The age-herald., 1902-05-11

care must be used in handling the poison for if Is deadly in it's effects, and stock nor children must not happen to find the barrel Then, too, one must De very careful in boiling the arsenic and not in- hale the fumes or steam arising rom the kettle Only careful hands should be en- trusted to handle these deadly poisons and too much caution can not be used III preparin nd using them. Where pre- ferred, Paris-green can be used In same proportion, instead of the arsenic. But in either case it might be well enough to a. Il r:4ilk of lime freshly made by slack ing two or three pounds of burnt lime and mixing with the fifty gallons of wa ter. Aways mi the -,aris-green with warm water to a paste before adding to 1t the volume of spraying liquid
 In spraying 1t would be good plan to have two men do the work each one sprinklng the same row, going in oppo- site directions; by this system every part of the plant may De reached by the spray and so every bug killed. for there would be no foliage left which the spray would reach. Or one man can do the work py turning back on the row or can go over the field and then turn back and go over it again. being careful to go back in the opposite ,.recton on every row How often to spray is another important ques- tion and can be answered by saying when there are bugs. then spray. Spraying mas but little, if any, effect on the eggs which may be on the plants. and so if the spray should be washed off by rain before the eggs are matched 1t will be necessary to spray again for this new crop of beetles Close watching will guide one alright In this matter Now, l want to say a lew words about sprayers. Most of the sprayers have been deficient 1 in some respects They are weak in some | points of their construction and while i they work well for a few days, soon give | away and become worthless. Great im- | p-ovements, of course. have been made, until. now. we have some very fine spray l CTS. I have mad much trouble with spray CTS, and found that but few of them could be relied upon for any length of time. l am glad to say that at last ] have found a sprayer that Is far superior to any yet tried This is called the AGto-spray This spray Is patented In both the United States and Canada. This sprayer Is sim pie in construction. is easily operated. Is light to handle, has no complicated parts 10 get out of fix. will spray all plants ard has attachment for srrayipg trees as well. The manufacturers of this spray have so much faith In it that they fully warrant every machine sent out ard will replace any defective part os the sprnyer.
 This question of spraying trees ana plants, how and when to spray, and what to usc In spraying has given the best aGriculturalists of our country much thought and deep study. Heretofore it has been rather q hard problem to tell 0 man in plain terms when and how to spray and how to prepare his solution. But, continued experimenting has becn largely rewarded, and while there are yet many things to be learned about spray ing; yet, we have advanced far enough to make the work effcctual and may with safety give to others the benefits of our experiments. But, I must pass on and notice some others of our destructive in- scots.
 Potato Flea Beetle
 This is. by far. the most destructive in- sect we have in our potato crops. This little insect was very common in the west but had hoped that they were strangers to this section. until the other day and was out in field of potatoes and found the plants covered with them. They are far more difficult to dispose of than the old hard-shell beetle. Arsenic has no ter-