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spraying. We have tested this machine through the whole of one 

 season on seven acres of potatoes at Jamesport, L. I., and have 

 found it quite satisfactory. It is manufactured by the Riverhead 

 Agricultural Works, Riverhead, N. Y. Price, |75." 



HOME MADE CONVENIENCES. 



Spraying is hard, dirty work at best, and any machinery or 

 method that will facilitate the work is eagerly sought. Many 

 ideas for improvement that are adapted to the needs of different 

 conditions will suggest themselves as the work progresses. 



If in a large orchard a tank larger than a kerosene barrel is 

 wanted it should be made of a round form so ther^ will be no 

 corners for the mixtures to settle in. 



Where very tall trees are to be sprayed it may be advantageous 

 to build a platform on the rear of the wagon for a man to stand 

 on who is to spray the tops of the trees. The height of the plat- 

 form will depend on the height of the trees to be sprayed. Fig. 

 12 shows such an outfit that was made here at the Experiment 

 Station to be used in our orchards. 



We have seen a very serviceable home made outfit for spraying 

 potatoes. It consisted of a barrel pump mounted in a light one- 

 horse wagon and by means of a hose and a few feet of gas pipe 

 a simple arrangement was made to fasten to the rear of the 

 wagon that extended out over four rows. By attaching nozzles 

 at proper intervals to the pipe the four rows were sprayed as the 

 wagon moved over them. With a boy to drive and a man to 

 pump, a large amount of territory may be gotten over in a day 

 with such an oufit. The same pump will of course serve to spray 

 trees as well. By the exercise of ingenuity the necessity of buy- 

 ing expensive apparatus may often times be avoided and the 

 home-made tools may be even more serviceable as they are made 

 to suit the conditions that exist on our own farms. 



SUNDRY NOTES. 



Nozzles. — In order to do the best work a nozzle should throw 

 a fine mist-like spray that will float in the air and slowly settle. 

 With such a spray nearly all of the leaf surface may be thinly 



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