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leaving his own position and without moving the vessel of poison with 
the pump. 
The hose and bamboo combination was conceived of and used as the 
lightest long stiff tube practicable for these purposes, and it has answered 
admirably. A similar pole, with a metallic tube in its interior, with a 
nozzle not producing the very fine mist desired, and lacking the side 
discharge, ete., was afterward learned of as being used in California. 
(See U. 8S. Agricultural Department Report, 1881~82, p. 208.) 
By the apparatus used, when everything is prepared, a tree can be 
sprayed quickly, and a large grove is treated in a short time. It is 
equally adapted for forestry use in general, and likewise available for 
poisoning on fruit trees, when not in fruit, while the shorter style of 
extension pipe is convenient for underspraying all kinds of low plants. 
