Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1906-02-09
IS then diluted with water to 80

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circular tank or cask through a
wire seive, that contains twenty
meshes to the square inch. In this
tank the mixture is again diluted
by adding fifty more gallons OF wa
ter
After being thoroughly stirred
the substance is ready for the tank
on the sprayer wagon. Its color
has now changed somewhat and
has hue between yellow and OIL
i've green. From the tank it is
again conducted by gravity into
the sprayer tank, running again
through wire sieve with 30 mesh
es. to the square inch. DIR Funk
advocates where only one sieve is
used, 26.mesh sieye-that is "
meshes to the square inch.
When the orchard is reached, two
long pieces Of rubber hose are TAX
en- from the spiayer wagon and to
one is attached cap with six noz-
zles, and to the other Il four'nozzle
affair. DIR Funk usually attends
one nozzle and his first assistant
the other nozzle. With a pressure
of about 80 pounds, the solution is
forced from the sprayer hose upon
the trees. To the end of each of
the sections of hose is attached a
bamboo rod, about seven feet long
with small brass pipe through the
center and a stop valve at the bot
tom, and when the operators hold
the rods in their proper position
the stop valve turns itself on auto.
M atically.
DIR Funk says the spraying part
is Just as important as the mixing.
The spray must be so administered
that every little twig is covered
and the substance covers every lit:
tie creyice between the notches, as
those are the very parts where the
little insects breed their young.
DR. Funk says he wastes very lit
tie by spraying with this method,
and only one-third as much as he
formerly did with gasoline or hand
pump outfits.
When the Doctor give public
spraying demonstration - a feat
that he often repeats in many
Pennsylvania counties--he employs
three men. One prepares the mix
ture, one drives the team, and sees
that the proper pressure is main.
tanned on the tank and occasionally
stirs the mixture, while the third
man assists him to operate the noz-
zles. This third man is nearly al.
ways prominent parsonage. AS
he has many visitors Of leading
fruit men from all over the coun-
try, he usually tells them he will
demonstrate to them, and gives one
nozzle to operate themselves, claim
ing that practice excels all theoret-
ical work. At recent demonstra-
ton he had Mr. A N Brown at the
nozzle. Mr. Brown is considered
the leading peach grower of Della
ware and was glad to obtain all the
information from the venerable
Pennsylvania wizard that was pos.
sible
DR. Funk says he is positive beyond
a doubt that this solution will kill
the scale, if it is properly prepared
and applied in such a manner that
the tree is covered with the mix
ture. Most of those who claim
that spraying does not pay the lab
or of it, either made the one great
mistake in the preparation or in
the application. By DR. Funk's
method the work of spraying tree
is brought to minimum, both as
to the labor it takes and to it's cost,
as the latter IS only about six cents
per tree.
There are many theoretical ideas
as to the origin Of the San Jose
scale and as to it's various remedies.
While San Jose scale is to a certain
extent a misnomer. it should he
called a Chinese scale, as from
there it was brought to America
Many believe that the one enemy
to destroy the scale, is the one dis.
covered in the country of its birth,
namely, the predacious little insect
known as the lady-bird. They are
found to thrive in Orit ntal coun-
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