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strike one as being wonderful in their mechanism, but when 

 seen in operation and compared with former methods of do- 

 ing the same kind of work, convince the beholder at once of 

 their admirable adaptability to the purpose for which they 

 were designed. In a preceding chapter mention was made 

 of the slow, laborious and ineffective manner in which fungi- 

 cides were formerly applied. By means of sprayers this work 

 is now done effectively, cheaply and easily. Indeed it is not 

 too much to say that, but for them or something equally effi- 

 cient, the strawberry, fruit and potato growing industry of 

 this country would within a year be reduced to a minute frac- 

 tion of its present magnitude. 



The delivery of straw from the threshing machine and of 

 ensilage from the cutter by means of the blower pipe is in 

 many respects, especially in the latter machine, a matter of 

 great advantage. In the illustration, Figure 100, the blower 

 pipe, instead of being led into a silo or bin, as would 

 be done in practice, has been erected vertically for the pur- 

 pose of showing the height to which the product from the 

 cutter may be blown by the fan. Another view shows this 

 cutter at closer range, and in a preceding chapter the blower 

 pipe is seen leading directly to the top of the silo. 



The rollers, the pulverizers, the disc harrows built to accom- 

 modate themselves to the irregularities of the ground over 

 which they have to pass, are illustrations of the efforts which 

 builders are successfully making to provide the trade with 

 thoroughly practical implements. 



Drills and planters for every kind of seed that must be 

 dropped and covered in the soil are now to be had for the effi- 

 cient performance of this work. If the mechanism of reapers 

 and mowers and threshers and huskers shows a high degree of 



