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STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



POWDER GUNS. 



For the application of insecticides in a powder form some of the 

 powder guns can often be used to advantage. Of these one of the best 

 known is Leggett's powder gun, manufactured by Leggett & Co., New 



York, which is sold by most seedsmen. As 

 shown in Fig. 69, it is provided with a 

 number of attachments adapting it to use 

 with a variety of plants. When carefully 

 handled it will do good work, but it some- 

 times troubles by the breaking of the 

 agitator, owing to the packing of the 

 powder. The Comet powder gun, made in 

 New Haven, Conn., is constructed upon 

 similar principles and has given even 

 better satisfaction as used here. 



Very simple contrivances are often used 

 for application of the powder which do 

 good work. It may be placed in coarse 

 sacking or in muslin, but a more common 

 form of powder distributor is the tin pail 

 OIL cA»«, with a finely perforated bottom. If these 

 Fig. 69.— Leggett's Powder Gnu. are shaken over the plants, a fairly even 

 distribution of the powder will be made, but it will not be applied as 

 rapidly as with a powder gun. 



