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each place. The spray tank holds from 135 to 140 gallons. The 

 air tank and spray tank, both same size, la}" un the wagon like two 

 logs, and are bolted down to a frame which hts on an ordinary farm 

 wagon. I spray with a pressure of 100 pounds, and anywhere from 

 that up to 200 poinids when the tank is full. 



C. J. Tyson. Can you control that pre-sure? 



Mr. Lupton. A\'ithout any trouble whatever. The man on 

 the wagon has no trouble at all in controlling the pressure. We 

 spray with approximately 100 pound-. I have six of those outhts 

 and use six two-horse teams, and twelve men can keep five teams 

 spraying all the time. 



Mr. Cohil. Do you prefer compressed air to gasoline engine 

 outfit ? 



Mr. Lupton. I have never used the gasoline engine outfit. 

 Some of my neighbors have and the majority of them have had 

 more rir less trouble. 



W. C. Tyson. AMiat horse power engine do you have? 



Mr. Lupton. I have an 8-horse power engine that I use to 

 cut hay. straw, fodder and wood, and do the farm work and use 

 this same engine for spraying, 



J. W. Prickett. How long does it take to charge the tank? 



Mr. Lupton. It takes about seven minutes to load up the tank. 

 I have been able, on one or two occasions, to get over my orchard 

 of 300 acres, in about seven days, and that seems to me the full 

 limit of tniie that I can aft'ord to take for it. 



Dr. Stover. How manv gallons do you require for your 

 spraying ? 



Mr. Lupton. Really I could not say. I just keep on buying 

 until I get enough. A\'e spray out about 5.000 gallons a day. two 

 leads of hose on each tank and one nozzle to each lead. 



E. P. Garrettson. AA'liat nozzle do vou use ? 



Mr. Lupton. I use the Friend nozzle, and yesterday I ordered 

 some of the Bean nozzles to try. I could not tell you who makes 

 these compressed air sprayers. I got the tanks from Chicago, the 

 engine from your own state, at Erie. The hose and extension rods 

 I got from Gould's, at Seneca Falls, just picked it up where I could 

 get the best outfit. There is a pipe extends the whole length of 

 the liquid tank, about eig'ht feet long, through which the compressed 

 air enters and you can hear it boiling all the time. I think our 

 ^lartinsburg friends have been improving on that by using some 

 kind of sprocket chain agitator. 



J. W. Prickett. — Have you used self-boiled lime sulphur?' 



Answer. ?\ot to any extent. Will try it inore fully this com- 

 ing summer. 



Question. How large are your spray tanks? 

 Answer. About 140 gallons. 



Mr. Lupton. I bought a small air compressor and found that 

 it took me three-quarters of an hour to pump u]) the tank. It was 

 an air pump and not an air compressor, and the back pressure tore 

 it all to pieces so I got another and larger one. 



