THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



pany, of London .Oat., which is fitted es- 

 pecially for spraying vineyards. At the 

 spraying competition held in Mr. Smith's 

 orchard this machine did excellent work and 

 attracted a great deal of attention among 

 the fruit growers. Tavo other well known 

 makes of spraying machines were repre- 

 sen'ted in this test, and I heard one leading 



Loading Mr. Smith's Gasoline Spramotor 



This illustration shows i 

 hi* Spramoior being loaded. 



:vcral of the barrels i 

 Mr. Smith is leanii.j 



1 «hich Mr. .Sniiih bjils 

 against the wagon. 



fruit grower was so pleased with the work- 

 ing of my machine, which I loaned Mr. 

 Smith for the test, that he ofifered an agent 

 of one of the other makes $io if he would 

 release him from a contract to purchase one 

 of his machines. 



" My new machine can be operated by 

 one man. It has eight nozzles, and I ex- 

 pect to be able to apply at least i6 barrels of 

 mixture a d'ay on grapes, and with about 

 ihalf the labor. It can also be used for 

 spraying trees. If the horse is well trained 

 one man is all that is required to operate it 

 in the orchard, but otheruase two men may 

 be necessary. One of the points I like best 

 about this machine is that it is lighter than 

 any other I have seen and generates the 

 power from the axle with much less draft. 



" This year I expect to spray three or four 

 times with the Bordeaux mixture, but if the 

 weather is very wet I may have to sprav five 



or si-x times, in which case it is prol)able I 

 will use the ammoniacal solution. The ex- 

 periments that have been conducted at the 

 Ohio experiment station indicate that the 

 first spraying operations in the vineyard be- 

 fore the buds start are not necessary. This 

 is a matter, however, on •which Prof. Loch- 

 hcad is expcrin'.enting." 



An enthusiast in 

 the matter of spraying 

 was found on- the next 

 farm in the person of 

 Mr. E. M. Smith, 

 who this year has two 

 hand pvmips and one 

 gasoline power outfit 

 with a 1 20 gallon 

 tank, all of the Spra- 

 motor Company's 

 make, of London, 

 Ont. At the time of 

 the visit Air. Smith 

 had bis power outfit 

 at work in his plum 

 orchard and was boil- 

 ing large quantities of 

 spraying mixture, not only for his own use,, 

 but for the use of other fruit growers in the 

 vicinity. 



'' This year is my first experience using a 

 gasoline engine to furnish power for my 

 spraying," said Mr. Smith. " I have used 

 it freely, and find that it is very cheap to 

 operate, as the gasoline only costs about 25 

 cents a day. during which time I am able to 

 apply 800 to 1,000 gallons of mixture. Two 

 men are all that are required to run the 

 engine and do this spraying. When I used 

 hand power I was only able to apply about 

 one-third the quantity of material with the 

 same number of men. It costs about eight 

 to ten dollars for the gasoline for the sea- 

 son's work w'hen 300 to 400 barrels of the 

 mixture are used. Other years it has cost 

 three times as much for the power. My out- 

 fit, including the tank, engine and pump, 

 cost $240. I am able to use the gasoline- 



spraying material and 



