Show TO MAKE BORDEAUX MIXTURE copper sulphate quicklime and water are necessary ingredients mx mix and apply at once the necessary ingredients for making bordeaux borde aus mixture are copper sulphate 4 pounds quicklime 4 pounds water to make BO 50 gallons prepare the copper sulphate by suspending it in a gunny sack just below the surface of several gallons of water in a clean barrel when the sulphate Is dissolved which requires three or four hours remove the sack and stir into the barrel enough additional water to make exactly 25 gallons of the copper solution prepare the lime by slacking it slowly and thoroughly in a clean barrel strain and add enough additional water to make exactly 25 gallons of ume lime milk stir thoroughly pour the two ingredients together into another barrel or better directly into the spray tank if it will hold 50 gallons it Is highly important to stir the mixture very thoroughly and to strain both ingredients before they are combined as otherwise clogging of the spray nozzles might result use a copper or bronze wire strainer of 18 meshes to the inch do not put copper sulphate or bordeaux borde aus mixture into tin or iron vessels use only wood or copper containers mix the bordeaux as needed and apply at once it Is never as good after it has settled |