Spraying Devices and Machinery. 191 



It was not until the year 1880 that the pump manufacturers 

 of this country fully realized the necessity of taking steps 

 towards supplying the growing demand for pumps especially 

 designed for spraying purposes, and the next five years showed 

 that many were giving the matter serious attention. Xew firms 

 were organized with the special object of manufacturing and 

 selling pumps and other materials which were in demand by 

 those who sprayed. 



In 1880 Rumsey & Co. offered for sale the " Florida " pump 

 (Fig. 10), which seems to have been the first barrel pump 

 designed especially to meet the re- 

 quirements of a good sprayer. The 

 firm writes me that " its introduc- 

 tion was followed by a demand we 

 were unable to supply." This state- 

 ment is emphasized by the fact that 

 in 1882 the well-known firm, the 

 Field Force Pump Co., of Lockport, 

 X.Y., was founded, to supply the 

 demand of local fruit growers for 

 a pump which would be satisfac- 

 tory as a sprayer. The leading 

 entomologists of the country were 

 urging the farmers to spray, and 

 these in turn made demands upon 

 the manufacturers ; and thus the 

 industry arose. In 1882 the latter 

 company received a patent upon its 



combined cistern and force pump FlG n. _ combined cistern and 

 (Fig. 11). This pump was pro- force pump, 



vided with a three-inch cylinder, 



but a larger size had one that was three and one-half inches in 

 diameter. A later form was made with a two and one-half 

 inch cylinder. 



In 1889 another firm, the Nixon Nozzle & Machine Co., 

 came into prominence. At this time it advertised two garden 

 engines, the "Little Giant" and a "Barrel Machine"; the 

 " Little Climax " pump was also catalogued. These machines 

 were all very powerful, and were made particularly to supply 

 the growing demand for spray pumps. 



