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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



AiMi. 15. 



Improved Force and Spray Pumps. 



Fig. 3. 



SomethiEg superior to those 



formerly offered, at Great- 

 ly Reduced Prices. 



It i.s generally lulmittecl, that, excepting in 

 very rare rasos, it is impossible to have perfect 

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

 nioiitioninG'. unless the trees are watched, and the 

 in;ect-enemie- thiit malie all tlie mischief are de- 

 stroyed at just the right time. That 

 time is very near at hand; and the 

 prudent man, unless he is already pro- 

 \ iilcd with tlie most approved appara- 

 1 us tor destroying the insect-pests is on 

 tlie lookout, and pi-eparing to secure it. 

 There are a great many spraj'ing-out- 

 fits of various kinds sold, varying in 

 cost and efflciencj'. Some are good, 

 and others not so good. We have care- 

 fully examined different outfits, and we 

 helieve 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. 



ers Bucket Brass Spray-Pump. 



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 >^-inch rubber hose. Fig. 2 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 which forms the spray, thus making it 

 unnecessary to unscrew the tip except in rare 

 cases. Two tips are furnished with each pump, 

 one for very fine spray and the other some coarser, 



but very mtieh finer than a 

 spray made with a perfo- 

 rated nozzle. It is so fine 

 that it floats up like a 

 cloud. By thisfeaturethe 

 same amount of liquid will 

 go at least four times as 

 far, and does more effect- 

 ive work than with a per- 

 forated spray nozzle. The 

 pump differs in construc- 

 tion from 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 — =- \\^MWM fil 



foot-rest. Thus it is very ^^^^ — " j^^^Vi^IlM 111 



easy to operate, and has -» ' jp BUCKET --= 

 extraordinary power. It |\ /| ,.ijlp 



is provided with a large VTTTS^ *?PDfiYP'J lu 

 air-chamber, and has a valve at the bottom between | \/ | ^'runi ^n\\\^ 

 the c.ylinder and tlie air-chamber, whereby the pres- X V i P'PE EXTENSION' 

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



hose, so that the nozzle throws a constant, continuous. Figs. 4 and 5. 



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 arrangea 



