Insects Class
Eating a
Sucking b
Diseases
Parasitical c
Constitutional d
REMEDIES
Mechanical Number
Covered boxes……….. 1
Collars…………….. 2
Cards………………. 3
Destructive
Hand-picking………… 4
Kerosene emulsion……. 5
Whale-oil soap………. 6
Miscible oils……….. 7
Tobacco dust………… 8
Carbolic acid emulsion.. 9
Corrosive sublimate…. 10
Bordeaux mixture……. 11
Poisonous
Paris green………… 12
Arsenate of lead……. 13
Hellebore………….. 14
It will be of some assistance, particularly as regards quick reference, to give the following table, which shows at a glance the method of fighting any enemy, the presence of which is known or anticipated.
While this may seem quite a formidable list, in practice many of these pests will not appear, and under ordinary circumstances the following six remedies out of those mentioned will suffice to keep them all in check, if used in time: Covered boxes, hand-picking, kerosene emulsion, tobacco dust, Bordeaux mixture, arsenate of lead.