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Spraying Machines. 



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machine even of its small dimensions. The man or lad who 

 pumps and one of the spraying men shift it in the field. The 

 chief objection to it, as to any sprayer that has to be moved 

 by hand, is that one of the spraying men has to lay down his 

 tube and hose to move it. 



One great objection to all machines used with long pieces of 

 hose, to spray three or more rows of trees and bushes on either 

 side, is that of having to lift the hose over the bushes. Unless 

 great care is exercised, branches of bushes or trees get caught 

 and broken. The only way of avoiding this difficulty, where 

 there is no space for a horse-power machine, would be by using 



Fig. 7. — A, Connecting Rod; B, Joint Fig. 8. — Section of Suction 

 in Framework of Barrow. Strainer. 



a narrow machine propelled and worked as it travels by an oil 

 motor, and no such machine has yet been made. Two half rows 

 would then be done at a time, and no hose would be required. 



An adaptation of the hand-power system of spraying has 

 been brought out by Messrs. Weeks & Son, by means of which 

 the pumping engine and the liquid supply can be kept out- 

 side the plantation or on one of the headlands. The machine 

 holds 100 gallons, and is worked by two lads by means of two 

 cranks, one on each side. A hose main 500 ft. or 600 ft. long is 

 attached to a reel, which is rolled by the spraying men. From 

 each side of it there is a delivery hose with two nozzles, so that 

 four men can spray. When the reel has to be shifted, the hose 

 is deposited on the ground. The apparatus is said to be adapted 



