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October 9, 1920 
Invincible 
Power Sprayer 
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710 Race Street 
ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS 
920 
Enclosed Pump 
Force Feed 
Lubrication 
Dust-proof housing over pump 
—positive force feed lubrication 
from direct driven oiler to all 
bearings — All working parts in 
constant spray of oil—No wear 
from dust or grit — No ruined 
pump though forgetting grease 
cups—longer life, better service. 
Patented Floating Driving gears always at same driving 
Gear Drive depth, regardless of distortion in 
Sprayer. Longer life to Gears— 
Greater efficiency from Sprayer — Far less expense for repairs. 
Twist of wrist changes gear from Neutral to Filler to Spray Pump. 
General Utility Engine Use engine for general utility 
When Not Spraying . work without disconnecting— 
lock gears in neutral and drive 
any belt operated machinery—Filler pump safely and efficiently 
used to pump water for live stock or pump for drainage—no 
poisonous solution ever carried through filler pump—nothing but 
water a tremendous practical advantage over injecter type filler. 
Pump 3-cylinder displacement type, 2X inches x 4 inches; 
impossible to ‘*air lock” ; no plunger leathers or cups; 
reversible valve seats; rotating propeller type metal valves main¬ 
tain perfect seats; valve housings secured by caps, clamped by 
dropped forged steel strips; valve parts easily removed. Crank 
shaft and connecting rods. 40 carbon steel, drop forged; 1^-inch 
bearings. Kxtra heavy gears and steel pinions. 300-pound 
pressure constantly maintained supplies two guns with large 
opening nozzles. 
Engine Special design built exclusively for us. Operates 
successfully on either gasoline or kerosene. Fuel 
supply always e'en and constant regardless of incline of machine. 
Tank 200 gallons; lX-inch cypress reinforced by steel tie rods; hoop 
rods drawn down on iron bracket over heavy cross timber; fastener 
nuts will not wear through. Agitator—3-blade, constant and uniform agi¬ 
tation of solution. 
FranTG 3-inch steel I-beam with iron channel cross members—rocking 
bolster at front to maintain level outfit on hilly ground. 
High Grade Wagon, 4 inches x % -inch steel wheels, 3 0-inch front, 28-inch 
rear, 100-foot “Warlo” 7-ply spray hose. 
Dust-Proof Case 
Automatic Oiling 
Locked 
In Neutral 
To Drive 
Filler Pump 
To Drive 
Spray Pump 
Garden Notes From New England 
The Cranberry Outlook. —While the 
apple crop is large, the cranberry yield 
will be small. That doesn't necessarily 
mean, though, that there will not be a 
good profit for the grower. In some re¬ 
cent years, when the crop has not been 
very large, prices have been high enough 
to atone for that fact. Curiously enough, 
cranberries sold well last year, in spite 
of the scarcity and high price of sugar, 
and there is no reason why they should 
not sell even better this season, with 
sugar getting cheaper. The great prob¬ 
lem of the growers since the war has 
been to get pickers, but they are begin¬ 
ning to come in more plentifully, and the 
growers see fewer difficulties along these 
lines. Probably the time will come when 
cranberries will be picked by machine. 
Several mechanical pickers have been 
tried'out in the past, but have not proved 
successful enough to warrant, their general 
adoption. Most of them do not pick elcau 
enough, or else damage the fruit. It 
secerns reasonable to believe, though, that 
somebody, some time, will hit upon a 
device which will do the work and do it 
right. 
Blanching Celery. —While the aver¬ 
age garden-nfaker likes to grow celery, 
he dislikes the process of blanching it 
with earth. Accordingly the various short 
cuts offered have been seized upon with 
avidity. The various schemes which I 
have seen described range from heavy 
building paper wrapped around the plants 
to the straw packets in which wine bottles 
were delivered in the olden days before 
wine was banned. Even on market gar¬ 
dens paper bleachers are used to a con¬ 
siderable extent, .and a device which finds 
favor with the home gardener is a paper 
collar which is fitted over the plant, and 
which works very well for early celery, 
although I have not found it as satisfac¬ 
tory late in the Fall. This paper jacket 
is applied with the aid of a metal tube 
slit down one side. The tube is placed 
around the plant and the paper collar 
slipped over it, after which it is removed, 
and this operation repeated until the work 
is completed. After all, though, I think 
that celery never has as fine and nutty a 
flavor as when bleached with earth, and 
on private places, where quality is tin- 
most important item, earth blanching is 
always practiced. On some estates the 
earth is banked over the plant to such 
an extent that they can be left in the field 
until they are needed for the table, at 
which time the frozen earth is broken off 
and the celery removed. 
Handling Brussels Sprouts. —There 
seems to be a growing appreciation of 
Brussels sprouts, which some of us con¬ 
sider much superior to cabbage because 
of its milder flavor. The fact is not al¬ 
ways realized, though, that the Brussels 
sprouts can be kept long in the Winter. 
It is only necessary to dig them up and 
take them indoors when cold weather 
comes, setting the roots in earth in boxes 
or on the cellar bottom. This can be 
i done even if some of tin* sprouts have 
been removed, and, of course, they should 
be taken off as fast as they grow large 
enough for use. It is a common practice 
to break off the lower leaves of the plants, 
but it is a question whether there is any 
good reason for doing so. Probably if 
the plants are set close together the plan 
is justified, but if they have room enough 
it doesn’t seem to me that much is ac¬ 
complished. The sprouts will develop in 
any event, and if the leaves are left on 
they form a natural protection when cold 
weather comes, as they drooo over the 
sprouts and prevent their being harmed 
by the frosts. 
