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HOME DEMONSTRATION NOTES
(By Mrs. Alma C. Gibbons)
Standard Spray for Plant Diseases
Is The Bordeaux Mixture

Is The Bordeaux Mixture
Stock solution may be made now
for the seasons operation and kept
on hand for use when needed. To
make this solution, dissolve blue.
stone "copper" sulphate) in water at
the rate of one, pound of blue stone
to one gallon of water. Use only
wooden, glass, copper or earthen-
ware vessels. Place the bluestone in
a cloth bag and suspend it for a few
hours, just under the surface of the
water. Then Stake one pound of
fresh stone lime for each pound of
b~luestone, adding enough water to
make n gallon for each pound of
lime used. Thus if you use four
pounds of blue stone you will have
four gallons of lime solution.
To prepare the spray for use, put
one quart of the blue stone solution
and ten quarts of water in the
sprayer tank. Start the pump with a
stream, not a spray nozzle, and with
a good pressure direct the stream
back into the tank. Then while the
pump is running strong, pour in
slowly one quart Of lime solution.
Pour the lime water slowly and let
it enter the liquid in the tank at
the same point where the blue stone
spray is being pumped in. This in
sures quick and thorough mixing.
After the mixing is complete, con-
tinue to pump the solution back in
to itself for a minute or two. Give
careful attention to straining.
Do not use muddy. water. Well
water is better than warm stream or
tank water. Spray as soon as the
solution is made since it should be
applied while it is fresh. Another
way of mixing the solution is this;
Add 8 quarts of water to 1 quart of
blue stone stock solution and 8
quarts of water to 1 quart Of lime
solution. Pour these together
slowly and stir vigorously all the
while. (For large quantities of
spray material increase the two
solutions by any equal number of
gallons desired.)
If one ounce of arsenic of lead
powder (or> two ounces of arsenic
of lead paste) is added to this solu-
ton, it becomes highly effective in
destroying chewing insects. A little
more than a teaspoonful of nicotine
sulphate added to 8 quarts Of the
mixture will be- effective against
sucking insects.
busting
For caterpillars, beetles and 9th.
er chewing insects poison powder
applied with force~ is one of the
easiest and most effective means of
control, and every gardener should
be provided with a dust gun. Mix
one quart of arsenic of lead powder
with 8 parts of air-slaked lime or
finely sifted ashes or road dust. APP
ply literally and preferably when
the. plants are wet with dew.
For Plant Lice
Many gardeners have difficulty in
controlling this insect. This is eff.
fective: Dissolve 1 ounce of soap in
a pint of water. Dissolve / teaspoon
full of nicotine sulphate in a pint of
water. Mix we'll and add three
quarts to make a gallon. Spray with
force, using a fine nozzle. If leaf
tobacco is available, it makes a
good substitute for the nicotine sui
phate, if properly prepared. Boil l
pound of tobacco in water for half
an hour, strain and AID water to
raise to 2 or 8 gallons. 1t is then
ready for use. These, two solutions
may also be used with some effect
against the harlequin or calico bug.
Demonstration Clubs For 1922
Girls Home Demonstration Clubs
are gaining in popularity each year.
for girls are always interested in
money for themselves, and
in learning to sew, cook, can and
raise chickens. In many instances,
the county home demonstration