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Another machine, which is in some parts an improvement on the 

 Gastine, is the " Select," made by Vermorel. The advantages claimed 

 by the "Select" machine consist, aside from its solidity, its movable 

 pedal, which permits regulation of penetration, further facilitated by its 

 steel point; in this, that the ring or lid is fixed at the extremity of the 

 piston instead of being pressed by four buttons near the pedal, from 

 which results one movement and a very rapid replacement of this ring, 

 whereas in machines of earlier construction the tightening and loosening 

 take a considerable time. Another advantage claimed by the Vermorel 

 machine is in the length of the spring of the valve, which, instead of 

 being below the valve and necessarily short, is above it and five or six 

 times longer, and of which one may regulate easily the pressure to the 

 way of the two screws. 



The mechanism that assures the proportioning is nothing else than a 

 syringe. 



Vermorel has another machine called the "Excelsior," somewhat 

 more complicated than the " Select " in its interior mechanism, but from 

 all reports a better machine. 



Figs. 17 and 18 have been reproduced from Traite de la Vigne et de 

 ses produits, Vol. III., par MM. L. Fortes et F. Ruyssen, Faris, 1889, 

 the explanatory matter having been copied from the same work. 



The Nixon Sleigh Barrel Spraying Machine. 

 {See Figs. 19 and 20.) 



This apparatus is admirably adapted for places where it has to be 

 drawn over soil of a loose nature, it being little liable to get bogged, as 

 it would be likely to do if fitted with wheels. The machine has been 

 specially designed, being a barrel holding from 25 to 30 gallons of 

 liquid, and fitted on to a sleigh. This sleigh can either be drawn along 

 the ground or placed in a cart as circumstances may demand. The 

 machine is fitted with a brass plunger-pump and air chamber, also dis- 

 turber, which are attached by both crank and lever motion to the handle 

 of the pump ; by this means every motion of the handle in pumping, 

 the disturber (or agitator) is brought into action. It is also fitted with 

 two lengths of hose, each 30 feet long, and sprays; also a shorter length 

 with spray, so that one man can work the pump and spray. It is also 

 so arranged that by opening a valve it is converted into a " three-men 

 sprayer." 



This machine is strongly made and will be eagerly sought for. It 

 has been brought from America by Mr. J. West, Government Irrigation 

 Expert, for the Victorian Department of Agriculture. 



Price: Complete, £16. 



