Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-03-24

ton it. There are in the flock sew
eral thoroughbred Plymouth Rocks,
the others mixed. They are fed
well, and on a variety of food-oats,
corn, meal, bran, meat scraps, etc .
and yet no eggs. What would you
advise? | am thinking of getting
rid of the whole outfit and starting
with new lot ?"'
These birds may be over fat. |
would advise more vegetables, cut
clover hay, boiled potatoes in the
bran mash, sweet skinned milk. |
would leave out the corn meal and
feed very sparingly of whole corn for
the evening feed. Scatter all their
grain feed in deep litter of straw,
hay or forest leaves. Have this
litter six or eight inches deep, SC
they must work hard for their feed,
every grain OF it. See that the house
is reasonably clean and we'll venti-
lated. Feed more oats, wheat screen
iugs, ETC., and less corr.
FORMULA FOR SPRAY MIXTURES.
CFrom Southern PlanterJ
CoPPERS SULFATR SoLUTIoN.--Cop-
per Sulfate (Bluestone), 1 pound;
water, Is gallons. Dissolve the cop
per sulfate in bucket of hot water,
as 1t dissolves more quickly in hot
water; and dilute to the desired guam
tity. Use wooden or earthen vessels
for copper suifate solution. This
solution is to be used on dormant
plants, before the leaves have ex-
panded.
BORDEAUX MIXTURE. = Copper
Sulfate, 4 pounds; unslaked lime,
6 pounds; water, 40 gallons. Dis
solve the copper sulfate as mentioned
above, slake the lime in a bucket of
water and dilute with several gallons
of water and strain through coarse
cloth to free the mixture of the
small Jumps. They interfere with
the free flow of the mixture through
the spray nozzles. Mix the two solu
tions together and add water to make
40 gallons. Use this for rots, molds,
mildews and all fungus diseases.
For potato blight add two pounds
more of copper sulfate.
A combined fungicide and insecti-
eide for biting insects may be made
by adding A ounces of either Paris
Green or London Purple to the above.
AMMoNIACAL COPPER CARBONATE
SoLUTIoN.-Copper Carbonate,
ounce; ammonia, about pints; water,
90 gallons. Dissolve the copper car
Donate in ammonia in a closed wooden
or earthen vessel aud add to it the
required quantity of water when
ready to apply. As ammonia varies
In strength, some care is necessary to
use no more than is needed to dissolve
the copper carbonate. This prepara-
tion is used for the same purpose as
Bordeaux, but is intended to be used
only when fruit is nearly grown, as
Bordeaux sometimes affects the skin
of ripening fruit.
KEROSENE EMULsIoN.-H Hard
Soap, ] pound; boiling water, 1 gal
lon; kerosene, 2 gallons. Use "soft
water" preferably cistern water. }
Dissolve the soap in the boiling
water; add the kerosene and churn
violently until the mixture becomes
like buttermilk-not less than five
or ten minutes. Dilute with water
ten to fifteen times before using.
For scale insects use strong emul-
sion. For plant lice, mealy bugs,
red spider, ETC., the weaker solution
may be used. Soft bodied insects
like the cabbage worm may be de-
stroyed with this solution. When
buds are dormant use a mixture of
kerosene one part, water three parts.
LIME, SULPHUR AND SALT MIX
TURE.-Lime, 80 pounds (unslaked);
sulphur (flouers), 80 pounds; salt, 10
pounds; water, 100 gallons. Put
four or five gallons of hot water in
an iron kettle GO gallons capacity,
add Is pounds lime. Stir with
wooden paddle so as to spread it
about then as soon as in full boiling
from shaking add 15 pounds sulphur
and mix briskly with lime, adding
boiling water as needed to bring the
whole mass into thick paste, then
add water enough to make 10 or 10
gallons and boil from 80 to 40 min
utes. Add the salt when the paste
is diluted. When the wash is cooked
strain and dilute to 100 gallons.
PARIS GREEN.-Paris Green. /
pound; water, 175 to 200 gallons.
When this mixture is used by itself
add one pound of quick lime to pre-
vent it injuring the foliage. See
under Bordeaux mixture.
Paris Green is sometimes mixed
with flour and busted over the plant Is
when dew is on, in proportion of one
pound of poison to ten pounds of
flour.
LONDON PURPLE.-Use in the
same way and in the same proper
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