New York Agricultural Experiment Station. 369 



steam-power outfits. 



The information in this section of the bulletin is based partly on 

 notes taken by Professor N. O. Booth, formerly of the Station, on 

 outfits owned by the following parties, to whom the Station is under 

 obligations for information given and courtesies rendered: Messrs. 

 S. W. Smith, H. E. Newing, and B. F. Morgan, of Albion ; Albert 

 Wood and George Callard of Carlton Station ; J. B. Collamer and W. 

 Smith of Hilton ; A. B. Hull of the Friend Manufacturing Co., and 

 Wm. Bugbee of Gasport ; and Mr. Chapman of the Field Force Pump 

 Co., Elmira. 



Steam-power outfits are of two kinds, steam-engine outfits and 

 steam-pump outfits. The steam-pump outfit differs from the steam- 

 engine outfit, in that the engine is done away with and the steam 

 power is applied directly to the piston of the pump. The outfit of Mr. 

 T. B. Wilson (see p. 374 and Fig. 41), is an example of a steam- 

 engine outfit and that of Albert Wood & Son (see p. 373 and Fig. 39) 

 of a steam-pump outfit. 



The engine is heavier than the steam pump but has the advantage 

 that it can be detached and used elsewhere on the farm when not in 

 use for spraying. Both are efficient and reliable. The standing objec- 

 tion to them is their great weight. More skill is required to operate 

 them satisfactorily than is needed in operating the outfits previously 

 described. In the opinion of many who have used them, it pays to 

 have a power outfit if the area to be sprayed is over ten acres. Hori- 

 zontal tanks are more commonly used with steam outfits. They are 

 generally equipped with two leads of hose having one to four nozzles 

 to each lead. There is an increasing tendency among purchasers of 

 steam outfits to have the parts assembled by some experienced party. 



Engines for spraying outfits are built to use either coal, wood or 

 petroleum for fuel. The cost of the fuel used is generally regarded 

 as too small to be taken into account. One orchardist estimates it at 

 perhaps a peck of soft coal per tank of 250 gallons. Another esti- 



