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as to machinery must depend upon the specific pur- 

 pose for which the appliances are to be used. Appa- 

 ratus which was devised a few years ago for the 

 distribution of Paris green may be of no value for 

 the application of such a thick compound as the Bor- 

 deaux mixture. Whatever the outfit selected, the 

 pump should be strong and powerful, with hard brass 

 working parts, and capable of throwing much liquid 

 with great force. In respect to nozzles, it may be 

 said that there is no one kind which is best for all 

 purposes. It is desirable that the liquid should reach 

 the plant in the form of a very fine mist ; but it 

 is just as important that the nozzle should have the 

 power of throwing the liquid to the desired point. 

 In other words, there are two elements to be con- 

 sidered, the nozzle must have carrying power and 

 delivering power. A fine mist at the orifice of the 

 nozzle is of no use 

 when the nozzle is 

 thirty feet short of the 

 bug. With many of 

 the modern devices, the 

 man who holds the hose 

 in spraying rigs may 

 stand eight or nine feet 

 above the ground and 

 he may use a pole 

 twelve to fifteen feet in 

 length, which will elevate his nozzle something like 

 twenty -five feet from the ground; but many of our 

 apple trees are fifty and sixty feet high. It will 



Fig. 69. Outfit for spraying straw- 

 berries and potatoes. 



