The Strawsoniser.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 399, 4 January 1890, Page 2

The Strawsoniser.

Ths wonderful now implement called th Strawaoqiscr is named after Ito inventor, M Strawsoq. The machine i«» light on*, Id qqe horse, constructed in a great part o wood, with iron wheels. The dietributiiq power is produced by a revolving fan woricet by the travelling wheels of the machine. A' the material falls from the hopper it ii caught by a powerful blast of air and spread from the back of the machine. Differonl nozzles are fixed tor solids and liquids. Tbs machineoan be applied to distribute liquid iosqqtifuge* in very small quantities in ths form of a spray or powdered iuseotifuges la the finest state. It will also distribute linp, soot and other mmuree, sory broxdsast all kinds of corn and seeds, and can fie qs*4 fq| sanitary purposes. In atrial of its powew held at the Queen’s Flemish fgrm at Wind sor in May last, after sowing grain, lime, salt and other subatancea, the maohins sprayed two gallons of kerosene over One acre of land so perfectly that every inch appeared to be oovprqd. It then sent a fine dents spray ?0 feet high on each aldo of it, s« th»| if the machine had been passing dowfi ths alleys of a hop garden or orchard the binds or trees on each side would have been completely an<| thoroughly covered. It is now believed that 'the Codlin 'mote trouble may fie entirely swept away by this latest addition to agricultural machinery, p the wooden fences at presen t surrounding moa| orchards were destroyed or thoroughly drenched with gas tnr; if all rubbish exist, ing in or about orchards in the shape of bags, sacks, bits of wood, etc., was burnt, and the trees etrawsoulsed twice or throe times when iu bloom with Paris green, ot some such insecticide, the dreaded moth could not hold jts ground, especially if pig* were allowed to ran the orchard as sdon aS the apples began tq drop. Qqe of' these machines would do for many orchards, as it will do from 30 to 40 acres a day. The cost in England is £3O net. So highly Is the Strawsonizer thought of at home that the directorate of the company formed to work the invention contain* four member* of the Council of the Royal Agricultural Society ot England, any one of whoee names is sufficient guarantee for the bonafidu o(-till affair. 1 . ' '’ 1 - ’