Carrier material for agricultural chemicals

Claim 1

A SUBSTANTIALLY WATER-FREE LIQUID COMPOSITION CAPABLE OF FORMING A STABLE DISPERSION IN WATER FOR APPLICATION TO PLANT SURFACE BY SPRAYING, COMPRISING ESSENTIALLY A HYDROCARBON SPRAY OIL CONTAINING A MAJOR PROPORTION OF PARAFFINIC CONSTITUENTS AND NOT MORE THAN ABOUT 25% SULFONATABLE MATERIAL AND HAVING A VISCOSITY OF FROM ABOUT 40 SECONDS TO ABOUT 70 SECONDS SAYBOLT UNIVERSAL AT 100* F., A COUPLING AGENT, A SURFACE ACTIVE AGENT OF THE TYPE OBTAINED BY REACTING 3 TO 6 MOL PROPORTIONS OF ETHYLENE OXIDE WITH 1 MOL PROPORTION OF A MONOALKYL ESTER OF CYCLIC INNER ETHERS OF A HEXITOL IN WHICH THE ALKYL RADICAL IS A STRAIGHT CHAIN 18 CARBON ATOM FATTY ACID RESIDUE, SAID COUPLING AGENT EFFECTING A MUTUAL SOLVENCY BETWEEN SAID SPRAY OIL AND SAID SURFACE ACTIVE AGENT, THE PROPORTION OF SAID SURFACE ACTIVE AGENT BEING FROM ABOUT 20% TO ABOUT 200% BY WEIGHT OF THE COUPLING AGENT AND SAID SURFACE ACTIVE AGENT AND COUPLING AGENT TOGETHER BEING FROM ABOUT 20% TO ABOUT 300% BY WEIGHT OF THE SPRAY OIL, AND AT LEAST ONE AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL MISCIBLE THEREWITH SUITABLE FOR APPLICATION TO PLANT SURFACES BY SPRAYING IN AN AMOUNT OF FROM ABOUT 2% TO ABOUT 400% BY WEIGHT OF THE REMAINDER OF THE COMPOSITION.