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that the time of a spraying gang is worth money and whatever 

 conserves that time is worth doing. 



The ideal plan is to have a large storage tank, such as is 

 shown in Figure 82, with a ball-cock to control the water 

 running into it. This tank fills up while the gang is in the 

 orchard and is all ready when they come in to fill the spray 

 tank. A large gate on the storage tank allows the water to run 

 from this into the spray tank in a very few minutes, frequently 

 in less time than it takes to prepare the arsenate of lead and 

 lime-sulfur, or whatever is being used for spraying. 



Get Things in Readiness Early. Order the sulfur and lime 

 and arsenate of lead and all the other materials and have them 

 on hand. Go over the outfit and clean it up and repair it. This 

 is good work for winter or for rainy days, and will save any 

 amount of annoyance when spraying actually begins. 



Have a good repair kit to take into the orchard while spray- 

 ing. This outfit ought to contain wrenches of several kinds 

 (particularly a stilson), pliers which will cut wire and wire for 

 them to cut, washers, nozzles and extra small parts of every 

 description. A few dollars invested in such a kit will save ten 

 times the cost the first season in the time it will save running 

 to the house, or, worse still, to the repair shop in town. 



Make the Work Comfortable. In this matter of getting ready 

 for the work, have as good an equipment as can be found to 

 make the work comfortable for the men and horses. The princi- 

 pal thing in this line will be gloves for the men and blankets for 

 the horses. A pair of heavy leather gloves well oiled is perhaps 

 as good as anything. Good rubber gloves are possibly a little 

 more effective, but they cost much more, and a good rubber glove 

 is a difficult thing to find. Any light blanket for the horses will 

 be satisfactory. It protects both the horses and the harness, and, 

 while not indispensable, is worth using, at least in lime-sulfur 

 or Bordeaux spraying. Some men wear a sort of hood for the 

 winter - lime-sulfur work, which will frequently be found an 

 acceptable thing, particularly if one's skin is tender. 



Fundamental Principles. In the actual orchard work a few 

 cardinal principles ought to be kept in mind. 



