Abstract: A baseball pitching target comprising a rectangular peripheral tubular frame supported by support members staked to the ground and having a mesh backstop itself having an insert that represents such target indicia as the catcher's chest protector, shoulder pads and knee protector pads and mitt. Pitched balls are collected in a compartmentalized ball receiving bag except for those pitched balls that miss the strike zone. Those missing the strike zone will be projected back toward the pitcher by the action of the spring-mesh structure of the backstop.

Abstract: A device operable from a primary supply of water under pressure, such as a domestic water supply, to be used with irrigation and sprinkler systems, that modulates the flow of water supplied to different outlets, herein called supply heads, periodically from a minimum to a maximum flow rate and also provides a means by which liquid fertilizer and insecticides and the like can be dispensed and applied evenly and safely over a surface without human contact. As contemplated by the invention, supply pressure from a primary water supply is transformed into rotational motion which in turn, operates a rotary valve creating a water effluent therefrom that varies in its flow rate in accordance with the cyclical periodic operation of said rotary valve. This water effluent is delivered to the supply heads of the irrigation or sprinkler system. The rotary valve may be disabled so as to permit nearly straight-through passage of the supply water.