On Tue, 19 Mar 1996 [email protected] wrote: I just read your feasibility study on treating fire ants on a ten-acre plot. I thought it was very clear and concise. I have two questions about some of the arithmetic conclusions. The first is in the Toxicity section. Should the practical answer be that a fifteen kilogram dog requires 1131 mg of active ingredient times 15 or approximately seventeen grams of active ingredient. This would mean three to four pounds of Amdro product not three to four pounds of active ingredient. The second question involves the treatment amounts. Since the infestation involves eighty mounds per acre and treatment involves five tablespoons per mound, doesn't this mean 400 tablespoons per acre? This equates to ten pounds per acre since there are about forty tablespoons per pound. The toxic limit is one and one half pounds per acre, therefore there is not the capability of applying enough Amdro to achieve the kill ratios from the test studies. Broadcasting of a pound per care will not achieve the same degree of kill as five tablespoons per mound. If I am incorrect please let me know. But it seems to me that if my ratios are correct then you cannot treat this kind of infestation with Amdro. > Thanks for you time and for the article. Mitch Alderman
From [email protected] Tue Mar 19 10:00:58 1996 Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 10:00:57 -0600 (CST) From: "David A. McMurrey"To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Feasibility Report Hi! the article on treating fire ants was written by a student in one of my technical writing courses over 5 years ago. I honestly can't vouch for its accuracy or correctness. As a writing teacher, I consider a fine example of clear, well-organized, well-formatted writing. I suppose I should put some sort of disclaimer on all of these reports, now that they are on the web. Anyway, thanks for your info--I will link your note to the bottom of that article. I'll delete your name and address unless you'd like it there. -- David --------------------------------------------------------------------------- David A. McMurrey, Ph.D. [email protected] Technical Communications Department Austin Community College Online Technical Communications Courses Austin, TX 78758 http://www.io.com/~dmcvia.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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