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adheres better than Paris green, not being so easily washed off 

 by rains, and will not burn tender foliage even when used very 

 strong. It is used at the rate of three to five pounds to a 50- 

 gallon barrel of water. 



Sprayers. — For spraying orchard trees the barrel sprayer is 

 the most practical and can also be used for spraying potatoes and 

 other garden crops. It is time wasted to try and spray large 

 trees with a small bucket, knapsack, or compressed air pump, 

 intended for garden work. The barrel sprayer should be as 

 much a part of the equipment of every orchard owner as is his 



Fig. 12. A good tj'pe of wagon and tower for the small orchanl. 



plow for corn culture. For orchard work a convenient outlit is 

 shown in figure 12, consisting of a one-horse wagon up(m which 

 a rough platform has been erected, firmly bolted to the box, and 

 thus placing the man who sprays three or four feet above the bed. 

 The barrel is in front Avith the driver who pumps. Such an 

 outfit can be readily built on any wagon at slight expense and is 

 easily removed. With it orchard trees can be much more quickly 

 and thoroughly covered, thus greatly reducing the cost of spray- 

 ing, in which labor is the largest item of expense. INIany good 



