. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 186 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. June 17, INSECT NOTES. The Auto-spray. In the Agricultural Ntirg, \ol. Ill, ji. , there apiieareil a brief note on the auto-spray. The accoiui>anying illustra- tion (fig. l;^) .should serve to give a clearer idea of this useful machine. The auto-spray is an automatic, compressed-air siiraying machine, the essential features of which are the cylindrical brass tank, an air pump, a discharge hose and nozzle, and a sling for carrying the whole. In this machine the pumping is all
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 186 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. June 17, INSECT NOTES. The Auto-spray. In the Agricultural Ntirg, \ol. Ill, ji. , there apiieareil a brief note on the auto-spray. The accoiui>anying illustra- tion (fig. l;^) .should serve to give a clearer idea of this useful machine. The auto-spray is an automatic, compressed-air siiraying machine, the essential features of which are the cylindrical brass tank, an air pump, a discharge hose and nozzle, and a sling for carrying the whole. In this machine the pumping is all for the of comiiressing the air in tlie tank containing the spray material, and the expansion of the com- pressed air forces the spray through the liose and nozzle. In using the auto- spray not more than 4 gallons of the wash shouW be put in, and care must be taken not to subject tlie tank to too great an air pressure. The nozzle sold with this machine is a special feature, as it combines the Vermorel principle with an automaticcut-oti'with which also the needle for clearing the nozzle is combined. The cost of the complete with hose and nozzle, in Barbados, is i^lO' Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Great Britain. Imperial Dept. of Agriculture for the West Indies. Bridgetown, Barbados, Bowen & sons;
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