| Show THE RED SPIDER this insect is very common in our or chadds but some times our fruit growers do not understand under the nature and habits of the spider it does not eat its food but bucks from beneath the surface for this reason the poison does not affect it and it must be killed by an out side application strong kerosene emulsion during the summer or the lime salt and sulphur wash in the dormant ft ill kill all the red spiders it is probable that the best results in com batting the spiders will be obtained from the use of the winter of lime silt ind sulphur LIME WD SALT MIXTURE ansi aked lime 40 pounds sulphur 0 pound silt lo 10 pounds water to make CO gillons slake 10 pounds of the lime and stir n the 0 O pounds of the sulphur add 20 gallons of water and boil until the sulphur is dissolved when the mixture will be of an amber color itus will take about one and one half hours slake the 30 pounds of lime and while hot add the salt and stir until it is dis pour this into the first lot and i il the whole batch one half hour loc r di ute to ba gallons of spra D H LEO I 1 ruit tree luar aunt |
