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CHAPTER VII. 



POWDER DISTRIBUTORS. 



It is necessary to be equipped with a suitable apparatus 

 to apply the various insect powders recommended else- 

 where in this volume. It is true, manj^ powders are 

 supplied in tins with perforated lids to enable them to be 

 dredged on to the leaves. This, however, is a clumsy 

 method. What is wanted is an apparatus that will dis- 

 tribute the powder evenly and gently over the entire sur- 

 face of the leaves, and this can only be properly done by 

 one of the following apparatus: 



Indiarubber Distributors— These are made of 

 stout indiarubber, with a brass nozzle attached. The 

 powder — tobacco, hellebore, or sulphur — is placed inside, 

 and by pressing the indiarubber bag in the hand the 

 powder is forced out through the nozzle. The "Acme " 

 is the best form. 



Suiphurators. — There are several kinds of these. A 

 simple form is the " Midget," which consists of a small 

 bellows with a spout terminating in the form of a spoon. 

 The sulphur, by pressing the bellows in the hand, is driven 

 out in a fine cloud. 



Another kind is of French origin, and consists of a 

 bellows, with a vessel attached for liolding the sulphur, 

 and a spout with a spoon-like end. The bellows is 

 worked with two hands, and the sulphur driven out in a 

 wide and long spray. A useful apparatus for sulphuring 

 rose trees, vines, etc. 



The distributoi-s and suiphurators are inexpensive and 

 indispensable apparatus for applying powder insecticides. 



