HOW A SUCCESSFUL FRUIT GROWER SPRAYS. 



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HOW A SUCCESSFUL FRUIT GROWER SPRAYS. 



T. G. YEOMANS, WAYNE CO., NEW YORK. 



The tank illustrated herewith should be well made by a carpenter 

 and of lij-iuch pine, grooved and put tog-ether with white lead, that 

 it maj'^ be as nearly water-tight as possible. The tank I have used 

 is 12 feet long, 19 inches deep and 39 inches wide, and holds about 

 300 gallons. It is 8uppoi;ted and held together by six hardwood, 

 bands, 2 by 2^^ inches, on the top and under the bottom, which are 

 bolted together by long bolts running up the outside of the tank, 

 as shown in the illustration. The manhole shown in the center of 

 the top is large enough to admit a boy inside to thoroughl}^ clean 

 the tank, if desired. The so-called driver's seat is used only as a 

 support for the pump, the driver standing just in the rear and 

 doing all of the pumping as well as driving the team. The driver 

 alternates work with the two sprayers when desired. 



The platform is of li^-inch 

 material, not laid tight, and is 

 six feet wide by seven feet long. 

 It is supported bj'- four stand- 

 ards, eight feet long by about 10 

 inches in width, of l^-inch hard 

 pine, which are securely screwed 

 to the sides of the tank, two on 

 each side, the forward ones be- 

 ing about seven feet from the 

 rear end of the tank. The tops 

 of the standards on each side 

 are connected by a piece about seven inches wide nailed edgewise 

 up and down, and are used to lay the floor of the platform upon. 

 The railing is about four inches in width, of one-inch board, securely 

 fastened together at the four corners, and is svxpported by an up- 

 right support or post made from an old wagon tire with an L at 

 the foot, so that it is fastened to the platform b}"- means of screws. 

 This rail should be braced both sidewise and endwise, so that the 

 men ma)'^ work in perfect securitJ^ I have used these platforms for 

 several years and have never had a tip-over nor a man thrown from 

 the platform. 



I use a broad-tire wagon, as all of our orchard grounds are plowed 

 every year. The platform on our tank is 11 feet from the ground. 

 "We use two leads of one-half-inch rubber hose, each 25 feet long, 

 supported bj-- a bamboo fishing pole about li feet long, to which 

 the upper part of the hose for about six feet is tied. I use a Y on 

 each lead, which allows the use of two nozzles on each lead, doing 

 about twice the work of a single nozzle. The pump is placed on the 

 front bench, or seat, and has a good agitator which thoroughly agi- 

 tates and mixes the fluid before it enters the pump. 



The rear part is mixed by means of an agitator worked by two 

 sprocket wheels and a chain — the larger wheel being fastened to 

 the spokes of the rear wheel of the wagon. The smaller wheel is 

 fastened on the end of a short horizontal iron shaft, which runs 



