GARDEN PESTS AND SPRAYING 



pound properly mixed, and many mixtures should be 

 strained before using thus for Lime-sulphur a strainer 

 of not more than twenty meshes to the inch is necessary 

 (a smaller mesh would fill up). The nozzles must be 

 kept from clogging. 



Bucket Hand-Sprayer and Knapsack Hand-Sprayer. 



In spraying, as high a pressure as possible is ad- 

 visable, as the mist-like spray produced thereby reaches 

 every part of the plant. Indeed thoroughness in spray- 

 ing is one of the essentials to successfully combating 

 plant pests, for any hit-or-miss program renders the 

 final result of little lasting value. 



Timeliness in spraying is a matter of the utmost 

 importance. The garden-maker should make his 

 preparations early, and from time to time study up the 

 subject so he may be forewarned as well as forehanded. 

 One good way to keep posted on such matters is to 

 study the catalogues of manufacturers and by reading 



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