| 1. Rita Brown's sprayer delivers 3.75 gallons of spray in a 1-minute test run. What gallons per minute is she spraying?
2. Rita drives her sprayer over a 200 foot strip in 25 seconds. What is her MPH?
3. The nozzle spacing on her sprayer is 20 inches and she has 12 nozzles. What is the swath width in feet?
4. Find the acres per minute that the sprayer will treat.
5. Find the gallons per acre that the sprayer delivers.
6. Rita's tank holds 100 gallons of spray. How many acres will one tank load treat?
7. Rita has 111 acres to treat. She wants to apply Kill-A-Weed with a broadcast application. The label states, "use 1.5 pint of formulation per acre." How many pints will Rita use for the 111 acres?
8. How many pints will Rita use for each tank full?
Answers
1. 3.75 gal
-------- = 3.75 GPM
1.0 min
2. 200 x 60
-------- = 5.45 MPH
25 X 88
3. 20 in/noz x 12 noz
------------------- = 20 ft.
12 in/ft
4. 200 ft 20 ft
------ X -------------- X 60 sec/min = 0.22 ac/min
25 sec 43,560 sq ft/ac
5. 3.75 gal/min
------------- = 17 gal/ac
0.188 ac/min
6. 100 gal/tank
------------ = 5.9 ac/tank
19.9 gal/ac
7. 111 ac x 1.5 pt/ac = 166.5 pt
166.5 pt
-------- = 20.8 gal
8 pt/gal
8. 5 ac/tank x 1.5 pt/ac = 8.8 pt/tank
1/128th OF AN ACRE CALIBRATION METHOD BROADCAST SPRAYING
RALPH JACKSON CALIBRATES HIS SPRAYER BY THE 1/128TH OF AN ACRE METHOD. HE COLLECTS 25 OUNCES AT EACH OF 6 NOZZLES.
1. How many gallons per acre is his sprayer delivering?
2. Ralph's tank holds 100 gallons. How many acres will one tank-full treat?
3. Ralph wants to use Blamo on his crop in a broadcast application. The label states, "Use l pint of formulation per acre." How many pints must he use per tank?
Answers:
1. 25 ounces = 25 gallons/acre
2. 100 gallons
--------------- = 4 acres
25 Gallons/acre
3. 1 pint
------ x 4 acres = 4 pints
acre
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