45 FAIR STREET, PATERSON, N. J. 
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POWER TRACTION DUSTER 
Carrying and cranking a Hand Duster for a length of time is 
very tiresome for which reason many farmers have trouble in getting 
their help to do a good dusting job. The men either shirk on the 
job or skip over the field thus giving little of the protection sought 
by the farmer to the plants. With this in mind we are pleased to 
be able to offer to the Truck Farmer this inexpensive power duster 
developed by the Messinger Co. 
This is a light, well-constructed power duster which is easily 
operated by a man walking to steer it. It is equipped with a gas 
engine which propels the duster and drives the machine. 
The Duster Blower Unit has a hopper capacity of about 30 
pounds, from which the dust is fed through the feed gauge into the 
mixing chamber by a Force Feed Spider composed of alternated 
right and left spirals. The Feed Gauge is made of heavy brass with 
a V opening which is easily and quickly regulated by a lever riding 
over a notched quadrant. In the Mixing Chamber the dust is thor¬ 
oughly broken up and mixed with air by two bars or beaters as it 
is drawn through the cast aluminum fan revolving at 3000 R. P. M. 
from which it is forced through the flexible tubes and fan-shaped 
nozzles. 
The nozzle bar permits many arrangements for the fan-shaped 
nozzles in height and angle. Thus it is possible to dust all types of 
small crops, using one or two nozzles to the row. 
The Duster and Engine are mounted on a sturdy frame, carried 
on a one inch axle 6 V 2 feet long on which is mounted two 36 inch 
staggered spoke wheels, with 2 inch tires. The wheels are of a ratchet 
type permitting easy steering and are movable on the axle, allowing 
a wheel gauge for practically any width of rows. 
The machine, when in operation, is balanced and steered by the 
handle in the rear. 
S. E. P. No. 4 Power Traction Duster, 36" wheels _$150.00 
S. E. P. No. 4 Power Traction Duster, 48" wheels 
170.00 
