The Air Applicator Information Series, produced by the Air Applicator Institute, educated aerial spray pilots on different facets of aerial spraying. Experts in entomology, plant pathology, and chemistry consulted on the booklets. The series was one tool in providing additional training to those involved in agricultural aviation.
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Answers to Legal Problems
Air Applicator Institute
The purpose of this volume is to provide a working knowledge of the federal, state and local laws which control the air-application industry. This volume also provides information on the sources of the regulations now existing and makes suggestions for obtaining professional information of a legal nature.
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Directory - Where to Find It
Air Applicator Institute
Where to obtain authentic and needed information is a problem in every new industry. The purpose of this volume is to provide classified lists of sources of material and information.
There is a wealth of information available in the field of agricultural aviation. This material, however, is obtainable in piecemeal form and from many sources. State colleges of agriculture, the United States Department of Agriculture, city and county libraries, chemical and agricultural magazines, chemical companies and state departments of aeronautics are a few of the sources. This volume presents these and other channels of pertinent information for the air-applicator who wishes to be a student of air-application.
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How to Spray and Dust
Air Applicator Institute
This volume has been prepared especially for pilots, crew chiefs and others who wish to familiarize themselves with the general methods of applicating. Much of the information is of particular concern to those responsible for the application, methods of handling and precautions.
Every pilot and crew chief needs a broad general knowledge, of chemicals, pests and crops. Such persons are urged, therefore, to obtain all of the books in this series. Applicators will do a better job of applying if their knowledge of the entire field of air application is both broad and accurate.
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Selecting Efficient Equipment
Air Applicator Institute
This volume describes the various components in a sprayer, duster, seeder or fertilizer airplane, and their functions. Emphasis is placed upon the factors which are most important in equipment design. Illustrations are provided of many commercially available units. Beginning with the essential components, the volume finishes with a discussion of airplane types most suitable for agricultural use.
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Knowing Agricultural Chemicals
Air Applicator Institute
The purpose of this book is to present brief descriptions of various chemicals used in agriculture. Insects and weed pests will be discussed only incidentally, as they are the subjects of other volumes of this information series. The reader who wishes to make a more detailed study of agricultural chemicals should consult the Bibliography in Volume Six for additional reference material.
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Understanding Crop Pests
Air Applicator Institute
The first part of this volume presents in brief the life cycles of all the most important crop insect pests in the United States. Knowledge of the life cycle is necessary to a clear understanding of the insect and the injury which is often done by it in its larvae stage. The second part of this volume provides brief descriptions and illustrations of the most common weed pests and fungus diseases of crops in the United States.