Orchard Spraying

DP0424  Bave-U spray pump outside John Russell's Spray Machinery Works at Box Hill, together with members of Russell's staff.

DP0820 George ('Beatty') Beavis restoring one of the first motorised orchard spray pumps. 

DP0485  Spraying fruit trees with a Bave-U motorized spray pump. This horse-drawn Bave-U was made at the Russell implements works at Box Hill. Two hoses meant that two men could spray at the same time.

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BAVE-U POWER SPRAYER

With the season for spraying the orchard practically at hand, anything in the form of spraying machinery naturally attracted attention. In this connection, Messrs Russell and Co., of Box Hill, had on view the Bave-u Power Sprayer. The single acting model, which is sold for £70, has a three-horse power engine water cooled, fitted with a pulley for general use and easily disconnected. The pump is of the single solid plunger type; and the engine and pump are bolted to the same iron bed.
The Bave-u duplex sprayer has two pumps working side by side, and it is said to give a perfectly steady spray. The plungers and all working parts are made of a special metal designed to withstand wear and corrosion Patent ball-jointed eccentric rods are used.
The Bave-u 4 h.p. sprayer was also on view.

1914 'BAVE-U POWER SPRAYER', Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), 3 October, p. 40. , viewed 22 Feb 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article121114322

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THE "BAVE-U" MOTOR SPRAYER

In 1907 Messrs Russell and Co introduced the "Bave-U" which was the first power sprayer to be used in the southern hemisphere Many orchardists at that times were very much averse to using such a machine the prevailing opinion being that the benzine would blow up when exposed to the sun. Mr Tom Petty of Doncaster, who had 300 acres of trees in one patch was convinced that something better than the hand pump was necessary, and he it was who ordered the first power sprayer to be used in Australia. This he put on his "Bay View" estate at Doncaster, and Messrs Russell and Co's spray pump has ever since been called the "Bave-U" Almost every important orchard in Australia has a "Bave-U" machine, which Messrs Russell and Co claim to be the lightest most powerful, and durable on the market. In support of this they state the first machines they built are still in use and going as well as ever. Their factory, at Box Hill Melbourne is the largest in Australia devoted to the manufacture of spray pumps.

THE "BAVE-U" MOTOR SPRAYER (1916, September 26). Huon Times (Franklin, Tas. : 1910 - 1933), p. 2. Retrieved December 14, 2017, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article135819360

Hand spraying at Schramm's orchard:  Three men spraying fruit trees on Schramm's orchard, using a hand operated pump. One man is pumping the spray with the handle, while two men are applying the spray to the trees. c1890  DTHS-dp0426