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EICGLE GARDEN BOOK 



POWDER BELLOWS 



tory but often-used method of applying the powder, 



is to punch numerous small 



holes in the bottom of a small 



tin pail, fill with the powder, , 



and then shake it over the 



plants when they are wet.) 



If the garden is more than a "small patch," and 



yet not too large, doubtless one of the new-style, 



compressed-air, shoulder-strap sprayers (sold by 



seedsmen and implement dealers) will answer the 

 purpose (see illustration). 

 Or, if the area is ex- 

 tensive, you may require 

 a barrel or tank outfit, 

 mounted on the farm 

 wagon and worked by 

 hand ; or perhaps your 

 requirements may ne- 

 cessitate one of the 

 power outfits which are 

 operated by either a 

 gasoline engine, geared 

 connection with wagon 

 wheels, or compressed 

 gas in cylinders ; some 

 of these outfits are ar- 

 ranged to spray several 

 rows of potatoes, straw- 

 berries, etc., at once (a 

 four-row automatic 



sprayer is illustrated in this chapter on page 61). 



Before deciding upon a pump, or buying one, 



take a bit of the same advice that was given in my 



Orchard Book : "Write to advertisers in the Farm 



Journal or other farm papers, get their catalogs 



A COMPRESSED-AIR SHOULDER- 

 STRAP SPRAYER. (NOTE SPE- 

 CIAL ATTACHMENT FOR 



REACHING UNDER-SIDE 

 OF LEAVES) 



