The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-03-01
spraying mixtures for Fruit Trees

Spraying Mixtures for Fruit Trees
Owing to frequent inquiries in re-
gard to treatment of fruit trees, the
following and nearly complete list OF
receipts is given. Farmers and
others interested in fruit trees
should cut this out and preserve it
for reference.
To successfully fight scale and
other insects and most fupgous dis
eases fruit trees should be sprayed
at least six times during the season,
viz: LIST. While the trees are dor
mant, i O., late in The fall when the
leaves have dropped or early in the
spring before the buds commence to
swell, or both, which is still better;
use whale oil soap and for aphids
use kerosene emulsion. End. Before
the buds open: Copper sulphate
solution. Bird. When blossoms have
formed and before they open: Bord
eaux mixture with paris green added.
4th. Within week after the bios
SONS have dropped of: same as 3D..
9Th: Ten to fourteen days later;
same as 3D.. 9th. Twelve to twenty
days later; same as Sd, or paris
green may be left out, If insects
have disappeared.
Copper sulpbate solution (com-
monty known as blue stone) ID,
water 20 gallons. Don't mix or dis
solve in any metal Dishes Use wood,
glass or ear..5enware. The valves,
pistons and cylinders of spray pumps
should be OF brass. Dissolve in hot
water and strain through burlap or
double thickness OF cheese cloth.
Bordeaux mixture: Copper sui
phate lbs, fresh lime lbs; or 6 lbs
if partly Stacked, water, 40 gallons.
Dissolve copper sulphate in 2 gal
Ions of hot water and strain. ID s.
solve the lime in 2 gallons of hot
water and strain Mix and strain
both into stone crock or barrel.
At this time test it to find out If
enough lime has been added. This
mixture, or stock solution will keep
and whenever ready to use it add
the balance of the water. or 6 gall
Ions, straining it into the water,
and stirring the water in the mean
time. If less than 40 gallons are
needed at one time, mix in proper
ton and no more ahead of time than
is needed for present use. For in
stance, If FIVE gallons are enough
for all the trees, take one-half gal
lon of the stock solution and strain
it into AZ gallons of water. To test
it il enough lime has been added.
get cents worth of Ferro cyanide
Of potassium yellow prussiate OF
potassium put in small bottle
with water and add few drops of
this to the stock solution. If it
tlrns brown, add more lime until no
change of color takes place. There
will be no harm done, and it is safer
to have little more lime than is
necessary. This test, as above in
dicated, must be made before the
balance of the water is added. Spray
ing must be done thoroughly and
until the leaves and limbs are well
covered. When paris green is to be
used together with Bordeaux mix
ture, add at the rate of ounces of
paris green aud 2 lbs additional lime
for the 40 gallons of Bordeaux mix
ture. Paris green is often adulter-
ated and the best of it contains only
30 percent of arsenic. The arsenic
is the only portion of it that is eff
fective against insects. Arsenic
costs only one half as much, and,
being pure, one pound is worth
as much as lbs of paris green, as
far as cost is concerned To pre-
pare it, take one and half ounces
of white arsenic, ounces OF sal
soda and one gallon OF water. Being
poison, it will be well to add SCOT,
lamp black or other coloring matter.
Kerosene Emulsion: Place 2 gal
Ions of kerosene in the sun or in
warm room away from fire, so as to
get it well warmed UP. Boil l ID of
whale oil soap or good laundry soap
in one gallon of soft water. until
well dissolved. If the water is hard,
break it with washing soda. Re-
move it from the fire iand and stir
in the oil, while bot. Agitate
thoroughly with pump for ten,
minutes and until the oil is we'll
united with the rest, forming a
creamy mass. This stock may be