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Patented May 26, 1903.
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
EUGENE A. BOURLON, OF NEW CANEY, TEXAS.
INSECTICIDE.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 729,264, dated May 26,1903.
Application filed February 19, 1903. Serial No. 144,142. (No specimens,)To all whom, it imay conccrm:
Be it known that I, EUGENE A. BOURLON,
a citizen of the United States, residing at New
Caney, in the county of Montgomery and State
5 of Texas, have invented new and useful Im-
provements in Insecticides, of which the fol-
lowing is a specification.,
My invention relates toa new and improved
spraying solution to be used as an insecticide
10 especially for the destruction of insects upon
cotton - plants 'and other similar vegetable
growths.
The solution consists of a combination of
the following mixtures in the proportions
z5 stated: one pound of oil of chenopodium and
three quarts of alcohol; one pound of oil of
stramonium-leaves and three quarts of alco-
hol; one pound of oil of stramonium-seeds
and three quarts of alcohol; forty gallons of
io magnolia-bark tea.
The spray is. prepared by mixing the oil of
chenopodium, stramoni urn-leaves, and stra-
monium-seeds with the alcohol in the propor-
tions stated and then combining said mix-
25 tures. This is infused with forty gallons of
magnolia-bark tea, which is made by boiling
for a period of two hours, under cover, a mix-
ture of green magnolia-bark, either from the
roots or the trunk of a tree, in the propor-
30 tions of one pound of bark to one gallon ofwater. After the tea has been boiled for the
specified period it is allowed to cool and is
then strained, after which it is in condition
to be mixed with the ingredients above men-
tioned. 35
The compound is adapted to be used in any
suitable form of spraying apparatus and when
sprinkled upon a plant will kill all the in-
sects thereon. It is particularly adapted for
protecting cotton-plants from what is com- 40
only known as the "boll-weevil."
The oil of chenopodium is preferably formed
from the seeds of Jerusalem oak or worm-
seed.
I claim- 45
1. The herein - described composition of
matter, consisting of oil of chenopodium, oil
of stramonium, alcohol, water, and extract
of magnolia-bark.
2. The herein-described insecticide, con- 50
sisting of one pound of oil of chenopodium,
one pound of oil of stramonium-leaves, one
pound of oil of stramoniu in-seeds, nine quarts
of alcohol, and forty gallons of water and
magnolia extract, mixed.
EUGENE A. BOURLON.
Attest:
J. T. RUCKs,
J. W. LEWIS.No. 729, 264.
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Bourlon, Eugene A. Insecticide, patent, May 26, 1903; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508570/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.