Crop Sprayer For Budget Farming

Series

Series Name: Tomorrow Today

Issue

Issue No.

Date Released

1969

Length of issue (in feet)

454

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: In crop spraying pesticides are normally diluted with water and sprayed at high pressure. By mixing the pesticide with oil instead of water a new invention cuts the amount of liquid from 200 gallons to only one pint per acre.

Researcher Comments

The inventor Dr Edward Bals demonstrates the new sprayer

Keywords

Agriculture; Science and technology; Inventions and discoveries

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 47 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/18

Credits:

Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Cutter: Fred Goodland
Cutter: William Hammerton

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