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individual steam power outfits. 



Notes will now be given on a few steam spray outfits that are in 

 actual use in the field. 



Mr. S. W. Smith of Albion has an outfit which consists of a tank 

 and steam pump. His boiler is of two horse-power. He says that 

 some with whom he is acquainted have one-and-one-half horse-power 

 boilers, and they give equally good satisfaction, but require more 

 frequent firing. The cost of dififerent parts of Mr. Smith's outfit 

 was as follows : Wagon $37 without the bed, bed-piece $3, tank and 

 agitator $15, boiler $43, pump $34, fittings about $10. The tank 

 holds 250 gallons and the agitator is geared to the wheels. Mr. 

 Smith uses two leads of hose and four Vermorel nozzels at the end 

 of each lead. 



Mr. H. E. Newing of Albion, who has had much experience in 

 assembling various spraying outfits, uses the Electric Wheel Co.'s 

 trucks, the Little Giant boiler and the Union steam pump. Mr. 

 Newing estimates the cost of the fittings for an outfit at $18. The 

 tank holds 230 gallons. It takes a good team to pull one of these 

 outfits when full, and on soft ground there is danger of getting 

 stalled. Mr. Newing advises the use of five- or six-inch tires. 



Albert Wood & Son of Carlton Station have a rather heavy but 

 very strong and good outfit. See Fig. 39. The trucks have high 

 wheels behind and low ones in front, weigh 1000 pounds and cost 

 $33. The bed pieces are connected by iron rods costing $5. The 

 boiler and pump weigh 575 pounds. The tank holds 250 gallons. 



The steam pump is the Union bronze and the boiler the Little 

 Giant. The mounting of the boiler is unique in that it is hung by 

 castings from the bed pieces, instead of resting on a platform. This 

 arrangement serves for two purposes. In the first place it makes 

 the mounting more solid and in the second place the outfit is relieved 

 of the weight of a heavy platform. Brass fittings are used through- 

 out. These are more expensive but they are undoubtedly more 



