CHAPTER VI 

 SPRAYING AND DUSTING APPARATUS 



Atomizers. Hand atomizers of the general style shown in 

 Fig. 26 may be purchased at any hardware store, and are useful 

 for applying soap or oil solutions to a few house or garden plants. 

 They are not adapted for more extensive use and to try to spray 

 many plants, or a tree, with them, is a waste of time. 



Bucket Pumps. The simplest type of spray pump is that 

 made to use in a bucket. The better types usually cost $5 to 







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FIG. 26. An atomizer handy for spraying a few plants. 



$15, the cheaper styles, selling for $2 or $3, being inferior and 

 unsatisfactory. 



There is as much difference in the structure of bucket pumps 

 as in those of the barrel type, and many of the statements made 

 below concerning the latter will apply also to bucket pumps. 

 The bucket pump should have an air chamber, so that a steady 

 pressure may be maintained. Some firms are making bucket 

 pumps, of the same general type as the barrel pump shown in Fig. 

 34, which are very satisfactory in this regard. A foot-rest attached 

 to the pump and a clamp to attach the pump to the bucket are 

 useful accessories. 



Many firms are now selling these pumps mounted in large 

 galvanized-iron covered buckets, and furnished with a mechanical 

 agitator. This is a desirable arrangement, for the buckets are 



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