The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-04-07
CHANCE TO MAKE MONEY.
Prof. II. A. Surface Throws Out Few
Pointers for Some One with a
Little Enterprise.
SPRAYING AS A BUSINESS.

ricultural district for some enter
prlsing person to take hold of the
spraying business and thereby
establish himself in a profitable
means of livelihood A leading
manufacturer of Central Penn
sylvanla recently asked for the
opinion of Professor II. A. Sur
face, the State Zoologlst, IN re-
gard to this matter, and the fol-
lowing is what the professor
wrote in reply:
81 agree with you that there is
considerable profit In operating a
spraying outfit. The great diff.
Guilty seems to be that while the
incidental cost of spraying is not
great, persons who would be will
ing to do the work, at a net profit
of from three to five dollars per
day, do not have money to buy
the outfit. There are many la.
borers who would consider this
excellent wages, and would be
quite willing to do the spraying
but do not have the means. Yet a
man with money, and established
in other business, will not at
tempt to make business of
spraying trees for hardly any
price. 1t must be acknowledged
that it is very disagreeable work,
yet 1 think it no worse than that
of an engineer or fireman, and
not as bad as mining and a great
deal of other work done readily
by people in this State. l have
for some time advocated a good
public spraying outfit operating
In each township In the State,
and / am satisfied that If it be
done by one who understands his
BUSINESS, and who is careful to
do it right, thus obtaining good
results, it would continue to be
mutually profitable to all persons
concerned.
81 know of no one in your local
lty who is doing this, although In
some parts of the State it is now
being done with gratlfyingresults
l could take the average orchard
and spray it for half of the excess
profits above what the owner has
been receiving by the old method,
and could make considerable for
me and for him also IN the way of
absolutely clear profit. This Is
real value production, because
there are mere and better fruits
on sprayed trees than on those
That are unsprayed.
"The outfit for this purpose
should consist of a good power
pump and two long leads of hose
with nozzles, and also a boiling
kettle and a cart tor pulling the
apparatus. A one-horse wagon
would do for this. The best pow
er for such pump would doubt
less be a gasoline engine, but
would certainly recommend moth
ing less than horizontal cylinder
u pump working by a vertical lever
that would have a horizontal swing
or, in other words, swing to and
fro, instead Of up and down. The
hose should be heavy, three-ply
hose with at least thirty feet tc
each lead, and each carrying two
good nozzles, like the "Mistry
JUNIOR" Friend Tor the"Brown'
rhe boiling kettles may be ordi
parry galvanized iron, or ever
'arge sized washtubs.
"rhe charges are sometimes
py the day, somenmes by th'
sallon, and often by the tree.
know of one man who charges
rom 10 to rs cents per tree, ac
cording to the size. The latter
price includes pruning. l
seems to me that proper methot
of establishing charge would b.
Ior the operator to try 1t, an.
Keep a record of the amount ans
value OF material, and the valu,
oi the investment, and also hi
own time, and charge such al
Amount as will allow him a fai
profit, when these features ar
" considered. 1t is certain II
ny mind that spraying is one o
ne occupations that will Civ
eally good profitable returns