1911 . 
'T'tUS RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Sprayers That Have 
Proved Their Worth 
Our line of 
sprayers are 
used by 
hundreds of 
experienced 
fruit grow¬ 
ers of all 
parts in the 
c o untry. 
Thousands o 
superiority. They are known as sprayers 
with the trouble left out. 
are made in twenty-five different sizes—five 
power and twenty hand 
sizes, and sell from $3.50 
to $350.00. Practical, up- 
to-date fruit growers 
find Hardie Sprayers 
meet all requirements. 
Write to-day for our 
catalogue and learn all 
about them. This book 
also contains a lot of val- 
uableinformation on dis¬ 
eases of fruit trees and 
THE HARDIE MFC. CO. 
942 Mechanic Street, Hudson, Mich, 
also 49 N. Front Street, Portland, Ore. 
/Vine Vent's* Service in Our Own 
Orchards and Still on Duty. 
W.H. OWEN SPRAYER GO., Sandusky, 0, 
—NOT AN EXPERIMENT— 
THIS MACHINE 
DOES THE WORK 
COMPRESSED AIR 
S FRA YERS 
The Best Spray Pump 
Sprays the tallest fruit trees from the ground. 
Special nozzle for grape'vines, shrubs, etc. 
Sprays quickest and best. Does the work in 
half the time and does it thoroughly. Always 
ready. Used with bucket, barrel or tank. 
Lasts a lifetime. No leathers to dry up, wear 
out, or make trouble. 
Standard Spray Pump 
Warranted for 5 Years. Price $4.00. 
It will not cost you a cent to try it. Our 
special offer gives complete details. Write 
for it today and we will also send our illus¬ 
trated circular showing how this pump pays 
for itself many times over the first season. 
The Standard Stamping Co. 
94 Main Street Marysville, O. 
Spray 30 Acres a Day 
Potatoes, Small Fruits, Vines 
8 praying that counts. 6 rows at a time with force to do 
work right. Foliage sprayed all over, under as well as 
on top. The Perfection Sprayer is also great at orchard 
Mork. Spray trees by hand. Kasy to maintain 16® 
pounds pressure with two nozzles going. Strong 60 
gallon tank, perfect agitation, absolutely best spray 
pump made. Spray pipes fold np—yon can 
drive close to trees and in narrow places. 
Over 23 years a sprayer builder. I know re- 
Lqmrements, and 1 know the Perfection is 
right. Over lOOO In use, 
all giving satisfaction. 
Write for Free Catalog. 
_ Don’t buy any sprayer 
tUlitt 
comes. 
THOMAS 
PEPPLER 
Box 45,Hightstown,NJ. 
ORCHARD SPRAYING BY CONTRACT. 
We recently told of a new plan fol¬ 
lowed in Washington, under which an 
expert makes a contract to keep an or¬ 
chard free from insects and disease. 
The following description of it is sent us 
by Paul G. Kruger, who does the work. 
The following contract is signed by both 
parties: 
This agreement made between. 
of .. known here¬ 
after as party of the first part, and Paul 
G. Kruger, known hereafter as party of 
the second part, agrees: 
Party of the second part hereby agrees 
and contracts with party of the first part, 
to spray apple and pear orchard with arse¬ 
nate of lead, for the destruction of the Cod¬ 
ling mo.th, and party of the second part 
agrees for the consideration hereafter stip¬ 
ulated, to guarantee to party of the first 
part from 85 to 00 per cent clean apples 
and pears, at the end of season 1910. 
The consideration for the spraying of the 
said apple and pear orchard shall be six 
cents a gallon, four cents a gallon to be paid 
cash on the completion of every spraying, 
and the balance of two cents a gallon, to 
be paid to the party of the second part at 
the time when the apple crop is harvested, 
and between 85 to 90 per cent clean fruit is 
shown. The pear crop to come under the 
same agreement. 
