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leaves, we have heretofore used the Cyclone, — or sometimes the 

 Vermorel, which is not so good for this purpose. The nozzle is 

 attached to the end of a strong rubber tubing some five or six 

 feet long. The nozzle and tubing are secured to a light stick, by 

 means of which the nozzle can be held under the bush. The 

 method of application, together with a good home-made wheel- 

 barrow tank, is shown in Fig. 6. The Cyclone nozzle discharges 

 the spray through a very small hole in a brass disc. This hole 

 frequently becomes plugged by sediment, and the pump has to be 

 stopped, the disc unscrewed, and the sediment removed. This 

 occurs so often as to occasion a serious loss of time, to say 

 nothing of the annoyance and the loss of poison. The smallest 



Cy clones do 

 not allow all 

 the undissolv- 

 ed poison to 

 pass through 

 the aperture. 

 Our currant 

 and gooseber- 

 C ry patches 

 were sprayed 

 many times 

 last vear with 



A 



D 



Fig. 7. — New Bush Nozzle. 



great 



thor 



oughness, and yet the worms constantly kept ahead of us, and 

 the bushes were defoliated. 



We have devised a bush nozzle upon a new principle (Fig. 

 7). Its essential feature is the compressing of the end of a rub- 

 ber tube. At A is a bit of rubber tube, about an inch long, 

 which is slipped over a thin brass collar or cylinder. The tube 

 leading from the pump is attached at B. C is a shank for attach- 

 ment to a stick. A string is secured in the lever at D, and this 

 passes to the hand of the operator, who, by tightening or releas- 

 ing the cord, varies the spray instantly. A ring can be secured 

 in the end of the cord and this can be held in place by allowing 

 it to drop into notches on the stick. When the rubber tip be- 

 comes worn, another can be slipped on. This is far the most 

 satisfactory bush nozzle which we have ever tried. A single 

 spraying early in the season with this nozzle and Paris green, 



