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How to Apply. The mixture is applied to
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ¤ e the bed with an ordinary l0-quarft sprinkling `
EA ES can without removing the cotton cover from the
CONTROL OF LEAF DIS S bed. Logs or boards used to frame the bed
OF TOBACCO T · should also be sprinkled. A 50-gallon container ,
of the mixture will treat 200 square yards, or (ifi
By W. D. VALLEAU and E. M. JOHNSON linear yards of bed 9 feet wide, or 50 linear yards I
_ _ of bed l2 feet wide. This is at the rate of l c uart
The diseases which can be controlled by pre- ‘ •» my S unc md 1 °
ventive measures are angular leafspot or rust in I q l
the plant bed, a disease connnon and injurious HOW T0 PREPARE RLUESTONEJJME
in \tVhite Burley beds; wildhre in the plant bed, = [ MIXTURE
a disease which 1S becoming increasingly destruc- L lfill ll Clean 5O_guHOH bmrcj or Oil drum ·
UVC m the (Luk mbacw wd ll him Butler Planl three-fourths full of water strained thru a cloth.
l *1: ` ste` K) t ·k ·· zn 'l1l'll` leafs >ot and - . . . .
TU _m WGS lu. ui uf l’ l_ g .(_ (_ I _i_ ’ * 2. 'Ihoroly mix Lf pounds of commercial hy-
wtldhre in the held, diseases which are pznticu- __ . . _ _ / _ _ . _ N . I _
j 1 1 j L_ U duk mblu) md ljjmlu diated lllllC 1n 5 ot ·f gallons of stunned water.
;· ··r·1· >z·’ Nc;   . . . ,
H Y (Lb UL lc ° ’ _ Iclydrated lnne IS the powdered l1lIlC in paper
(also known as walloon and dry-weather french), _ jwks Commonly Sold by lumber ylujs
including the burning which results from certain " “ jj ` _ L _ i
. 3 _ . . . _ o. Dissolve 45 pounds of powdered bluestone in
strains of lll()Sil1(j which ruins the upper, most _ _
. . . . _ about #1 gallons of water in a wooden bucket or
valuable leaves of dark tobacco. fhese diseases _ _ _
. . . _ _ . si , crock. lf powdered bluestone, wlnch dissolves
both impair the quality and decrease the yield _ _ _ _
of mbjcco readily, is not available, beat the crystals into a
. . . _ hne powder before trying to dissolve them. Your
lhe practices recommended have been thoro-
. . . , hardware dealer can get powdered bluestone for
ly tested and are known to be effective 1n increas- ·· ¤
ing yield and improving quality of all types of lOu`
_ 7 _ L_ ) - ' , . v ` , { . . , ` . .
mbucw grown m kentucky, if Camfujjy [OjjOW€d_ 1. lout the hmc paste into thc brnicl of water
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jhcj, mc Cheap and Czlsljy Cmjlcd Om. They am x { and sfll. \\.h1lc stnring xigotously, add thc bluc
designed to prevent infection of the plants in the Sumc SOIUUOU Slowly
bed and avoid the spread of infection in the 5- Adil Cmlugh WMC? W m¥*l<€ 50 §¤ll<>¤5-
field. a t fi. Stir the mixture each time the sprinkling
BLUESTONEJJIME PLANT_BED TREATMENT can is filled; CAUTION. The water, barrel, and ’
other containers should be free from bits of ma-
When f0 Apply, \Vhen the plants are just ·, ( terial which will clog the rose of the sprinkler.
established in the bed and are >roducin