Farmer-friendly herbicide applicator. From: Agricultural Research | Date: February 1, 1993| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1993 U.S. Government Printing Office. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

A herbicide applicator that efficiently distributes concentrated herbicides was developed by Floyd Fulgram at the James Whitten Delta States Research Center. Researchers at the Center, including Chester McWhorter, discovered a way to eliminate water from herbicide mixes. However the usual hydraulic spray equipment did not work for this ultra low volume application. Fulgram's T-miser works to distribute the concentrated mixture, which when mixed with paraffinic oil, controls some weeds better than herbicides mixed with water.

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