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MAINE STATE COLLEGE 



Acknowledgment. 



We desire to acknowledge the donation to the Experiment 

 Station of the following pieces of spraying apparatus: Froni 

 Rumsey & Co., Seneca Falls, N. Y., a Florida Spraying Pump 

 complete; from Nixon Nozzle & Machine Co., Dayton, Ohio, a 

 Little Climax Pump complete; from C. P. Lewis, Catskill, N. Y. 

 a Combination Force Pump ; from Gould Mf'g Co., Seneca Falls, 

 N. Y., a Magic Nozzle; from Thomas Summerville, Washington, 

 D. C, a Cyclone Nozzle and a Vermorel Improved Nozzle. 



The above pieces of apparatus were placed on exhibition at the 

 Norway meeting of the State Pomological Society, where they 

 were explained by the writer. They were kindly turned over to 

 the Experiment Station to be used in experimenting and illus- 

 trating lectures on spraying to the classes in Economic Entomology 

 at the Maine State College. The writer has tried the above pieces 

 of apparatus and can recommend them. 



Description of Apparatus. 



The cuts illustrating this article were furnished free of expense 

 by the various firms whose spraying apparatus they represent. 



shows Lewis' 



Figure 1 

 Combination Force Pump, 

 manufactured by C. P. 

 Lewis, Catskill, N. Y., and 

 Fig. 1. sold for $6.00. This is a 



handy instrument to have about the farm and has the element 

 of cheapness. It is a combination of three instruments in one ; 

 a force pump, an agricultural syringe and a veterinary syringe. 

 It can be used to wash wagons and windows, sprinkle gardens 

 and lawns, and also to spray shrubbery, potatoes and small 

 orchards. 



Belonging to the above class of pumps may be mentioned : The 

 Gould Portable Brass Force Pump, sold for $9.00 ; the Aquaject, 

 made by Rumsey & Co., Seneca Falls, N. Y., for $9.00. (This 

 price includes suction and discharge hoses and a rose 

 sprinkler.) And the Hydronette made by Rumsey & Co., and 

 including hose, nozzle and sprinkler, sold for $8.00. 

 LITTLE CLIMAX 



Figure 2 represents the Little 

 Climax Pump manufactured by the 

 Nixon Nozzle and Machine Co., Day- 

 ton, Ohio. 



"It is made of iron and brass, all 

 parts that have to bear any consider- 

 able strain being malleable. The 

 pump is firmly bolted to a strong iron 

 base, supported on three legs made 

 of gas pipe. These legs are un- 

 Pig. 2. screwed and the pump is put in a 



