Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-01-08
NEWSPAPER BULLETIN.
The Agricultural Experiment stauon
has issued the following bulletin:

nus Issued tile IollowlnE huileIln:
THE SPRAY rUAr.
Inse ct.pests are increasing in Nevada
just rs they are in all the western Stat
There il, therefore, every AR, more
need OF artificial means ia. keeping
these pests in check. The purpose OF
thus article Ia to describe one OF the prin-
cipal means to this end, the spray pump.
II is clear that il the leaves Of any
plant are sprinkled with am poisonous
liquid, Insects with hc poisoned by eat
ing the leaves. Ii ia equally clear TINT
there may he liquids which will destroy
insects by contact without hurting the
plant. Such poisonous liquids nnst be
thrown over the plant in Il fine and even
spray which will wet every Leaf md
twig. This cannot be lone with any
thing but Il spray pump, o! which there
are many different kinds; and 1t il
plainly important to use IL pump OF the
right siza and kind Tor the work which
10 to DO done.
For spraying apple trees the pump
picNiN w " Wv
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 4
inch, 4 ply steam hose attached to the
pump; ind, mt the other end ~ the hose
an extension carrying The nozzle. The
extension il simply eight ur nine feet
OF q inch iron pipe with threads for the
nozzle at Ona end all! for the hose
coupling at the other White one man
works the pumr hum'!. m%n"thcr pokes
the long cxtcn ion ur nj" H., tree AND
directs the spray here. and there until
every leaf and every twi: Ina been Gov
cred with the Uuisun. ihru ~" curved
uozz!eR for spraying the u'i,tc lille Of
the leaf. The best nozzle Is ono which
throwa II iinc spray with considerable
force.
For spraying garde u crops, III" KNAPP.
sack pump Is generally Us','. In tliia
tile pump is cnclocsh III it. tank und
carried on q mans bpc'; ike 81 KNAPP.
sack. lie "orke the pump hrndlc with
n hand and the nozzle with the other
directing the spray by means OF n short
curved extension.
II does not pny to buy II cheap pump.
The best plan is to buy u good machine
from ONE reliable maker and then
keep il properly oiled mud adjusted.
Such u pump will Inst Tor n great many
years. Sometimes several farmers club
together and buy II good machine. II
Is better, however, for each tnan Ia have
IN "ntiii Oi his own IL =" rn'' afford n,
for then he 10 sure that &c CIT spray ut
II time when IL will do ~" most good.
Catalogues ~ STANDARD pumps made
10y the best makers can bp obtained
from the following irme; TIE Gonlds
MIG. Go. Seneca l'alln. y. T.: Tho
DcmiuR Go. Salem. Ohio; Messrs
WUodin & Little, San Frarcdsco, Cal.
Their catalogues contain pictures and
descripti"is " pumps aud uozzles go
cicar TINT it is oasy Ia pick ont from
; them n suitable machine. In ordering
" pump. the order should include hose,
"~"zzloo u extension rod all equipped
wilh suitable couplinva.
80 each kind Of inscct.pcat requires q
different treatment from the others we
einll not attempt in this article 10 give
directions Tor deaf royinR each Of them.
Future newspaper bulletins. however,
will dcgcribe the mo-, successful means
Of destroying the most injurious once.