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Spraying Machines. 



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Messrs. Drake & Fletcher, of Maidstone, for their horse-power 

 " Mistifler." These manufacturers make a manual machine, to 

 which they have given the same name, with a capacity of 30 to 

 110 gallons. All sizes have painted or galvanised tanks, con- 

 taining pumps and agitators, and are mounted on two or three 



Fig. 2. — Horse-power Hop Spraying Machine. 



wheels, those having only two wheels being fitted with feet, as 

 rests, behind. They are moved by means of handles, in wheel- 

 barrow fashion, with or without help by a man or a horse pulling 

 from the front. The smaller machines are worked by two men 

 to spray and a lad to pump and wheel. The two pieces of 

 delivery hose may be of any desired length. When the ground 



