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Cheap Spraying Outfits for 

 Home Gardens 



TT is impossible to have first-class vege- 

 -»- tables and fruit without spraying. Most 

 people are afraid of the subject, because 

 they think they must learn all about the in- 

 sects and a lot of hard Latin names. 



The main things to know are these: (i) 

 the chief enemies; (2) whether they are 

 chewing or sucking insects; (3) when they 

 are most defenseless. With the exception 

 of those species that feed below the ground 

 or are concealed in the plant tissues, insects 

 are nearly all fairly easy to attack. They 

 belong to two general classes: (r) those that 

 suck the juices through their tubelike beaks, 

 which are generally held close to the lower 

 side of the abdomen, and (2) those that 

 bite off little pieces with movable jaws. 

 Squash bugs and plant lice are examples of 

 the former; grasshoppers and caterpillars, 

 of the latter. 



For the former, entomologists recommend 

 solutions, dusts, oils, etc., which suffocate 

 these creatures by stopping up their breath- 

 ing-holes (which are always in the sides of 

 an insect, not on the head); for the latter, 

 Paris green or other poisons, which are taken 

 into the stomach. Tons of Paris green are 

 wasted every year on sucking insects. 



The majority of plant diseases either con- 

 ceal their vegetative parts beneath the tissues 

 of the plant they grow upon, as black knot 

 of the apples; or, like the powdery mildew 

 of the gooseberry, spread these parts mainly 

 upon the outside of the plant tissues which 

 they enter only by means of suckers (han- 

 storia). A hand lens will show which is 

 which. In general there is no remedy for 

 the former after they once gain entrance, 

 though sprays are recommended as pre- 

 ventives; the latter are usually combatted 

 with sprays and powders. 



Four dollars will buy an excellent pump 

 and hose suitable for home use. This outfit 

 consists of a portable, double-acting force 

 pump, attached to a hand bucket, with hose 

 and nozzle for spraying. 



If you need a larger apparatus, nothing is 

 more satisfactory than the barrel form, 

 which costs about ten dollars complete, with 

 ten feet of hose and a nozzle. 



Unquestionably these are two of the very 

 best spraying outfits made; and with different 

 nozzles, which cost only a trifle, you can use 

 them for every domestic purpose, such as 

 washing windows and wagons, for white- 

 washing, and even for painting. y[ q £_ 



