Improvement in Compounds for Destroying Worms in the Cotton-Plant.
Description
Patent for a method of "destruction of the cotton-worm, and this object is accomplished by sprinkling the plants on which the worm feeds with a solution of arsenic in water." (Lines 8-12) Includes instructions.
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Description
Patent for a method of "destruction of the cotton-worm, and this object is accomplished by sprinkling the plants on which the worm feeds with a solution of arsenic in water." (Lines 8-12) Includes instructions.
Physical Description
1 p.; 23 cm.
Notes
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 110,774, dated January 3, 1871; reissue No. 5,935, dated June 30, 1874; application filed June 20, 1874.
Mitchell, Thomas W.Improvement in Compounds for Destroying Worms in the Cotton-Plant.,
patent,
June 30, 1874;
[Washington D.C.].
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