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only where fruit is grown on a very small scale. The pump is 
also furnished with a crank so that it may be operated by hand, 
but the cramped space in which the handle moves makes it very 
hard work, and consequently this feature is of little value. 
This machine has many points of excellence to commend it to 
the truck gardeners and grape growers; it is light, handy and 
durable, and has the least machinery to get out of order of any 
power force-pump sprayer we have seen. 
The New Victor Potato Sprayer. 
The New Victor Potato Sprayer is manufactured by The Field 
Force Pump Co., Lockport, N. Y. See fig. 12. 
This is a two-horse power machine designed to spray five rows 
at a time. It is supported by two wheels as in the one-horse 
sprayers. The wheels are wooden with three-inch tires, and turn 
on the axle. The power is taken from both wheels by means of 
large sprocket wheels, clamped to the spokes; these are con- 
nected by chains to smaller wheels on the crank shaft which 
works both pump and agitator. The tank stands upright and 
holds 70 gallons; the pump, which is placed on top of the tank, 
is a double cylinder brass pump, with brass valves, strong and 
powerful. It is furnished with a back pressure safety aes 
which prevents undue straining of the hose. 
* A pump handle is furnished with each sprayer that is sealt 
attached, so that the machine can be worked by} hand when 
required. The suction pipe enters the barrel at the top; the dis- 
charge pipe leads back to a transverse pipe to which the nozzles 
are attached ; the transverse pipe is made in sections and a nozzle is 
attached at each joint, so by using sections of pipe of different 
lengths the nozzles can be adjusted to spray rows of different dis- 
tances apart. Ordinary iron gas pipe is used, as it is thought to 
be cheaper to replace it as it rusts out than to have it made of 
brass. The nozzles are attached to short lengths of hose so that 
they are, in a measure, adjustable, as they may rest on the sup- 
port as shown in the cut, or may be thrust under it and thus get 
closer to the plants if desired. The part of the support that pro- 
jects on either side of the machine is furnished with a hinge so 
as to fold over, while the corresponding part of the pipe is 
unjointed in passing from field to field. 