It is further agreed that party of the 
first part will thin out their fruit during 
the season of 1910, and if such thinning is 
not done then the whole amount of this 
contract becomes due, and party of the first 
part agrees to pay the same, to party of 
the second part. It is expressly understood 
that this contract is not to be counter¬ 
manded. 
Witness Our Hands and Seal: 
This .... day of .... 1910. 
The great problem which confronts 
the orchardist to-day is how to fight 
successfully the Codling moth and other 
insects in order to get good crop return. 
During the last 15 years of horticultural 
experience, I have noticed carefully the 
results of spraying. I became convinced 
the reason why so many failed was not 
because the orchardists did not try to do 
their level best, but simply failure was 
mainly due to incompetent help. I came 
to the conclusion that with competent 
help orchard crops should yield at least 
between 85 to 90 per cent good, clean, 
marketable fruit. I began what I call 
the contract system, during the season 
of 1910, confining myself mainly to the 
Codling moth. This year I am making 
contracts to take care of the entire or¬ 
chard, to keep it clean from all pests, 
pruning included, turning the same over 
to the owner at the winding up of the 
season with an absolute guarantee of 
85-90 per cent clean fruit. In order to 
be able to fulfill my contracts, I use this 
method: I own my own outfit, furnish all 
spraying material and do the work my¬ 
self, carrying my own crew, men whom 
I have trained myself. I make it a 
point not to take more work than I can 
handle. By this method I can do the 
work right and satisfactorily. During 
the season when the Codling moth be¬ 
gins its work, I have a cage prepared 
about a foot square, using coi imon wire 
window screen for the purpose. In this 
cage I place several larvae of Codling 
moth and place a little soil, small green 
apples and leaves on the floor of the 
cage, so that conditions for pupating will 
be about like those out in the open. I 
watch the transformation of the insect, 
and when the moth appears in the cage 
I know they are also appearing in the 
orchard, and another application is made, 
the small apples being coated over with 
the poison. This is the best way to 
determine when the application for the 
Codling moth should be made. 
I enclose a contract, given above, 
which I used during the season of 1910. 
The cost to spray trees with the arsenate 
of lead for the moth varies from 10 to 
25 cents per tree one application. Mr. 
George Teusley’s orchard cost on 250 
trees, eight years old, two applications, 
$67.50; Mr. John Slade’s orchards, 150 
trees, five years old, three applications, 
$28.15. In the Slade orchard 99 per 
cent of clean apples was the result; in 
the Teusley orchard 95 per cent clean 
apples. You will notice a difference of 
four per cent in the two orchards. The 
reason for this is Slade’s orchards re¬ 
ceived three applications and Teusley 
two. This season, as already stated, I 
am making contracts, including pruning, 
in fact I take the orchard in hand. The 
cost will be between $1.50 to $2 a tree; 
all depends upon the age and condition 
of the orchard. I use a force pump 
using from 80 to 100 pounds of pressure, 
worked by one man, spraying with a 
drop rod nozzle from a elevated plat¬ 
form about four feet high, attached to 
orchard wagon, platform works on 
hinges so it may be laid down on the 
wagon when working in an orchard where 
limbs intermingle. In conclusion let 
me sa\ r anyone can make good with an 
orchard if the slogan is watch and pray; 
praying is better than cussing; it begets 
patience and be-up-and-doing; begin in 
time and half the battle will be won. 
PAUL G. KRUEGER. 
Spraying Does Pay 
and it is a necessity to insure good crops. The up-to-date fruit-grower has no more ex¬ 
pectation of getting a good crop of fruit from unsprayed trees than a good farmer has of 
getting a good crop of wheat from unplowed ground. 
Myers Spray Pumps 
are in use in every important fruit growing district on the globe. They are giving com¬ 
plete satisfaction to thousands of successful fruit-men. They are doing this because they 
are made on honor. Forty years in the business of manufacturing pumps makes it pos¬ 
sible for us to build a pump that will stand the wear and tear of hard, thorough spraying. 
The keen, hard-headed, wide-awake orchardist knows that the value of a spraying 
machine depends on the good, honest, workmanship and the right kind of materials. 
