Successful farming : a ready reference on all phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada . ay be offsetby the extra work in operating and caring for the apparatus. In largedairies, where stablemen are required to do no other work, this is not a 1 Courtesy of The College of Agriculture and Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station, Depart-ment of Animal Husbandry, Lexington, Ky. FARM MACHINERY AND IMPLEMENTS 733 serious objection, since the average man can feed and care for more cowsthan he can milk by hand during the milking period. Spraying Machines.—On all truck and fru
Successful farming : a ready reference on all phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada . ay be offsetby the extra work in operating and caring for the apparatus. In largedairies, where stablemen are required to do no other work, this is not a 1 Courtesy of The College of Agriculture and Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station, Depart-ment of Animal Husbandry, Lexington, Ky. FARM MACHINERY AND IMPLEMENTS 733 serious objection, since the average man can feed and care for more cowsthan he can milk by hand during the milking period. Spraying Machines.—On all truck and fruit farms spraying machinesare a necessity. The size and kind of outfit will depend on the size ofbusiness and character of plants to be sprayed. Wherever there are morethan eight or ten acres of orchard, a power sprayer mounted on wheelsis recommended. Those which develop power from the wheels are cheap-est, but are not so satisfactory for spraying large trees. A high-gradegasoline engine and a good tank for compressed air provide a uniformpressure under all conditions. Good work demands a pressure of from. A Power Sprayer Routing Orchard Pests. 90 to 125 pounds. Good nozzles that will give a fine spray without clog-ging are essential. There should be an agitator in the receptacle thatholds the spraying material. The hose attachments should be ample inlength to reach all parts of the trees. Horses attached to the sprayer should be protected by suitablecovering. For small orchards or for small fruit, the barrel sprayer with handpump, mounted on a sled, will serve the purpose. Knapsack sprayersmay meet the needs for garden purposes, and are also useful in connectionwith larger outfits. They are suited to spraying the base of trees formice, rabbits and borers. They are also good to spray young plants andfor shrubs and bushes around the home. 734 SUCCESSFUL FARMING Tractors.—The rapid development of small tractors adapted to awide range of uses on the moderate sized to small fa
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