NEW USE FOR AEROPLANES
An aeroplane has boon used very successfully io fight insect pests at Dayton, Ohio, the place where the brothers Wright carried out their flying experiments. A six-acre grove of catalpa trees was attacked; by insect pests, and tho whole grove was in danger of destruction. There was only one way of combating the insects, and that was with arsenate of lead; but to spray tho trees would have taken a large number of men. several days, and the expense would have been very great. Instead of that an aeroplane was brought into service. A hopper filled with powdered arsenate ot load was attached to the machine, and as tho aeroplane flew over the grove a shower of arsenate fell upon tho trees, tho air current set up by the propeller distributing tho chemical evenly. . ihe whole work was done in a few minutes and proved a splendid success tor tho insects wore destroyed and the trees aro now flourishing.
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Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 75, 21 December 1921, Page 5
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163NEW USE FOR AEROPLANES Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 75, 21 December 1921, Page 5
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