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CHAPTER YI. 



SPRAYING APPARATUS. 



To be able to use the insecticides and fungicides recom- 

 mended in this volume to the beet advantage the gardener 

 must provide himself with an efficient apparatus. The 

 old-time method of using an ordinary garden syringe or 

 engine for the purpose no longer obtains, for science and 

 experience have clearly demonstrated that if insecticides 

 or fungicides are to act effectually they muet be applied 

 in a finely-diffused form — a very fine mist or spray— so 

 that every particle of leaf, or branch, or bud is thoroughly 

 moistened. This effect cannot be obtained by means of 

 any ordinary coarse-nozzled syringe. Besides, there Ig a 

 great waste of liquid, and, where costly fluids are used, 

 the application of insecticides or fungicides is under such 

 conditions a costly business. 



Nowadays a variety of apparatus specially designed to 

 apply liquids in an economical, effectual way may be ob- 

 tained in sizes adapted for spraying on a large or small 

 seale, and those who wish to use insecticides or fungicides 

 to the best advantage should certainly make it their busi- 

 ness to acquire a suitable one. 



Latrge Spraying: Machines— Here we will deal 

 with machines adapted for use in small orchards or gar- 

 dens where standard trees require to be sprayed, and such 

 as can be operated by one or two men. 



Several machines of this type are manufactured by 

 Messrs. W. Weeks and Sons, Ltd., Maidstone. They 

 have a portable two-manual sprayer, operated by two 

 men, fitted with strong pumps and unchokeable valves, 

 and mounted on a three-wheeled carriage. The pump 

 possesses sufficient power to deliver liquids through a 

 hose for 200 to 300 yards away, and then to supply four 

 to eight nozzles. Such a machine is useful where the 

 pump cannot be brought close to the tree to be operated 

 upon. 



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