Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1874 — Paris Green. [ARTICLE]

Paris Green.

Last year, when the demand for Paris green arose in consequence of the potato Beetle’s depredations, a large quantity of adulterated green was thrown upon the market and sold at lull prices. Several grades are manufactured, ranging in price from twenty to forty cents a pound. It is put up in cans containing fourteen or twenty-eight pounds, and when purchased in these from well known dealers may be regarded as pure. As the average farmer does not require a Whole can, two or three individuals will find it to their advantage to club together, ordering directly from the factory. There are two ways of using the green. First, in the form of a powder, mixed with forty or flftv times its bulk of plaster, or flour, or fine middlings, and dusted over the potato tops. Becond, as a liquid, mixing a tabjespoonful of the green with twelve quarts—that is to say, about a pailful—of water, sprinkling it with a coarse brush. The liquid method is believed to be the best, as the operator is far less likely to be poisoned. In handling the green great care is necessary. Packages should be invariably marked “ poison” in large letters. In mixing it a fine dust is apf to arise, and this unconsciously inhaled or absorbed through the pores Is apt to be injurious. While working with it the hands and face, and especially the nostrils, should be protected as much as possible, and carefully washed after the job is done. Utensils in which it is placed should never be used for any other purpose, as the green penetrates wood and lodges in the cracks of metals and in the pores of earthenware. Scratches on the person, however slight, develop into malignant sores if the green effects a lodgment. The free use of mi)k« as a beverage Is undoubtedly a good anti- ; dote, but the best is hydrated per-nxide of ' iron. This may be had of any druggist. It is quite harmless, Used as a salve on

sores caused by the green, it prevents their progress, and It should betaken internally twice a day while working with the green, a teaspoonful being dissolved in a wineglass of water for the purpose.— Ohio Farmer.