The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-01-08
ANOTHER IMPORT
ANT BULLETIN
Agricultural Experiment Sta.
tons Methods of Dealing
With Insect Pests
The Agricultural Experiment station
has issued the following bulletin:
THE SPRAY PUMP


has issued the following bulletin
THE SPRAY PUMP
Inseet-pests are increasing In Me-
vada just as they are in all the west
ern states. There is. therefore, every
year, more need of artificial means for
keeping these pests in check. The pur-
pose of this article is to describe one
OF the principal means to this end, the
spray pump.
1t is clear that If the leaves of any
plant are sprinkled with any poison
GUS liquid. insects may be poisoned by
eating the leaves. 1t is equally clear
that there may be liquids which vii.
destroy insects by contact without
hurting the plant. Such poisonous
liquids must be thrown over the planl
in a fine and even spray which will
wet every leaf and twig. This cannot
be done with any thing but a spray
pump, of which there are many differ
ent kinds; and 1t is plainly important
to use pump of the right size and
kind for the work which is to be done
For spraying apple trees the pump
should be a strongly made, powerful.
machine with working parts of brass.
1t may be mounted on a barrel or tank
containing the liquid spray. There
should be from twenty to fifty feet OF
one-half inch. four ply steam hoss
attached to the pump: and at the
other end of the hose an extension car
rying the nozzle. The extension Il
simply eight or nine feet of one-quai tar
inch iron pipe with threads for the
nozzle at one end and for the hoe
coupling at the other. While one man
VOL ks the pump handle another pokas
the long extension up into the tee
and directs the spray here and the Z
until every leaf and every twig has
been covered with the poison. There
are curved nozzles for sp.aying t"e
undeiside of tAe. leaf. the pcst no.
zle is one which t1rows line spray
with considerable force.
For spraying ga. IN cops. the KNAPP
sack pump ss generally used. In tAis
the pump is enclosed in it's tank and
carIied ON d man back like KNAPP
sack. lie works the pump handle with
one hand and the nozzle with tie
btAAEI AAlNItblS h4tG SpAd dg DJ iHtd4AS -
a snort curved extension.
Ii aoes not pay TO buy cheap pump.
The best plan Is 10 buy a good ma
,hine from some reiiASle maAer and
then keep it properly oiled and al
JGsted sucn pump viii iast for a
g. eat many yea. s. sometimes several
fa4meis cub together anu Duy go d
tu
e;,en man TO have an outht oI his 0 :. n
Il he can aao4d ii. fof tAen he is sure
that he can spray at a time Wien IL
wlll DO the most good.
Catalogues oil s.andald pumps can
be OBTAINED from the following firms
Il ne oouIas Mig, CO., Seneca Falls,
N. Y: IAe Deplag Co., salem, ONO.
Mess. S. Mood.n & Little, san fran
cisco. Ca. 1neir catalogues contain
pictures and descriptions OF pdmps
ana no41ies SO Gear that 1t is e~sy
To pick out I, ON them a sui liable ma
chine. In ordering pump, The order
should include hose, noz4ies and eX-
tension rod, all equipped with su.taDl=
couplings.
AS eaen kind of insect-pest requires
a dlnerent tleatmeat from tne oti.e. 5
we shall not attempt in this article to
give directions for des. toying each OF
them. future newspaper Bulletins,
however, viii descIise the most Sac
eessful means OF dest. oyng the ms.
injurious ones.
Ihe Nevada Experiment station Will
gladly answer questions about insect
pests and the best means of getting
rid of them.
SAMUEL ii. DOTEN.
Nevada State University.