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Spraying Machines. 



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as nearly incorrodible as any fittings can be. The barrel contains 

 an agitator, and there is a strainer to keep any matter out of the 

 pump that might clog the nozzles. There are two spraying tubes 

 and lengths of rubber hose. The smallest machine contains 

 10 gallons,* larger sizes being made. 



As the labour of wheeling even small machines by hand 

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from rain or loose after recent forking, the present writer had 

 a cistern and pump fixed on what is known as a nurseryman's 

 hand-barrow, to be carried by two men, or a man and a lad, 

 the one who works the pump and one of the spraying men, 

 when shifting the position of the machine. The construction 

 of the hand-barrow can be seen from the illustrations, Fig. 4-8.* 

 The pump is a Strawson's No. 3 brass pump, and the reservoir 

 is a 20-gallon galvanised cistern measuring 1 ft. 6 in. every way. 

 It is important to order the cistern without the usual strengthen- 

 ing rim round the top, as a wooden rim, I J in. thick and 2 in. deep, 

 instead has to be made, fitted closely, and firmly screwed to the 

 top sides of the cisterns, all cracks which would allow the spray 

 solution to splash out being caulked with yarn and white or red 

 lead. The agitator shown in Fig. 6 is next made and fitted. 

 It should clear the bottom of the tank by about 1 in. Oak is 

 the best wood to use for the framework. The vanes can be 

 made of any thin wood ; a piece of fretwood will do excellently. 

 A row of screw-eyes is put in along the top bar of the frame. 

 An iron rod is run right through the tank, about an inch out of 

 the centre, and about half-way down the wooden rim, passing 



* Figs. 4-8 are reproduced by permission of the Proprietors of the Profitable 

 Farm and Garden. 



