Spraying Outfits. 359 
as to machinery must depend upon the specific pur- 
pose for which the appliances are to be used. Appa- 
ratus which was devised a few years ago for the 
distribution of Paris green may be of no value for 
the application of such a thick compound as the Bor- 
deaux mixture. Whatever the outfit selected, the 
pump should be strong and powerful, with hard brass 
working parts, and capable of throwing much liquid 
with great force. In respect to nozzles, it may be 
said that there is no one kind which is best for all 
purposes. It is desirable that the liquid should reach 
the plant in the form of a very fine mist; but it 
is just as important that the nozzle should have the 
power of throwing the liquid to the desired point. 
In other words, there are two elements to be con- 
sidered,—the nozzle must have carrying power and 
delivering power. A fine mist at the orifice of the 
nozzle is of no use 
when the nozzle is 
thirty feet short of the 
bug. With many of 
the modern devices, the 
man who holds the hose 
in spraying rigs may 
stand eight or nine feet 
above the ground and 
he may use a_ pole 
twelve to fifteen feet in 
length, which will elevate his nozzle something like 
twenty-five feet from the ground; but many of our 
apple trees are fifty and sixty feet high. It’ will 
Fig. 69. Outfit for spraying straw- 
berries and potatoes. 
