PROGRESS REGARDING SUGAR-BEET WEBWOKM, 
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In fitting up a sprayer a strong, heavily built pump provided with 
an agitator should be used, and the necessity of using first-class 
nozzles is imperative. The nozzles should be of the Vermorel type 
Fig. 
-Filling a traction sprayer for spraying against the sugar-beet webworm. 
(Original.) 
(fig. 23), which delivers a fine, mistlike spray. This type of nozzle, 
together with the pump, hose, and other fittings, can be purchased 
from any reliable dealer, and the entire sprayer can be fitted up at 
an expense not ex- 
ceeding $25. 
With this sprayer 
and a horse it is 
easily possible for 
one man to spray 5 
acres of sugar beets 
a day. With a large 
traction sprayer a 
much greater acre- 
age may be treated 
in the same length 
of time. 
Fig. 23. — Type of Vermorel nozzles suitable for spraying 
sugar beets against the sugar-beet webworm. 
COST OF SPRAYING. 
The cost of labor, materials, etc., for spraying sugar beets will 
vary under ordinary circumstances from $1 to $2 an acre. The 
price received for sugar beets by the growers in the Arkansas Valley 
