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THE COMPLETE GRAZIER. 



as a rule, made with rollers to consolidate and shape the ridges before 

 the seed is drilled, and small rollers follow to cover it in afterwards. 

 Small single-row drills of this and many other types are also made by 

 different firms. 



No machine has excited more interest during the last few years than 





Fig. 292a. The Strawsonizer 

 Spraying Charlock. 



Fig. 293. The Mikado Spraying 

 Machine. 



the Strawsonizer (fig. 292) invented by Mr. Gr. F. Strawson, 71 A Queen 

 Victoria Street, London, E.G., but now manufactured by Mackies, Ltd., 

 of Beading. It was brought out by the inventor mainly for the purpose 

 of sprinkling or spraying powders or liquids upon plants infested with 



Fig. 294. Tasker's Water and Liquid-Manure Cart. 



insect or fungus pests. The necessity had long been recognised of 

 producing a machine which could be used to distribute insect-destroying 

 powders or liquids rapidly, finely, and effectively, and the Strawsonizer 

 fulfils these objects satisfactorily. The illustration (fig. 292) shows the 

 machine as attached to a farm cart and arranged for the spraying of 



