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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1983-03-16, Page 616. > Q$ • Mel „81 du1Vl Ilo gla1W droltlba urea s►r1' 28 - The F. Edition, Week of March 16, 1983 Proier c cro s' spr Many thousands of dollars are spent each year by farmers to control pests in the field. Proper calibration of equipment and application accuracy insure that the money spent on pesticides achieves the desired effect. Sprayer calibration and use was discussed at the Crop Pest Control course at CCAT by Milton Dietz, Sea - forth, who has been selling spraying equipment, pestic- ides, and safety equipment for fifteen years. °°Before spraying always remember that a sprayer is a team of matched components and that everything must be in good condition for the sprayer to work accurately," said Dietz. He outlined the procedures which should be followed to prepare your sprayer. Clean, test, repair and check all components and wash out the tank. Replace worn or damaged hoses and check the screens. Fill the tank with water and turn on the pump, flush the boom checking for leaks from the sprayer and boom. Run the pressure up and down. Check if all the nozzles are spraying the same am- ount. Nozzles may be worn and should be replaced. Grease the universal joints ration ens es yin is effective and tandem axles if required. To calibrate the sprayer measure off 150 feet, 45 metres and fill the sprayer with clean water. _Select the speed and pressure that you will be using under field conditions. Have another .person hold the calibration bottle under one nozzle as you, pass the first marker, and remove it as you pass the second marker. The application rate can be read from the scale on the bottle. If the liquid level is off the scale use a test run of 75 ft. 22.5 metres and multiply the results by two. Repeat the test run to verify the results. Accurate pressure is critic- al when spraying. A good, easy to read gauge makes pressure adjustments and reading easier while in the field. Boom height is important also to achieve the proper overlap and complete cover- age of the surface being sprayed.For eighty degree flat fan spray tips eighteen inches from boom to ground surface will give good cover- age. You can also measure the wet area under one nozzle. The wet area should be fifty per cent wider than the distance between the nozzles on the boom. The boom should remain parallel to the ground and held rigid to minimize bounc- ing and improper coverage of the soil. Nozzle delivery can be checked with a calibration bottle. Run the sprayer at operating pressure and col- lect the material from one nozzle. Record the number of seconds to partially fill a bottle. Record the amount from each nozzle if the amount varies more than five per cent. Calibration bottles are available from dealers and give the rate in litres/ hectare and gallons/acre. With all pesticide recom- mendations now made in metric it is important to know how many litres/hectare your equipment sprays. Dietz discussed the pro- cedure which should be followed for a good incorpor- ating job. Tandem discs can be used, cutting four to six inches deep at four to six miles per hour. Power driven equipment at a depth of two to three inches can also be used. A danish- type cultivator with tires on six to eight inch centres set four inches deep in the soil will incorporate well if driven at six to eight miles per hour. In all of these methods the Turn to page 29• BIiy..anjw F0M.SerIeslO 4-cyliniler ti'actor anil... MAKE NO PRINCIPAL OR INTEREST PAYMENTS UNTIL 1084! NONE! THENGET 1234%, ANNUAL PERCENTACE RATE FIXED-RATE FINANCINC FOR UP TO 48 MONTH$! WARY s YEARS 6 FINANCING FOR THE race OF a Come in and make your best deal on any new , accrue and you'll make no additional pay - Series 10 4 -cylinder tractor. Buy and take deliv- ments until January 2. 1984. 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