The Bulletin, 



41 



SPRAY PUMPS AND APPLIANCES. 



^ What is the best spray pump? That is a question often asked, and 

 entirely impossible to answer with any assurance of satisfaction. Some 

 growers get along very nicely with the small bucket pumps (if their 

 orchards are not large), while others quickly abandon them for the larger 

 and more powerful kinds. Some (especially gardeners and truckers) 

 prefer the knapsack pumps, while others say that they wouldn't have 

 one, as they are too hard to work with. Some like the compressed-air 

 sprayers that are carried about by hand (many are in use among tobacco 

 growers), while others object that they hold too little liquid and that too 

 much time is required in filling the tank every few minutes. 



There is just one invariable rule that can be laid down, and that one 

 holds good regardless of whether you are rich or poor, and that is, get a 

 good, strong, durable pump — large enough and strong enough and ivith 

 enough hose and extension pipe to reach every part of your trees with a 

 fine, misty spray. It is also a great advantage if the pump has an agita- 

 tor for keeping the liquid stirred so the ingredients will not settle to the 

 bottom. 



Barrel Pumps for Standard. — Considering everything— the cost, the 

 durability, the capacity, the labor we have, the kinds of fruit and the 



size of our orchards, we believe 

 that for the majority of our peo- 

 ple who have or are planting or- 

 chards for market purposes the 

 barrel pumps are best, and should 

 be generally considered as the 

 standard. Those with orchards of 

 1,000 or more apple or 3,000 or 

 more peach may profitably get 

 more elaborate outfits, while those 

 with only about 100 apple or 200 

 peach (or less) may do all right 

 Avith the smaller j^umps. 



A good barrel pump, with two 

 leads of hose, extension pipes, 

 double nozzles, stopcocks, etc., 

 will cost, complete and ready for 

 use, about $25 to $35. It is usu- 

 ally better to order that the pump 

 be fitted into the side of the bar- 

 rel. If you get the pump alone 

 and fit it into the barrel yourself it will cost less. 



Our illustration (Fig. 9) shows a good general type of barrel outfit. 

 It is preferable, however, to have one fitted so that the pump is outside 



Fig. 9. — Barrel pump fitted in side of 

 barrel with two leads of hose, two exten- 

 . sion rods, each with stopcocl? at base and 

 double nozzles at end. A good general 

 type of barrel outfit for commercial or- 

 chards of moderate size. (After Hurst 

 Mfg. Co.) 



