Jose scale. woolly aphis or the oyster shell
scale which can be found, to be sprayed
with the lime. sulphur and salt formula or
some equally destructive remedy during
this month of March. Ii is strongly urged
that every fruit tree now growing. If IN
tested or not, especially IN the cities OF Sc
attic and Tacoma, be sprayed this month.
The ingredients in the following formula
are beneficial to the tree and soil more
than several times their cost. which IN
eludes the work of spraying, should not
exceed from 5 to 10 cents per tree. Fol-
lowing is q formula for sixty gallons:
Unsiaked lime ..............4oo or 60 pounds
sulphur foest powderedl .....--...-.- ~ poonas
SAT- -. .--.........---..-.-.-----.. ID pounds
Concentrated I've Am I've Co. byand). pounds
Water to make sixty gallons
When sixty pounds instead of forty
pounds of lime are used the solution will
have a whittier appearance and the opera
tor can better detect when every limb has
been properly treated with the wash.
..Directions-Piacet ten pounds of lime
in a boiler with twenty gallons of water.
stir and boil over a brisk fire for not less
than one hour and half, or until the sui
phur is thoroughly dissolved. When this
takes place the mixture will be an amter
color. Next place in a cask from thirty to
fifty pounds of unslaked lime. pouring
over enough hot water TO thoroughly SLACK
it (being careful To keep it moist and not
TO spoil-it by burning) and while i: is
boiling add the fifteen pounds of salt.
When this is dissolved add to the lime and
sulphur in the boiler and boil for half an
hour longer. when the necessary amount
Of water TO make sixty gallons should he
added. 1t should then be strained through
gunny cloth or burlap. When using it
should be frequently and we'll stirred. In
applying this wash q strong rubber hose
and nozzle having rubber orifice or
plate shou be used, As those made of
brass are soon worn out by the action OF
the lime"
Where it is desired to use q smaller
quantity the proportion of ingredients
may be as follows:
su phur lbest powdered. pound
concsn,r led iye american Lye Com
pany braRd) ..-.+.+.s............. u ounce
Water to make gallons
For infested nursery stock now ready
for distribution, or which is being brought
into this state, the following remedies
have been suggested:
zone pound I'VE (American Lye Com
pany's brandy and one pound whale oil
or other strong soap to every seven gal
Ions of water. made by boiling first the
lye. then adding the soap, and applied at
about l03 degrees Fahrenheit.
"Or by fumigation-Nursery stock may
also be disiniected by covering with an
air-tight tent or box. and for each and
ounce of fused cyanide OF potassium (5S
per cent?. one fluid ounce of'sulphuric
acid and two fluid ounces of water shall
be used. The cyanide of potassium shall
be placed in an earthenware vessel, the
water poured over the said cyanide OF
potassium. afterwards adding sulphuric
acid, and the tent or box to be immedi-
ateiy closed tightly and allowed to remain
closed tor not less than forty minutes.
Treatment for dis!nfeciion shall continue
until all insect pests or their iarva are de-
stroyed under the direction Of an in
spector or commissioners"
Every interested person of the state of
Washington Is urged to cooperate with
the board to see that ali infested trees are
cIeansed by taking notice of places where
these pests ex st, and inform the owners
of the importance and manner of treat
mcnt.
Charged Wi,h Breckinridgeism.
TACOMA. March 2L-[Special. ID. c.
Bottins, Black Diamond blacksmith,
formerly of Forest Hill, Placer county,
Cal. was arrested yesterday and released
today, charged with seducing Nellie RAM