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diirins^ this time, so tiiat with the boihng- finished the hoj^s- 

 head was full, or contained quantity enough to fill three 

 mounted barrels containing the spray pump. 



A few minutes before the cooking of one hogshead was 

 finished, the lime for the next batch was weighed out and 

 put in the other hogshead, and the slaking begun by adding 

 warm w-ater from the small barrel before mentioned, so that 

 no time was lost. By working in this manner we kept two 

 pumps continually at work, and had a hogshead full ahead 

 at night, which we found retained heat enough to apply 

 easily in the morning. The material w'as dipped with gal- 

 vanized pails from the hogshead to the pump, being strained 

 through a strainer which came with the outfit. This worked 

 in a satisfactory manner, and I do not believe our two pumps 

 were delayed altogether one-half hour during the season's 

 work. No salt whatever was used in making the mixture. 

 Our outfit for its application consisted of two Hardie No. 6 

 spray pumps, mounted through the side of the barrel, and 

 fitted each with two twenty-five foot lengths of hose, and an 

 eight foot bamboo extension rod, with two Vermorel nozzles 

 on each. These barrels were mounted upon a boat or a sled 

 made of three by six or eight inch scantling for runners, 

 with cross planks spiked on. one end of the runners rounded, 

 with an arrangement for hitching on the eveners. Upon 

 this the barrels as mounted at the factory were fastened. 

 We fastened one with the barrel lengthwise of the sled and 

 the "handle of the pump at the side, another with the barrel 

 crosswise of the sled, bringing the handle in the rear, which 

 is much more convenient, and decidedly the better way for 

 mounting. 



A common stone boat of plank might serve in an orchard 

 free from stone, but in an orchard covered with many good 

 sized rolling stone, a sled with runners will prove much 

 better. 



These outfits were drawn by two horses, a man driving 

 who worked the pump, and two men following who handled 

 the nozzles. Our spraying was all done with the wind. 

 With a northerly wind blowing we began at the south side 

 of the orchard, driving toward the north, when the wind 



