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kind of a machine which will give the horse a chance to do the 

 pumping instead of himself, and his delight will probably increase 

 directly in proportion to the amount of spraying he has done in the 

 past. With hope in our hearts we wrote to the Field Force Pump 

 Co. of Lockport, N. Y., and this firm kindly sent us one of their 

 machines for trial. It was taken to an orchard and thoroughly 



13. Serviceable spray outfit for light work. 



tested until all present were satisfied as to the capabilities of the 

 machine. It worked perfectly, and in fact has done so throughout 

 the year, but from the present light we have upon spraying matters 

 it did not answer the purpose for bearing apple trees from twenty- 

 five to thirty years of age. The two objections found against it 

 were that it did not throw enough liquid to cover a tree as thoroughly 



