The age-herald., 1902-05-11

into the earth below all danger of frost.
 In the west I have seen them unearthed
 in the winter at depth of five feet, clear below any danger of freezing. Every
 one that stores himself away in the fall
 will be almost sure to come forth again In the spring. But, after all these potato
 bugs are easily destroyed and had much
 rather undertake their destruction than
 that of many other of our destructive insects. Paris-green Is the commonly
 used remedy for their destruction. But,
 since the effective part of the Paris-green
 is in the arsenic 1t contains, the question
 arises, why not use pure, white arsenic
 at once, in; ~ao of the Paris-green?" I
 prefer the use of pure, white arsenic in-
 stead of the Paris green, for there are
 several advantages in using it. The great
 est advantage in the use of the arsenic
 Is that when once thoroughly dissolved
 it will remain so and so will not settle
 and clog up t-.e sprayer as Paris-green
 does But both or either can be used
 In the powdered form as well as in solu-
 tion. but since the many recent improve
 ments in spraying devices, spraying ma
 chimes with their fine spray nozzles these
 have made the application of the liquid
 form safe and far more speedy, as well
 as reducing the labor of the work. The
 spraying of the solution also prevents the
 inhalation Of the poisonous dust. The
 liquid can be applied at any time, wheth-
 CT the vines are wet dry. This is
 another great advantage over the dust
 ing system. The old plan of using
 common garden sprinkler or small
 broom is always attended with more or less danger to the crop, for the sc ation could not be evenly distributed and where too much happened to fall the plants were badly burn ] or more or less In jured. We now avoid all this danger by the application of the liquid in the form of a mere mis- by the use of our latest improved knapsack sprayers and our mod ern spray nozzles. Here Is where the ad- vantages of using arsenic comes in, for 1t can be dissolvo,- so thoroughly as not in the least to clog or stop up the fine spray nozzles. But, by using lime with the
 Paris green 1t will not settle so quickly
 nor be so liable to burn the plants. It
 requires but little of the solution to kill
 the bugs and these fine spray nozzles dis
 tribute so evenly that little danger about
 burning the plants need be feared. Dut.
 the question of how much of the powder
 to use depends largely In the quality,
 Both Paris-green and arsenic differ ns
 greatly in their value or effectiveness as
 do other commercial articles Some of
 st If is so poor that a pound to twenty
 or thirty gallons of water would incon-
 venience the beetles but very little, so
 that the farmer should be very careful
 in purchasing and buy only from reliable
 dealers and then test the strength Of the
 poison before wasting time in going over
 the crop and chancing using an ineffec-
 tual article. But, when a good article of
 either Paris-green or arsenic Is used one
 pound to from fifty to 100 gallons of water will be about right, or rather the range Some claim that not less than 100 gallon, should be used for pound while ers claim that fifty gallons Is enough water. I rather favor using fifty gallons of water for every pound of pure, white arsenic. have used this prspor-
 tion with the very best results, and with out any injury to the plants. I want 10
 make the solution just as strong as the plants w. stand and kin the bugs at
 once. My rule is this. Take one pound of pure, white arsenic and bell 1t in frosa five to ten gallons of water, until thor oughly dissolved; then mix with other
 water, enough to make the whole amount
 of the water about fifty gallons. An soon
 as the liquid cools ofr 1t is ready for use, and if 1t is not all needed at once it can ha set aside for future use. But great