The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-06


water; remove from fire and while still
hot add two gallons Of kerosene stir ViO-
I lently until the mixture takes on the ap-
! pedIdhce or whipped cream Dilute with
q ten times as much water. Skinned milk
. may De used as a substitute for the soap
! IN making this emulsion. using one gal
( Ion o. hot milk to two gallons OF kero-
sene. stirring the same as when the soap
/ is used, add water as above
Formula No. 4.-HydrOcyanic Case. 2.
/ CYANIDE of potassium, 81 per cent %
ounces; water fluid ounces
! DirectiOns-First. place the earthen
vessel in which the gas is to be Eener-
ated in d convenient place in the shed,
/ and then put in the sulphuric acid. pour
the water over the acid and then add the
I cyanide of potassium. Close the door
ana submit the trees to the fumes for
about forty minutes Open the door and
allow the gas to escape before attempting
inhale.
The quantities herein given are for
! each 100 cubic feet of space in the shed
or tent
/ Where an alright shed or cellar is not
available the trees or nursery stock may
/ De covered with large tarpaulln and
; the gas applied as above. This is much
handler and held to be just effective.
NOte-The gas treatment is advised
where there IS reason to suspect the pres
/ ence Of fungus disease or scale insects of
any description.
Formula No. Slime. Sulphur and
, Salt-FOr use upon deCiduOus trees, for
pernictOus scale. for shOthOle and other
( fungi and as a preventive of curl leaf on
B peach trees: Unslacked lime, forty
pounds; sulphur, twenty pounds; stock
salt, fifteen pounds. water to make sixty
/ gallons
I Place ten pounds of lime and twenty
pounds of sulphur in a boiler with barely
l sufficient water to Stake After thorough
I ~ shaking, add more water and boil over
+ brisk fire for not less than one hour
and q half. or until the sulphur is thor
/ oughly dissolved. When this takes place
4 the mixture will be of an amber color
/ Next place in a cask thirty pounds of IN
Stacked lime, pouring over II enough not
water to thoroughly slake it; and while
! il is boiling add the fifteen pounds Of salt.
/ When this is dissolved, add the lime ana
/ sulphur in the boiler and cook for half an
| hour longer; when the necessary amount
[ of water to make the sixty gallons should
! be added
! Nursery Stockton each gallon of water
! take three-fourths of a pound Of whale
/ oil soap. Keep the solution at a tenn
/ perature Of 50 to 100 degrees Dip the en-
tire tree in the solution and allow 1t to
remain at least two minutes.
NOte-FOr all forms Of aphis this treat
ment will suffice.
Recommendation.
The board makes the following recon-
mendatiOnS:
/ In the preparation/of the Bordeaux mix
ture care should be taken to use either
earthen or wooden vessel The mixture
will ruin a vessel of metal
Satisfactory results in spraying depend
upon the careful performance OF the
work. CarelessneSs will result in dis
satisfaction. A good pump and plenty of
hose, extension pipe and fine nozzle are
The most experienced and. successful
sprayers IN Utah are unanimous IN the
opinion that the spraying should be con-
tinued through July and at least up to
Aug. p.
infection. All diseased trees are sources
of great production of worms and fun
gus. Sunlight is one Of the best disin-
In order to catch all early insects it is
recommended that all fruit trees be
sprayed once with a combination Of BOT-
deaux mixture and Paris green before
1t Is especially recommended that all
trees be sprayed at least once before buds
open with formula No. uime, salt ana
sulphur a precautionary measure
against san Jose scale and as an effective
remedy for the red spider. wOOlly aphis
and every form of insect that the spray
An excess of lime in the Paris green So
luton viii prove beneficial rather than
The following regarding the use Of white
arsenic as substitute for Paris green IS
taken from a bulletin by Professor [. +.
Close at the Utah Agricultural college and
is fully indorsed by this board: White
arsenic. one pound, sal soda (washinS
sOda), four pounds; water, two gallons.
Put the white arsenic, sal soda and
water in an iron kettle and boil for III
should be dissolved. Some water viii be
lost by boiling so enough more must be
added to replace the amount lost Two
quarts of this stock solution with two to
four pounds of freshly Stacked lime, will
be sufficient for fifty gallons of water.
Before sprayingNOr applying any Of the
remedies here Sugg the board
strongly urges the Importance Of orchard
lists knowing exactly what they are
spraying for, and using the proper rene
dies. Paris green or the other arsenical
solutions are 10 be used in combating all
biting insects, which include caterpilars,
commonly called worms. whether hairy or
naked; all of the sO-called slugs, the
grasshoppers. .crickets, potato beetles, leaf
rollers. the COdling moths, etc. Kerosene Z
emulsion is effective against sucking in
sects. which include plant lice, scale lice, [
aphides, thrfps, leaf hOppers, squash /
aphides plant feeding insects. etc
For the pear tree and cherry tree slugs
and rose sIugs, white hellebOre is recon- /
mended: air siaked lime. thoroughly /
busted over the tree, is also an effective !
remedy
For the colony and leaf feeding cater
pillars spraying or sprinkllng with strong |
warm soap suds will eXterminate them. |
Upon motion the above rules. regula- /
tons formulas and recommendations /
were adopted and ordered printed in 1
pamphlet form and published as required 1
by law
THOMAS JUDD, President
JOSEPH HYRUM PARRY, Secretary.
salt Lake City, June ? 1903