Orchard and Garden Thieves. —It is 
difficult to understand the state of mind 
which allows supposedly respectable men 
and women living in the towns to drive 
out into the country for the express pur¬ 
pose of raiding the orchards and the fields 
of fruit growers and farmers. Probably 
nothing could induce these people to steal 
a pansy or a pear from their neighbor’s 
garden, but they actually seem to re¬ 
sent any effort on the part of farm 
owners to protect their fruit or vege¬ 
tables. In years past, when such petty 
thieving was done mostly by foreigners, 
farmers took a different view of the mat¬ 
ter than they do now, when the looting 
is largely confined to well-dressed men 
and women riding in high-priced motor 
cars. The problem is getting to he so 
serious that a prompt: and radical remedy 
is being sought. Perhaps there is no 
section of New England where the situ¬ 
ation is worse than Middlesex County, 
Mass., about 20 miles from Boston. Thou¬ 
sands of dollars’ worth of crops have been 
stolen this season. The stealing has not 
been the casual pilfering of joy riders 
either. Organized gangs with trucks to 
carry off their stolen produce have entered 
the game. The plan seems to be to pic-k 
the fruit and vegetables, pack it and then 
haul it to the roadside, where it is con¬ 
cealed in the bushes until the truck 
comes along and carries it off. Usually, 
of course, the thieves work under the 
cover of darkness, but in several instances 
have been seen to load a truck by day¬ 
light. The police have proved unable to 
cope with the situation because of the 
large extent of the territory to be cov¬ 
ered. Accordingly, many farmers and 
market gardeners have had to station 
farm hands about their fields and or¬ 
chards. In several instances these men 
have been armed with shotguns, but have 
hesitated to use them because of the 
leniency which the courts have always 
shown in the past to fruit and vegetable 
thieves. The Middlesex County Farm 
Bureau has a vigilance board, which is 
now at work seeking some means of aid¬ 
ing the police and the farmers in putting 
a stop to the work of these city crooks. 
Corn Borer Quarantine. —The mar¬ 
ket gardeners have suffered a lot of 'in¬ 
convenience as a result of the European 
corn borer quarantine, which has inter¬ 
fered greatly with the shipment of pro¬ 
duce from one point to another. Just 
now celery growers are feeling the bur¬ 
den. although they are making hut. little 
complaint, as they realize the advisability 
of stringent inspection, to prevent if pos¬ 
sible the further spread of this recently 
introduced pest. Shipment is possible 
when inspection is made, so that the 
large growers have comparatively little 
trouble. It is the small growers who 
have the greatest difficulty, because it is 
harder for them to get. inspection. At 
present certification and inspection of 
celery is made in the wash room. Grow¬ 
ers are furnished with certificates for 
such boxes as may prove to be free from 
the borer. It is . necessary, though, to 
make, request for inspection at least one 
day in advance of shipment. Celery is 
not allowed to be bunched before it is 
inspected, and accordingly the market 
gardener has to plan his work ahead for 
several days. No celery leaves nor green 
refuse are allowed in a certified package. 
Growing Good Celery. —The growing 
of celery is one of the big industries in 
Massachusetts. Probably 1.000 acres of 
celery is grown within 20 miles of Bos¬ 
ton, and this celery is reputed to be finer 
m quality than that of any other section. 
Even the small market gardeners give 
considerable attention to celery, in spite 
of the fact that it is a long season crop, 
and many of them store a certain amount 
in pits for the Winter market. Celerv 
caji be grown successfully in all kinds of 
soil, which is one reason that even tlr* 
home gardener can succeed with it. The 
fact lias to lie remembered, though, that 
if the soil is light and sandy a great 
amount of water must be given if the 
plants are to thrive. When the amateur 
buys early celery plants lie usually gets 
Paris Golden or Golden Self-blanching, 
but market gardeners around Boston have 
almost entirely discarded this variety be¬ 
cause it has become unusually susceptible 
to diseases and pests. Even constant 
spraying will not keep this- variety clean, 
as a result of which the newer Easy 
Blanching lias come into general use. 
This celery has its faults, and does not 
always, grow evenly, lint it is preferable 
to Paris Golden, as the latter runs now. 
There lias been much difficulty in getting 
good celery seed, but some attempt is 
being made to grow such seed near home, 
and apnareutly results have been very 
successful. Some of tin* best celery seed 
ever planted around Boston has been 
grown in Arlington. According to Mr. 
.T. W. Russell, of Winchester, who is a 
very large grower, this seed lias been 08 
Iper cent good,, with remarkably fine, 
brittle stalks. This seed commands dou¬ 
ble the price of any other offered, but 
most of the growers are glad to get it. 
regardless of the cost. All the good 
growers keep a year’s supply of seed in 
stock, and consider it very important to 
use only that which is a year old. Many 
good growers treat their seed with for¬ 
maldehyde before planting, using a tea¬ 
spoonful to a pint of water, and allowing 
the seed to stand in it for 15 minutes at 
a temperature of between 70 and 100 
degrees. The seed bed is also' sprayed 
with formaldehyde ns soon as the seeds 
sprout before they break through the 
ground. As soon as tin* plants are fairly 
above ground the spraying with Bordeaux 
is begun. 
Storing Celery in Pits. —A great 
amount, of celery is stored for Winter in 
pits, which are roofed over with the 
boards used for blanching the celery in 
the field. The work of putting the celery 
in the pits is begun about October 20. 
and care is always taken to have the 
celery dry at the time. Some growers 
fill bushel boxes in the fields and set the 
contents as a unit in the pit, which is .a 
quick method. Although a good price is 
obtained for celery which es stored for 
a late market, tin* work requires consid¬ 
erable capital and much labor. On the 
Russell farm about 2,000 feet of lumber 
is required for u pit, and on almost all 
the farms the pits arc taken down in the 
Spring. E. L FARRINGTON. 
