1914. 
THE RURAL NEW-VURKER 
«77 
Ox-power for Spraying. 
Talk about your gasoline, compressed 
air, or hot-air outfits in spraying, if you 
like. “There are others.” It’s always 
desirable to have good power behind the 
nozzle, and in front of the spraying ma¬ 
chine, but it rarely pays to go in debt 
for the outfit. There are all sorts of 
contrivances for doing the work. We 
saw a case once where a woman was 
hauling a hand cart. On this hand cart 
was a tub containing the spray liquid. 
The head of the family was working the 
pump, and one of the boys, a lad of 12 
or more, was holding the nozzle, with 
If I find that the added weight of 
this auxiliary valve makes the rod too 
heavy, I shall place this valve next to 
the hose valve, as shown in lower 
sketch. When the valve is placed here 
and closed, the plug is turned so that 
the rod is drained through the hole in 
the side of the valve body. There will 
be no wear on this valve, as it remains 
open all the time except when the noz¬ 
zle is being cleaned. I know that the 
hose valve could be made to do this work, 
but the constant use would cause it to 
leak, and besides a stop would have to 
be arranged for the lever, to prevent the 
AN OX-POWEIt .SPRAY RIG. Fig. 18S. 
botli father and mother telling him what 
to do. 
In another case we have seen a man 
with a half barrel on a wheelbarrow, 
pushing it along as well as he could; 
and when he came to a small tree, work¬ 
ing the pump with his right hand and 
trying to hold the nozzle with his left 
hand. While he was doing this, his wife 
and daughter sat on the piazza telling 
him what to do, and reminding him that 
he was not putting power enough into 
that pump. These ladies even failed to 
have the grace to bring father a cup of 
hot coffee and a plate of doughnuts as 
his back gave out. We could give 50 
illustrations of the strange applications 
of power for the spraying machine. 
One not so strange, but still effective, 
is pictured at Fig. 188. Here the pa¬ 
tient ox has got into the game, and he 
is hauling the spray wagon through the 
orchard. The boy works the pump, and 
the man does the final job of aiming the 
spray. This job of spraying is well done, 
and produces good fruit. Let no man 
say that he cannot put spray on his 
trees in the face of this picture, and the 
illustrations we have given. The time 
is now ready to roust out the man of 
the house, the ox and the power spray¬ 
er, and give the trees their dose. 
Valves in the Spray Rod. 
I enclose sketch of spray rod attach¬ 
ment which I intend to use this Spring. 
Everyone who has had spraying to do 
knows that unless extreme care is used 
in straining the spray mixture, some par- 
Valve In Spray Rod. Fig. 189. 
tides will get into the spray tank that 
are too large to pass through the nozzles. 
Then the nozzle has to be taken off and 
cleaned. After closing the hose valve, 
when the nozzle is clogged, the pressure 
remains in the full length of the spray 
rod and there is enough spray mixture 
in it to soak the clothing and hands of 
the operator when he unscrews the cap 
of the nozzle. If the hose valve leaks a 
little, as many of them do after some 
service, the spray keeps coming while 
the nozzle is being cleaned and put on 
again, giving the operator a second wet¬ 
ting. To enable the operator to do this 
work without getting wet with the spray, 
I will place a valve next to the nozzle 
on the spray rod. This valve is closed 
after closing the hose valve, the nozzle 
may then be cleaned with dry hands. 
operator moving the valve too far or in 
the wrong direction, for you know he 
does not look at the valve when opening 
and closing it when spraying. 
Illinois. CHARLES HEAD. 
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that they think they should pay to no 
man.” “Well,” remarked the boy, after 
a moment’s silence, “how do they manage 
when they have to have their hair cut?” 
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What One Farmer Says About 
The Light Draft Le Roy Sulky and Small Horses. 
Le Roy Plow Co., 
Le Roy, N. Y. Dec. 18, 1913. 
Gentlemen:—When looking for a 
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