ethyl alcohol isopropyl alcohol amyl alcohol ethylene glycol propylene glycol glycerine n methyl 2 pyrrolidinone n n dimethyl alkylamides dimethyl sulfoxide liquid fertilizers and the like water is generally the carrier of choice for the dilution of concentrates suitable solid carriers include talc pyrophyllite clay silica attapulgus clay kaolin clay kieselguhr chalk diatomaceous earth lime calcium carbonate bentonite clay fuller 39 s earth cottonseed hulls wheat flour soybean flour pumice wood flour walnut shell flour lignin and the like it is usually desirable to incorporate one or more surface active agents into the compositions of the present invention such surface active agents are advantageously employed in both solid and liquid compositions especially those designed to be diluted with carrier before application the surface active agents can be anionic cationic or nonionic in character and can be employed as emulsifying agents wetting agents suspending agents or for other purposes surfactants conventionally used in the art of formulation and which may also be used in the present formulations are described inter alia in u201c mccutcheon 39 s detergents and emulsifiers annual u201d mc publishing corp ridgewood n j 1998 and in u201c encyclopedia of surfactants u201d vol i iii chemical publishing co new york 1980 81 typical surface active agents include salts of alkyl sulfates such as diethanolammonium lauryl sulfate alkylarylsulfonate salts such as calcium dodecylbenzenesulfonate alkylphenol alkylene oxide addition products such as.