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Let Us Spray

11-6-2020
Let Us Spray

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Notes

This advertisement appeared in The Hood River Glacier in March 1898. Some of these sprays are still in use– lime, sulphur, Bordeaux mix. Blue Vitriol is copper sulphate. Paris green is an arsenic compound which kills rodents.

But I’m guessing whale oil soap isn’t common any more. Perhaps it’s been replaced by dormant oils?

Category: Downtown Hood River
Tags: 1890s, advertisement, agriculture, fungicide, insecticide, newspaper, orchard, spray

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  1. Jeffrey Bryant

    6th November 2020 @ 07:28 PM

    Acme Compound was used by coyotes to catch roadrunners.

  2. kmb

    7th November 2020 @ 09:09 AM

    I was going to suggest a more modern definition for Blue Vitriol: harsh words spoken by a Democrat. Maybe it's too soon after the election for political humor.

  3. L.E.

    7th November 2020 @ 11:44 AM

    When I was raising sheep, I used Blue Vitriol on their feet, when they got foot rot.
    As for rodents, I don't know how orchardists and crop farmers cope with them. I just finished building a raised garlic bed, and put down two layers of wire, to keep the gophers out.

  4. Will

    8th November 2020 @ 07:52 PM

    “Let us spray” – that's hilarious.

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