He knows, too, that a spraying machine made for high pressure work in the orchard will 
not answer for the garden patch, the vineyard or the potato field. 
Myers pumps are built for every sort of purpose, from the little bucket spray pump 
to the powerful, high-pressure pumps run by gasoline engines. 
Fiq. 1358 
Spray Nozzles, Hose, 
Fittings, Etc. 
A hardware man or implement dealer in your 
own town possibly carries Myers pumps in his 
stock, hut in case he does not, and cannot 
furnish you with the prices and information, 
write us for a copy of our fine new spray pump 
Fin. 1125 
catalogue. 
Myers Back 
Geared Power 
Spray Pump 
With 
Machine 
Cut Gear 
For Hot 
or Cold 
Mixtures 
Flo- 1318 
IT IS FREE 
F. E. MYERS 
& BROTHER 
Ashland Pump 6 Hay Tool Works 
135 Orange St., ASHLAND, OHIO 
“IT PAYS 
THE MAN Fio. 1363 
THAT 
«PR A Y<2’ 
I 
“LEADER1 
Gasoline Pressure Machine I 
Has Horse-Power, 4-Cycle Engine 
and Hopper Jacket lor Cooling. 
It supplies io nozzles at a pressure of 200 
lbs. with safety valve blowing off, and 
this service can easily be increased with¬ 
out overtaxing the engine. 
A Complete Spraying Rig 
end It will rcttll the funk, saw wood, grind 
feed, run your repair shop, shell or clean your 
grain, run the cream separator or the chum, and 
Is safe, simple and satisfactory. 
Also S-IIorsc-I’ower Itigs with Triplex Pumps 
—We also manufacture a full lino of Darrel, 
Knapsack, and Power Potato Sprayers with 
Mechanical Agitators and Automatic Strain¬ 
er Cleaners. Catalogue FREE. f 
FIELD FORCE PUMP CO. 
2 1 1 th St., Elmira N. Y. 
General Agents, 
JOHN DEERE PLOW CO., 
Kansas Citt, Mo.. St. Louis. Mo. 
C. P. R0THWELL& CO., Mahtinsburc. W. V*. 
JBRflCK^-SHAW^^inCO^EIo^otUdASS^^ 
LIGHT WEIGHT, Any team handles it 
HIGH PRESSURE, 200 pounds all day 
ENGINE, Famous “New Way” aircooled. 
A farm engine every day in the year. 
BUY A HIGH GRADE SPRAYER 
I UWS&SS P f T Y S S EL? R 
The First Season Used 
Write us for “Success” catalog No. 5 
Tft fMewWay Mms Company 
Lahsjks, HtcniQAJt. U.S.A. 
14 0. SHERIDAN STREET 
«KANT-KLOG’V#:, 
SPRAYERS 
Something New 
Gets twice the results *~£2l=is. 
with same laborand fluid. ? 5 s- 3 *’' 
Flat or round, line or coarse sprays 
from name nozzle. Ten styles. For 
trees, potatoes, gardens, whitewashing, 
etc. Agents Wanted. Booklet Free. 
Rochester Spray Pump Co. 
Spraying 
Guide Free 
DEFEND YOUR FRUIT TREES 
From San Jose Scale and fungus 
diseases with a Defender Sprayer 
Powerful two-line spraying ap¬ 
paratus. Made of brass; perfect 
construction. Quickly attached 
to barrel ; easy working. Saves 
time, labor and fruit. Satisfac¬ 
tion guaranteed. 
Descriptive circular and prica 
list free. Write today. 
C. S. HARDER, 
Box 75, Catskill, N. Y. 
THE HAMILTON RESERVOIR 
ORCHARD 
HEATER 
Positively 
the most 
effeotlve 
heater be¬ 
cause of its 
REGULATED 
FIRE. Many 
other points of suneriorlty. 
Write for our RED BOOK on orchard 
heating free. Tells you how best to smudge 
HAMILTON ORCHARD HEATER CO., Grand Junction, Col*. 
