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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



seem heavy, I am satisfied tlic spraying in- 

 creases the saleable portion of the crop 25 to 

 50 per cent., which means that the work is a 

 splendid investment," 



" Are there many growers using the Spra- 

 motor gasoline outfit ?" was inquired. "There 

 arc three in this vicinity," said Mr. Smith, 

 " including Mr. A. G. Geddes, Mr. .V. \'ance 

 Cline, 1>ot'h of Winona, 

 and myself." 



Like Mr. Pettit, Mr. 

 Smith was satisfied that 

 when he purchased his 

 machine he secured the 

 best for his purpose that 

 there is on the market. 

 While visiting at Mr. 

 Smith's place the repre- 

 sentative of The Horti- 

 culturist had his atten- 

 tion drawn to a pail that 

 was being used for 

 screening the spraying 

 mixture into the tanks. 

 It was fitted with a tube 

 in the bottom, out of 

 w h i c \\ the mixture 

 ran. In the inside of 

 the pail there was a conical screen with 

 the top of the cone pointing up. As 

 a result of this conical shape, the screen, 

 when the mixture was poured into the pail, 

 did not become clogged as the rush of the 

 water carried the sediment from the top of 

 the cone down the screen to the sides of the 

 pail and allowed the mixture to nm through 

 the top part of the screen. Tvlr. Smith was 

 quite enthusiastic in regard to the pail. " It 

 cost me," he said, " aibout $1, and I save 50 

 cents worth of time and bad language every 

 dav through having it. Onlv three or four 



are being used in the neighborhood. The 

 pail is simply an ordinary galvanized iron 

 pail. I 'bought a foot square of brass screen, 

 with a miesh of about 30 to the inch. The 

 pail and the screen were taken to a tinsmith, 

 who put a three-inch tube into the ]x>ttom 

 of the pail and fitted the screen inside. It 

 is a great convenience for, as fruit growers 



Mr. Smith's Gasoline Spramotor Outfit at Work 



know, an ordinary flat screen soon becomes 

 clogged." 



While The Horticulturist's representative 

 did not have the time to visit other fruit 

 growers in the vicinity, he learned that 

 among others who were using the Spra- 

 motor power outfits, which seemed to be 

 very popular, are Messrs. F. M. Carpenter. 

 C. J. Carpenter & Son, J. S. Cockburn, J. J. 

 Foran and John A. Foran, all of Winona ; 

 W. M. Orr, of Fruitland; G. L. Book, of 

 Grimsby, and Robert Thompson, of St. 

 Catharines. 



Spraying will save the apple crop when 

 nothing else will. It must, however, be 

 done thoroughly or it might as well not be 

 done at all. — (Adolphus Pettit, Grimsby. 



I do not know of any way in which farmers 

 with orchards can make a better percentage 

 upon the outlay of eflfort and money than 

 by spraying their trees. 



