. Biggle orchard book [microform] : fruit and orchard gleanings from bough to basket : gathered and packed into book form. Fruit-culture. SCALE PESTS 69 other things have been tried, but to little purpose. The lime, sulphur and salt mixture is still the sovereign remedy on the Pacific coast, no other material being used there to any extent as a scale spray ; and elsewhere in the United States it is the best thing yet found. It is effective wherever used, if directions are followed, and it is safer to use than the oil remedies sometimes AN ILLINOIS MME-SCLPHUR-SALT OUTFIT. STEAM-C
. Biggle orchard book [microform] : fruit and orchard gleanings from bough to basket : gathered and packed into book form. Fruit-culture. SCALE PESTS 69 other things have been tried, but to little purpose. The lime, sulphur and salt mixture is still the sovereign remedy on the Pacific coast, no other material being used there to any extent as a scale spray ; and elsewhere in the United States it is the best thing yet found. It is effective wherever used, if directions are followed, and it is safer to use than the oil remedies sometimes AN ILLINOIS MME-SCLPHUR-SALT OUTFIT. STEAM-COOKING IN ELEVATED BARRELS Farm Journal's winter formula for making the lime-sulphur spray: "Mix forty pounds of fresh, unslaked lime in sixty gallons of water, and after stirring in twenty pounds of sulphur, boil the mix- ture one and one-half hours. Strain through wire sieve or netting, and apply while mixture is still warm. A good, high - pressure pump is essential to satisfactory work. Coat every particle of the tree. The salt is purposely omitted, for it does not seem to do much good and it renders the mixture harder to ;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Biggle, Jacob. Philadelphia : Wilmer Atkinson Co.
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