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Fig. 6. 



Figure 6 shows the Eureka pump in action. It is provided with a 

 reservoir, a pump operated by a lever, and an air chamber to insure 

 a continuous stream. By means of a hose any suitable nozzle can 

 be attached. These pumps are especially handy for spraying low 

 plants and shrubbery. 



Fig. 7. 



Figure 7 shows the Automatic Spraying Machine, made by Adam 

 Weaber that accompies the Eureka pump. 



The Japy and Eureka pumps are quite expensive, and to meet this 

 objection, Mr. Thaxter, Mycologist for the Connecticut Experiment 

 Station, devised and used with satisfaction an apparatus which 

 is figured and described in Bulletin 102, Connecticut Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, March 1890, from which we take the follow- 

 ing cut (Fig. 8) and description. "This apparatus consists of an 

 ordinary copper wash boiler of the smallest size and a force pump 



