1909. 
236 
SPRAYINC A TREE. 
Spraying machines are necessary ad¬ 
juncts to spraying jobs. It is not, how¬ 
ever, intended in this article to discuss 
machines in general or the merits of 
any machine in particular, for, outside 
of convenience and economy, it mat¬ 
ters little whether we throw mixture 
on the tree at 150 pounds pressure, or 
apply with a sprinkling can. It is the 
covering of the tree, the whole tree, 
and every part of the tree, with spray 
mixture that insures success. How 
many of us fruit growers give the 
spraying job sufficient attention when 
it comes to this vital point in the whole 
operation—hitting every part of the 
tree? If we point the nozzles at a 
tree, let it go for a while, and pass 
on to the next, ought we to be disap¬ 
pointed if results are unsatisfactory? 
A spraying job that leaves millions of 
the enemy in safety behind buds, twigs, 
and small limbs, is bound to be unsat¬ 
isfactory. It does not hit the mark. 
Our knowledge of the spraying job 
is advanced each year by an exchange 
of ideas. None can claim complete 
knowledge. Most fruit growers will 
probably find nothing new in what I 
have to say. If, however, some of the 
ideas are new to a few, the object of 
the article is accomplished. In spray¬ 
ing trees I use a 50-foot length of half¬ 
inch hose and a rod long enough to get 
the spray to the tops. A rod six to 
ten feet long does very well for trees 
12 to 20 feet tall. I use two nozzles 
of largest capacity. If I could get one 
that would throw one hundred and fifty 
gallons per hour I would prefer to use 
only one. I use angle nozzles or noz¬ 
zle set so the discharge is at or 
nearly at right angles *to the rod. With 
us there is nearly always more or less 
wind, sometimes quite brisk, but I 
never let this interfere with the spray¬ 
ing job. In fact, I prefer a light breeze 
to a lazy, drifting air current. We 
always work from the windward side. 
For instance, if the wind is anywhere 
from northeast to southwest, keep the 
spraying machine on the west side of 
the row. The long line of hose enables 
you to keep it well out of the way of 
the spraying operation. Begin spray¬ 
ing the limbs that are lowest and farth¬ 
est away, gradually backing up toward 
the wind and working to right, left 
and up, till the tree is completely cov¬ 
ered. Always keep between your noz¬ 
zles and the wind. Finish the tree en¬ 
tirely in one operation and from one 
side. You will in this way get very 
little mixture on hands, face or'cloth¬ 
ing. In practice you will readily find 
that with angle nozzles a slight turn 
of the wrist directs the spray up, down, 
right or left, and that you can, with 
little moving around, do a better job 
than could be done with straight noz¬ 
zles, even if you walked completely 
around each tree. This plan works out 
on all sized trees. In theory we cover 
every part of the tree, with a thin film 
of mixture, stopping just before drops 
form and dripping begins. In practice, 
we find that in covering every part of 
the tree with the thin coat, we are 
bound to drench some parts of the 
tree, and thereby waste some of the 
material. This is one reason why it 
seems to me better to use the lightest 
recommended strength of Bordeaux and 
other mixtures, rather than the strong 
or strongest. 
I have found the above outline I 
plan a success in my orchards for se- 
eral years. I find each year new and 
improved ideas in nozzles and equip¬ 
ment that enable me to do the job 
quicker, easier and cheaper, but the 
main point will always remain un¬ 
changed; you must hit the spot. 
_A. I. LOOP. 
Keeper: Hi, boy! You can’t catch 
fish here without a permit!” Boy: 
Well, I’m getting on well enough with 
a worm!”—Philadelphia Inquirer. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Dipping Nursery Trees. 
The little picture shown is taken 
from a bulletin of the Geneva (N. 
Y.) Experiment Station. Of late years, 
since so much has been said about 
San Jose scale and other damaging pests, 
many planters have followed the plan 
of dipping the trees as they come from 
the nursery. Some fruit growers be¬ 
lieve that fumigation injures the tree 
BARREL FOR DIPPING SMALL TREES. 
and they would rather take chances with 
dipping or spraying after the trees arc 
received. For a smaller tree a barrel 
such as is shown in the cut will answer. 
The trees are cut back as desired and 
dipped into the liquid. The surplus 
liquid drains back into the barrel. For 
large trees a tank or trough is used. 
Lime and sulphur is used for this pur¬ 
pose or the soluble oils. Scalecide, one 
to twenty, makes a good liquid for 
the purpose and will give a good scale 
insurance for the first year at least. 
Pure Kerosene For Scale. 
TF. C. E., Auburn, It. I .—You said in an 
article in The It. N.-Y. some time ago that 
though kerosene might kill the San Jos6 
scale, it was a had thing to put into the 
hands of a careless man. I will admit that 
I am one of the most careless men on 
earth; still I had great success with kero¬ 
sene. It did kill the scale, and I never 
saw trees grow as they did afterwards. 
Ans.— We still think it a dangerous 
experiment to put pure kerosene on 
trees. With a very fine spray or mist 
and a strong power the oil can be used 
successfully, but it would be easy to 
kill the tree. It is safer to recommend 
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