Show 0 0 HINTS ON PROPER SPRAYING buy paris green in original package guaranteed pure arsenate of lead Is also popular in the use of paris green to kin kill in sects eels the right proportions are one and a half ot of the poison to on one pound of fresh lime and gallons of 0 water but note in using this that it must be be kept stirred else the poison will settle as it Is heavier than water buy the green in the original package guaranteed pure in this till formula file lime is used to overcome the caustic poison which might otherwise injure foliage for fungous troubles add to this same mixture six or eight pounds of copper sulphate or bluestone the tha blile milestone stone is always to be dissolved la in water in a separate vessel and not mixed with the limewater limo water until just before using the bluestone Is best dissolved by inclosing in a burlap sack back and suspending it in the water another poison largely used instead of paris green Is arsenate of lead this abis has sonic some advantages over the other it remains in solution longer it adheres to the foliage better and there ii I 1 less danger of injury to the foliage two pounds ot of the arsenate to fifty gallons of water Is the right proportion this may be added to the bordeaux mixture also A substitute for the bordeaux bord caux Is the lime sulphur solution and some fruit men prefer this when the trees are dormant this is doubtless the best treatment for scales and all sucking insects the lime sulphur is a commercial article and may be betm bought gb t in all sized packages up to barrel size one gallon of this to eight of water is the proper mixture but does not apply to growing plants arsenate of lead may be added if a poison is desired |