oil corn oil cottonseed oil linseed oil palm oil peanut oil safflower oil sesame oil tung oil and the like esters of the above vegetable oils esters of monoalcohols or dihydric trihydric or other lower polyalcohols 4 6 hydroxy containing such as 2 ethyl hexyl stearate n butyl oleate isopropyl myristate propylene glycol dioleate di octyl succinate di butyl adipate di octyl phthalate and the like esters of mono di and polycarboxylic acids and the like specific organic solvents include toluene xylene petroleum naphtha crop oil acetone methyl ethyl ketone cyclohexanone trichloroethylene perchloroethylene ethyl acetate amyl acetate butyl acetate propylene glycol monomethyl ether and diethylene glycol monomethyl ether methyl alcohol 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.