Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-27

! chased on the markets, there is now
a dry commercial lime-Sulphur OBJ
| tainable. For small orchards it Will
be found convenient to purchase
| these materials rather than to cook
! the lime-sulphur at home :. W men
! using commercial products dilute as
! directed on the container.
| Self-boiled lime-sulphur. The self
| boiled lime-sulphur is much weak
! er Its special use is for summer
! snray TO" peaches. The formula
for self-boiled lime-sulphur fol-
| lows:
! Lime. fresh and unslaked 10 lbs.
! Sulphur, flowers or flour =. lbs.
| Water ...........'.50 gals.
Smaller quantities than given in
! this formula should not be used,
but the amounts may he changed
! to 16-1G-1OO- or 24-24-15O. or to
any other quantities larger than the
| above when the same proportions
are adhered to.
Use a barrel that holds so gal
Ions. Place the lime in the bottom
of the barrel. Pour onto the lime
enough hot water to start the slak-
| ing. AS soon as the shaking starts,
! pour in the sulphur which should
! be previously mixed with enough
water to make it run. Keep ad-
ding enough water to preTent unf
/
cough to cool off the shaking .l
process. Permit this to continue LOT
| five minutes, then immeditely I'LL
! the barrel with cold water.
SOON practice is. needed to make
the best self-boiled l1me-sulphur. 1t
| is not desirable to have a mixture
that is underheated, for then the
use, On the other hand it is neces-
! sarv to stop the heating before the
! lime and sulphur become too strong
a solution. If reddish streaks aP-
pear through the mixture; the SUI
fun nh e 4" of exceptional value for
! general use. although in late years
! it has been supplanted by the
summer. strength Ilme seab nnd S by
! the self-boiled lme-sulphuf LOT
peach spraying.
Bluestone Copper sulphate), 3 to 6
RIuestone Copper sulphate), 3 to
Lime, fresh and unslaked, to
lbs.
Dissolve the bluestone in TWEEN
ty-five gallons Of water. Four
! limestone solution and the lime So
| luton at the same time through a
strainer. When a large quantity OF
Bordeaux is needed, stock solutions
can be made up, using one pound OF
limestone to a gallon of water and
| the same ratio with lime ana water;
TO improve the spreading ana
sticking quantities OF BordeauA
mixture it is advisable to dissolve
from two to three cakes OF nara
SOAP in each fifty gallohs1 rosane
emulsion is especially effective in
| killing plant lice on apples, II
should be made and used with the
| greatest care.
Hard soft or whale soap ~ 10.
To get an emulsion the water
must be soft. Use rain water If
possible. If the water is hard, use
borax to soften. Heat the water
and dissolve the soap we'll. -FOUR
| in the kerosene and either churn
with a broad hoe or pump the mix
| ture through a pump back into it
self. The mixture should be churn-
ed until the oil, upon standing does
not separate from the water This
requires twenty to thirty minutes.
The above formula will give ~
per cent emulsion TO get 10 per
cent emulsion add 1-4 gallons of
water; an per cent. 2 gallons, and
per cent, IL gallons. The Z
on trees in foliage.
Soap solution One pound OF any
good hard soap dissolved in from s
to 8 gallons of water constitutes
soap solution. This is a contact IN
secticide for soft-bodied insects such
as lice, to be used on plants too ten
der for applications Of kerosene
emulsion.
Black Leaf-4O. 1t is CONNER
Cial tobacco spray used for plant
lice and other soft. bodied sucking
insects. 1t may be used at the rate
! of a teaspoonful per gallon of wa
ter. The addition of 81 little soap
the size of a walnut will make the
! spray stick and spread better.
Black Leaf-40 can be combined
with Bordeaux or arsenate of lead
sprays, or triple combination can
be made using three teaSpoOnfuls
of Black Lcaf-40, one ounce of pow
dered arsenate of lead to three gall
Ions of Bordeaux. This combination
/ is fungicide, q stomach insecticide
and a contact insecticide il one.
Formalin Treatment for Seed Irish
Potatoes. Mix one pint of 40 per
cent formaldehyde with thirty gal
Ions of water. Put the seed pota-
toes in a sack and soaI; them for two
hours. Remove, cdr and plant, us
ing buckets or baskets that have also
been disinfected. This treatment
Will destroy disease producing or
ganisms.
Bichloride of Mercury Treatment
of Sweet Potatoes. Dissolve one
ounce of corrosive sublimata crvs-
tails in gallon of hot water, then
dilute to eight gallons. Soak clean
seed sweet potatoes for ten min
utes, then bed ut once in clean sand
Better disinfect the bed if it is a
frame IN which sweet potatoes have
oeen peuded the previous year.
Arsenate of Lead: Insects that
eat by biting can be killed when
they feed on the exposed portion
OF plants, by the use of a stomach
poison: Of course, arsenate of lead
IS Undoubtedly the best Arsenate
turer in two forms the powdered
ana the paste. Either of these
forms can be used by taking INFO
consideration that usually twice
the amount Of paste is necessary
to do the work Of the powdered
form. 10 prepare for use either the
paste or powdered form, mix with
a small quantity of water stirring
until the mixture becomes smooth,
Inc powder will be found much
more convenient and easy to handle
| than the paste. The proper amount
for each fruit or vegetable discuss
| ed herewith is given under spray
schedules
.Arsenate of lead may be mixed
with summer strength lime-sulphur.
! iime-sulphur. When used alone. the
.trSenate of lead tends to have a
aausttc- action. To- prevent injury
% the foliage three pounds of Un-
5taked lime should be slaked and
added to each fifty gallons. Soap
added as with Bordeaux mixture also
helps the spreading and sticking of
this spray.
Paris Green: Paris green is
dust for insects. Ore pound Of
Paris green mixed with ) 10 20
parts of flour or air-slaked lime
may be applied as a dust.
/ Paris Green Spray: Paris green
spray for insects is made as fol-
! lows: ! pound Paris green, / pound
quick lime and 200 gallons of water.
: Make the Paris into