The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-14
SPRAYING in a Nntshell.

The following is from a recent bulletin
of the Ohio experiment station. Keep il
in use for reference.
The following preventions and remedies
have been thoroughly tested and found to
be effective in controlling the insects ana
diseases named providing directions are
followed:
l. Bordeaux Mixture-Copper sulphate
(blue vitrioD 4 pounds; quick lime 4
pounds; water 40 gallons. Put the cop
per sulphate into a cloth sack and sus-
pend in bucket of water, as it will dis
solve more readily than if put directly
into the water. Stake the lime and make
milk Of lime, which pour into the cop
per sulphate solution, after which add the
requisite quantity of water.
2. Copper Acknowledgment carbonate
8 ounces; ammonia, , quarts water, 40
gallons. Dissolve the copper carbonate
in the ammonia, using sufficient only of
the latter to effect solution ammonia
varies in strength, hence the exact
quantity required cannot be stated
after which dilute
3. Potassium Sulphide Oliver of Sui
phur)-l ounce dissolved in 4 gallons of
water. .......
f. Paris Green or London Purple
ounces dissolved in 40 gallons of water.
5. White hellehore powder ounce dis
solved in gallons of water.
6. Pyrethrum, or Bubach-l ounce dis
solved in 3 gallons of water.
Z. Corrosive Sublimate-2 ounces dis
solved in 10 gallons of water.
s. Kerosene Emulsion-Dissolve one
quarter pound hard soap in quarts hot
water; add while hot l pint of kerosene
and mix with a pump; dilute with gal
Ions of water.
For apple-scab, which Injuries both
fruit and foliage, use No. l, making the
first application as the buds are opening,
the second just before the time of bloom
ing, the third as soon as the blossoms
fall, and the fourth week or ten days
later. To kill the apple worms, use No.
4 in combination with No. for the third
and fourth sprayings.
Pear and ounce trees should be treated
In the same manner. This prevents pre-.
mature leaf-dropping, scacby fruit and
the work of insects.
For plums and cherries use No l and
No. 4 com bined, making four applications,
beginning as soon as the blossoms fall, and
continuing at intervals of one week or ten
days. This prevents premature leaf drop
ping, also the work of the curculio.
Where a few trees are isolated, the diff
Guilty in combating the curculio is
greater, hence the spraying should be
more frequent in some cases double the
amount may be required.
For grapes, use No. l, beginning when
the buds are opening. making four appli-
cations, and after the grapes are half
grown substitute No 2 for No. l, and APP
ply two or three times until the grapes
are nearly ripe.
For cmrauts and gooseberries use No.
3 to prevent mildew of the foliage, and
No. to destroy the worms
For cabbage worms, use No. 6.
For potato blight and the Colorado
beetle, use No. l and No. com Dined,
making the first application when the
plants are not more than six inches high,
and continuing at intervals of ten days or
Two weeks, until the tops are nearly full
grown. Not less than five sprayings
should be made during the season.
To prevent the potato-scab, soak the
seed one hour in No Z.
For plant-lice, use No. 8, beginning be-
fore the lice become very numerous.
For rose miidew, use No. or No 3, and
for sluEs No. 5.