384 MISSOURI STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



SPRAYING BELLOWS. 



In the way of labor-saving contrivances there is nothing that has 

 given us greater satisfaction than the Woodason spraying bellows 

 which are now sold by most seedmen. There may be other spraying appa- 

 ratus that will serve better, but not having seen or tried them, we speak 

 only of that which we can commend from experience. A single min- 

 ute is long enough to spray every part of a hen house ten feet equare,. 

 perches, roof and all. Kerosene is used and answers every purpose of 

 whitewashing, which requires much time and labor. For spraying 

 small patches of cabbages with Buhach or Pyrethrum powder mixed 

 with water, to rid them of the cabbage worm ; or currant bushes with 

 hellebore, to rid them of the currant worm, there is nothing more effi- 

 cacious. It is tiresome, however, to blow the bellows, so that where a 

 large number of plants or bushes are to be sprayed, spraying pumps 

 may be preferred. There are other bellows made for the distribution 

 of dry Buhach or Hellebore powder. It may, of course, be extended 

 with flour or plaster as desired. 



The Rural began the use of these bellows years ago, and through 

 its commendation they are now used and greatly valued by many^ 

 There is little about them to get out of order and their durability may 

 be estimated by the fact that a single pair of bellows has served us for 

 five years and is now as good as ever. — Rural New-Yorker. 



HELP. 



I wish to sav a few words about our help. Great mistakes are made 

 in not employing to the best advantage our own boys. By this I do 

 not mean the hours of work which they perform, but the employment 

 of their best energies. They are not trusted enough, and not allowed 

 to assist in the most important part of our work — the planning. And 

 because of^ this want of consultation they are led to hate the drudgery 

 of manuaf labor, and seek other places where there seem to be 

 some prospects of soon being a part of the power that controls move- 

 ments. There are boys of good intellect who grow up to manhood 

 upon the farm, and during all the years have not one word to say 

 about the management, and when they come to plan for themselves 

 are unequal to the emergency, because they have not been trusted 

 and led to manage. Farmers by this course with their boj^s are not only 

 doing injustice to their sons, but are doing the very worst thing for 

 their own success by not making their best help interested help. 



In some branches of business it may be advantageous to have 

 the manual labor as near the level of machinery as possible ; but 



