. Agriculture; a text for the school and the farm . Ciuii Iruin iuur ^iirayed peach trees; one basket vi scabby fruitat the left; the remainder Crop from four uusprayed peach trees. Sound fruit in threebaskets at left; the remainder scabby. 214 AGRICULTURE Paris green is mixed to paste form in a small quantity ofwater, and then added to the water. Use.—Paris green may be used in combination withthe Bordeaux mixture, but not with Hme-sulphur. Whenmixing it with Bordeaux, the Paris green should be com-bined with the dikited lime before it is brought in contactwith the copper sulphate. 5,
. Agriculture; a text for the school and the farm . Ciuii Iruin iuur ^iirayed peach trees; one basket vi scabby fruitat the left; the remainder Crop from four uusprayed peach trees. Sound fruit in threebaskets at left; the remainder scabby. 214 AGRICULTURE Paris green is mixed to paste form in a small quantity ofwater, and then added to the water. Use.—Paris green may be used in combination withthe Bordeaux mixture, but not with Hme-sulphur. Whenmixing it with Bordeaux, the Paris green should be com-bined with the dikited lime before it is brought in contactwith the copper sulphate. 5, Kerosene Emulsion Kerosene is one of the best of contact insecticides. Asmall particle of it on any part of the body means certaindeath to any insect. Pure kerosene, however, will injuremost plants, and hence must be used in a mixture. Thebest of these is what is known as kerosene emulsion. Composition.—The formula for the mixture commonlyused is: Vz pound hard laundry soap shaved fine. 1 gallon of soft water. 2 gallons of kerosene. Making the emulsion.—One of the advantages in theuse of this spray is the ease with which it can be
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