Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-14
NEW IDEAS IN MAKING LIME,
SALT AND SULPHUR WASH,

The California method OF preparing
the lime, salt and sulpur wash for use
on fruit trees for the eradication of
scale insects, principally to destroy the
pernlcious or san Jose scale. has I'M
doubleday deferred many persons from
using this most valuable and rell-
able remedy. believed TO be the only
practical, safe, economical and thor
oughy successful one known. A. N.
Brown, eX-president of the Peninsula
Horticultural society followed the te-
dlous California method very closely,
but was not satisfied with the results.
with the most careful attention TO de-
tail. boiling vigorously the required
time, he could not secure a combina-
ton of the lime and sulphur that would
stand one hour without separation. A
perfect combination OF these essentials
In this formula is not only desirable but
absolutely necessary He began expert
menting for himself and finally reached
a conclusion that he finds very satisfac-
tory and which has proven successful.
In a recent issue Of Orange Judd Farm
err Mr.. Brown give his method Of pre-
pairing the lime, sulphur and salt wash
as follows
! secure good sugar barrel holding
about so gallons, have II secured with
two more hoops driven tight, Place in
TO II 40 hounds best stone lime obtain
able. take another vessel, an ordin-
airy wash tub will answer, and place In
TO II 20 pounds sulphur blowers of sui
phur preferred) | now take two gall
Ions boiling water and add II to the
sulphur, n little at time, stirring con-
stantly until | have perfect sulphur
paste. The little globules or particles
Of the sulphur will pun or swell up ana
burst, condition indicating that the
sulphur is fully dissolved. This accom-
plished, pour ~ gallons boiling water
over the lime In the sugar barrel and
Immediately add the sulphur paste.
Cover the barrel whit an old blanket
and let Il cook 20 minutes. During this
cooking | do no stirring, except occa-
sonally using an ordinary garden hoe
TO keep the lime from settling, and thus
prevent It's burning,
After this has been left 10 do It's own
cooking have every particle OF The lime
aud sulphur dissolved, forming a COM
binaton brought about by the heat pro-
duced by the shaking Of the lime, such
as no fire heat could possibly produce,
and one that would stand half n day
without separation. ! now flll my bar
rel with warm water TO the required 60
gallons; add 10 pounds of coarse salt
stir few moments, or until the salt Is
dissolved; strain into the spray barre.
or tank and apply Il while fresh
aud warm. use a pump which
has both power and capacity ana Is
easily operated. | coat the trees thor
oughly by spraying them from four
sides,
The results plainly stated are these
l. complete dissolution Of both lime
and sulphur; @ a combination that viii
stand until the mixture can be APP
piled II but ordinary haste Is used
O. securing a condition that viii spray
as easy as water thus saving time,
labor and annoyance T. my material
il more adhesive The wash applied
last March Is stll plainly visible on
the trees. now the middle of october
r. | have killed more scale than by any
other method Instead OF injury have
added 10 the ygor and healthfulness
Of my trees.
Tho san Jose scale is no more ter
ror to me than the curculip Codling
moth, or other injurious insects. It
can be held I'm check by the lime sui.
phur and salt wash.
In my crude way ! can prepare tho
material as rapidly as n can be APP
piled with the pump | use, with two
discharge hose covering 1000 seven
year-old peach trees daily with an
ordinary farm engine with which 10
pump and heat the water, and 20 bar
rels arranged conveniently In a row
/ believe ! could prepare the material
according TO my method 20 keep two
power spraying outfits running stead
ily / believe this wash should be
prepared In small quantities not more
than 40 gallons at time, better stlll
60 gallons.
The method OF mixing the material
cold by the use OF caustic soda seems
10 me Is Objectionable, because It Is
almost impossible to slake even the
best quality stone lime in cold water
perfectly The sulphur cannot be dis
solved with cold water, although the
soda or lye may doubtless aid dissolu-
ton no well as hold these materials In
combination.
THE DICKSON OIL WASH.
In this connection and acting upon
the principles observed in my method
of preparing the l.. $. S, Wash, William
NJ. Dickson. one OF Delaware's progress
slve fruit growers and farmers, has
worked out u new formula for the de-