The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-11-05
Big SPRAY PLANT
TO BEGIN WORK
CAPACITY OF 5000 GALS. DAILY
viii Manufacture Niagara Lime and
Sulphur and Is Important Addition
to Hood Rivers Industries.

Hood River will soon have a new
industry in operation that wilt repre-
sent approximately an investment OF
s25, 900. The new enterprise 10 the
lime and sulphur spray manufacturing
plant Of the Hood River Spray Man
ufacturing Co., and is situated on
spur OF the Mt. Hood Railroad short
distance north OF the electric light
power house. The plant is one of sew
eral which is owned by the stookhold-
ers of the company at Hood River,
the MedfoTd Spray Manufacturing
Company and the Oregon Gas and
Spray Company of Portland. The
lime and sulphur solution which will
be manufactured is that made from
the formula OF the Oregon Gas and
Spray Company, known as the Mag
ara Lime and Sulphur Spray, and
which has given such good results
here and wherever 1t has Eeen used.
In fact lime and sulphur Is becoming
recognized as probably the most i'm
p0rtant and effective solution for
spraying fruit trees for most of the
diseases with which they become
affected and in many places 1t has
been adopted as summer as we'll as
a winter spray.
The new plant at Hood River when
completed will Ee the largest In the
Northwest and will have msnutao-
turing capacity Of one carload daily,
the latter consisting of eighty 80 gal.
lon barrels. The big steel cooking
tank will hold 5000 gallons of the
mixture while 1t is being compounded
and in addition there are two i'm
mense wooden receiving tanks with a
capacity of 5000 gallons each, givinka
storage capacity of $1,000 gallons of
the finished product. 1t is from these
that the lime and sulphur solution is
Earrelled and sent ON it's way to help
insure to the orchardist healthy
trees and crop OF apples that will be
free from scab and fungus.
In the erection of. the Hood River
plant the stockholders of the new en-
terprise have not spared money or
time in securing conditions that will
produce the lest results. While the
building and apparatus has cost many
thousands of dollars they have In ad-
dition spent many more in expert
ments, in obtaining the advice OF ex-
perts in chemistry and in insuring
conditions that will produce the max
imum result in every particular while
the solution is being made and also
when it is ready for use and finally
turned over to the fruit grower for
application.
Including the loading platforms
and other structures necessary the
new establishment occupies space
| 80 Ia, ha Sea- N
immense boiler of 10 horsepower fur
nishes the heavy steam pressure nec-
essary to thoroughly cook the spray
and furnish power for the engine
which operates the agitator, ma.
chine for stirring the solution while
IL is being fused in the cooking tank.
Ihe engine also operates three
pumps and large elevator which runs
from the top floor to the loading plat
form.
Water for the enormous amount OF
solution which the plant can manu-
faeture daily Is furnished from an ar
tesian we'll sunk below the level Of the
Hood river nearby and Ia filtered
thI ough thick deposit of sand before
1t Ia pumped into the 5000 gallon
water tank elevated 80 as to furnish
a gravity system to all parts OF the
building. The connections are OF
he latest and most approved type,
quick acting valves being supplied
and an intricate sytem of pumps are
arranged so that the contents OF any
of the tanks can be drawn from one
to another as the exigencies of the
work OF handling the output may re-
quire. On the top floor are to be
found the lime and sulphur mixing
machines run at high rate of speed.
In these the compound Is thoroughly
amalgamated before it is placed In
the cooking tank, the top Of which
Is on level with the floor. In case
OF breakdown of the engine or
pumps an arrangement has also been
made for syphoning the supply of
water to the various parts of the ap-
paratus.
The new plant has convenient ship
ping facilities both locally and long
distance. Over the MT. Hood railroad
it can ship its products by the car
load into the east side apple growing
district where 1t can easily be distIib-
uted by short hauls. The newly de-