Annual Report of the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society Volume 55 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 edition. Excerpt: ...G. Mr. Hunter, who is selling a gun for distributing dry insecticides and fungicides, asked for a few minutes in which to explain the gun and the mode of operating with it, and it was granted him. He said: "This is a gun for dusting with dry powders to destroy insects that affect our fruits and vegetables. It is much better than a spraying apparatus because it is much more easily and quickly handled. You can regulate the amount of powder to be used to a nicety; it takes from one-half to one pound of Paris green for an acre of potatoes. You can go over an acre or one and one-half acres in an hour. You know it's the pure powder that does the work; the water is only used as a medium of distribution. This is Leggett's Paris green, or dry powder gun; it is provided with tubes, nozzles and straps. We have a Bordeaux mixture that is called Leggett's fungiroid, it is just as easy to use' it as it is to use Paris green. Ten acres of potatoes is an ordinary days work." Q.--What is the price of the gun? Mr. Hunter--There has not been any regular price fixed in Wisconsin; outside of the state it sells for from eight dollars to eight and one-half dollars. It is the best of anything ever made because it forces the powder underneath the leaves; it distributes finely and evenly and there is no waste. It is the safest way to use Paris green because it is forced down; the powder never gets above the operator's knee. It can be used When the plant is wet as well as when dry. It is the only machine you can use that will insure spotless cherries and spotless grapes. ANNUAL ADDRESS. L. G. Kellogg, President Wisconsin State Horticultural Society, Ripon. We have again met in annual convention for the purpose of reviewing the successes and' failures of the past season, ...