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Protect the hands by coating them with vaseline or by wear- 

 ing gloves rubber being the least injured by the lime-sulphur 

 spray. Cover the horses. Spray only v/ith the wind, if it be too 

 strong to spray against it. It is impossible to throw the spray 

 satisfactorily against a very strong breeze. 



Special note: Many folks do not fully realize that strong lime- 

 sulphur spray is a splendid fungicide as well as a louse-killer. 

 Therefore its use may take the place of the earlier Bordeaux 

 applications, before the buds have opened. For later fungous 

 sprays, use Bordeaux, or the mild self-boiled lime-sulphur. 



A fifty-gallon barrel makes a 



very convenient unit for even the 



most extensive spraying opera- 

 tions, says M. B. Waite. Here is - 



a plan of a lime-sulphur boiling 5 



plant of six barrels, rather similar | 



to the model of J. H. Hale. (Fig-. I 5 



shows general view ; fig. II shows 



details of one barrel.) The boiler 



rests on the ground, the barrels 



and the water-supply pipe on an 



elevated platform about eight feet 



from the ground. The outlet is terminated by about 

 three feet of flexible hose, through which the finished 

 mixture can be piped to the wagon tank as wanted. 

 The steam is conducted directly into the bottom of 

 each barrel, escaping into the liquid through the per- 

 forated crosspieces, and then bubbling up and out. 

 The water inlet and outlet pipes have no connection, 



WATER INLET of course, with the steam pipes. Stop-cocks should 

 FIG. IT. be located as shown fifteen in all. (A scientific 

 BARREL f r i en( j of mine suggests that a steam coil in the 

 bottom of each barrel, through which steam could 



pass and then return to the boiler, would be more economical of 



steam and of fuel. He says that it's wasteful to allow the steam 



to escape in the barrels. J. B.) 



FIG. I. HALF'S STEAM 

 COOKER 



