The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-05-03
NJ. A. c. Department of EntomoI-
ogy Gives Rules for Guidance
of Little Fellow"
MAKE ECONOMY POSSIBLE
Enable Housewives and Owners of
Small Plots to Buy In Quant-
ties Suitable for Linz
tied Needs.
from Department of Entomology
Michigan Agricultural College.

East Lansing, Mich.-Not what poi
sons to use, but how much to use-this
Is what bothers the housewife and gar
dener when of spring or summer
morning they awaken to find their veg
etaDle plot overrun with voracious in
sect invaders. In such emergencies
instructions for controlling the unwel-
come visitors are usually sought for
III the spray solutions with which the
experiment stations of the states and
the department of agriculture of the
United States have so thoughtfully
supplied the producing public-but I'M
fortunately these instructions are as a
rule helpful only to the big grower who
can use spray poisons in quantities of
barrel or more.
1t Is possible, however to reduce
these quantities to the smaller amounts
necessary In the home garden. and
this has been done for the benefit Of
housewives and owners Of small
patches of ground.
Measures.
For convenience. the following equiv
alents of measures are given:
Two cupfuls of liquid or dry mate
rial equal l pint
Four cupfuls Of liquid or dry mate
rial equal ! quart.
Sixteen cupfuls of liquid or dry ma
terial equal / gallon.
Three teaspoonfuls equal 1 table
spoonful.
The pOiSons the gardener finds COM
monest use for are Kerosene emulsion,
nicotine, pyrethrum, arsenate of lead
and poison bran mash. In small guam
titles, enough for instance for few
rows of potatoes or a small patch Of
garden vegetables, these may be made
up as follows:
Kerosene Emulsion.
Kerosene (coal oily . cupfuls.
Laundry soap, l cubic inch.
Soft water, cupfu.
Dilute to required strength.
Shave one cubic inch of laundry
soap into cupful of boiling soft wa
ter and when dissolved pour into II
two cupfuls of kerosene oil. Mix thor
oughly with an egg-beater until 1T has
creamy appearance. This is the stock
solution and must be diluted before u.s.
ing. AS dormant or winter spray
against scale, insects, 1t should be di-
luted at the rate of one part of the
stock solution to three or four Of wa
ter. For plant-lice or lice on dOmesti-
Gated animals it should be diluted at
the rate of one part of the stock solu-
ton to 10 to 10 parts of water, or mix
one cupful of the emulsion I'm three
quarts of water. This is effective
against scale insects, plant-lice and
animal-lice.
Nicotine.
Nicotine sulphate Gao per cent? 1
teaspoonful.
Soap, cubic inch.
Water, quarts.
Into quart of warm water shave
n cubic inch Of laundry soap. When
dissolved pour on two more quarts of
water and add teaspoonful of 40 per
cent nicotine sulphate. Stir well and
1t is ready for use This will con-
troll plant-lice, white-hy, pear psylla,
etc.
Pyrethrum.
Pyrethrum, 2 teaspoonfuls.
Water, / quart.
Pyrethrum is generally used in the
powdered form and busted on plants
either clear or mixed with lime or sui
phur. 1t can also be used as a spray
by putting two tablespoonfuls of the
pyrethrum into quart of water and
stirring well. The powder will not
dissolve but will remain in suspension.
Pyrethrum should be purchased from
alright packages for if fresh material
Is not used good results cannot be ex-
pected. This can be used against cab
bage-worms, etc.
Arsenate Of Lead.
Arsenate Of lead (powdered), 3 table
spOonfuls, or arsenate of lead paste,
/ tablespoonful.
Water, 1 gallon.
Place the arsenate of lead in a cup
and add little water, stirring 1t until
it makes thin paste. Pour this into
DISH anu uuu tuoUSH WuleT 10 nuke
gallon. 1t is then ready for use and
should be kept agitated or the lead will
settle. If arsenate Of lead paste is
used it will require twice us much, by
weight. as the powdered form. The
powdered arsenate of lead is much
lighter than the paste of the same
bulk so that apparently more of the
powder Is being used. For potato
beetles use the poison twice rs strong.
as they are more resistant than most
of the chewing insects. Potato beetles,
cooling moth, caterpillars on plants,
flea-beetles and other chewing insects
can be controlled with this poison.
Poison Bran-Mash.
Bran, I quart.
Paris green or white arsenic, tea
spoonful.
Molasses, tablespoonfuls.
Orange. Il Chopped fine).
Water, to make a good mash