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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar. 15. 



Improved Force and Spray Pumps. 



Fig-. 1. 



Something superior to those 

 formerly offered, at Great- 

 ly Reduced Prices. 



It is generully udniitted, that, excepting- lu 

 very rare rases, it is impossible to have perfect 

 fruit or foliage in these days, nor any at all worth 

 meiitioninsr, unless the trees are ■watched, and the 

 intect-enemiei that make all the mischief are de- 

 stroyed at just the rig-ht time. That 

 time is very near at hand; and the 

 prudent man, unless he is already pro- 

 vided with tlie most approved appara- 

 tus for destroying the insect-pests is on 



) the lookout, and preparing- to secure it. 



■ Tiiere are i\ grv.it many spraying-out- 

 fits of various kinds sold, varying in 

 cost and efficiency. Some are good, 

 and others not so good. We have care- 

 fully examined different outfits, and we 

 believe the line we offer here is the best 

 obtainable for the price. These, of 

 course, are not large enough for fruit 

 specialists who have many acres to 

 spray; but for the ordinary grower who 

 wants something effective, and within 

 the reach of his pocket-book, nothing- 

 superior can be found for anywhere 

 near the price at which we sell these. 



JVIyers Bucket Brass Spray-Pump. 



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This is the one we offered first last season, but greatly improved. Fig. 1 shows the general 

 appearance of the pump, which is made almost entirely of brass, with rubber-ball valves, and 



4 feet of X-inch rubl)er hose. Fig. 3 shows the 



vermorel spray nozzle, with degorger, which is 



/,/. new on the pump this year. This degorger is used 



'' to remove an obstruction that may get into the 



'^ small hole wliich forms the spray, thus making it 



^ unnecessary to unscrew the tip except in rare 



5 •a'-es. Two tips are furnished with each pump, 



js )iie for very fine spray and the other some coarser, 



but very much finer than ;i 



spray inside with a perfd 



rated nozzle. It is gofiiu 



that it fioals' up like ;i, 



cloud. By thisfeatuiethe 



same nmountof liquid will 



go at lesist tour times as 



far, and does more effect- 

 ive work Ihiin with a per- 

 forated sprny nozzle. The 



pump differs in construc- 

 tion fi-om the old-line 



pumps of this class, and is 



arranged so that the heavy 



work is done on the down 



stroke of the plunger and 



nothing on the up. The 



effect of this operation, 



while pumping, is to hold 



the pump down, and it is 



not necessary to use a 



foot-rest. Tlius it is very 



easy to operate, and has 



extraordinary power. It 



is provided with a large 

 air-chambei-, and has a valve at the bottom between 

 the c.ylinder and the air-chamber, wheieby the pres- 

 sure is held uniformly in the air-chamber and on the 



hose, so that the nozzle throws a const ant. continuous, - j ^, ^ ■ ,,, j 



even spray all the time, and is not affected by the movements of the plunger, and the operator is enabled 

 to keep a constant pressure on the nozzle of from .50 to 100 lbs. with very ordinary exertion. It is arranged 



iiig. 3. 



1^ /f BUCKET 

 YERS SPRAY PHKr 



PIPE EXTENSION 



Figs. 4 and .5 



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