74 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



come more general among- farmers, who do not know much about 

 mixing things, we ought to have some one handle this article already 

 mixed. That is tlie way I found it in New Jersey. If a man wants 

 to spray his trees he goes to the store and gets a gallon of this 

 mixture, takes it' home and mixes it with twenty gallons of water, 

 and it is all ready. I tried last spring to spray my trees. I bought 

 an expensive sprayer, paid $5.00 for it, and undertook to mix some 

 stuff with which I fried to spray, but I could not get it out of the 

 nozzle of the sprayer, and I have not touched it since. 



Prof. Washburn : You can't get a good sprayer for $5.00; that 

 is not enough to pay for a sprayer. 



Mr. Weld : It seems to me it would be a good thing for a man 

 to handle this mixture in this state, so that a man could go and get 

 a gallon, or whatever amount he needs, when he wants it, without 

 going to the trouble of mixing it himself. 



Prof. Washburn : It is very expensive. 



ANNUAL REPORT, 1905, WOMAN'S AUXILIARY. 



MRS. ANNA B. UNDERWOOD, LAKE CITY. 



riic Woman's Auxiliary is a rather unique organization in tliat 

 it has im.posed on itself a task without ever being able to trace the 

 direct results of its labors. The object in starting it was to insti- 

 tute a regular recognition of interests pertaining to the home and its 

 surroundings, especially those located in the rural districts, villages 

 and towns, these to be considered from a woman's standpoint. 



With just one annual meeting, it is only possible at such times 

 to have talks and papers that will serve as suggestions. We always 

 strive to have these as practical as possible, and as they are listened 

 to in our meetings, or read in the different numbers of the Horti- 

 culturist, they may awaken a desire for better surroundings and an 

 ideal home life. 



We have urged the improvement of school buildings, the chang- 

 ing of the usual bleak, forlorn school yard into an attractive play- 

 ground for tile children, trusting that the beautiful shrubs and 

 flowers, the protecting trees and evergreens, would have a refining 

 influence, extending in all directions to the homes of the children. 



We have advised the establishment of neighborhood clubs for 

 women, recognizing the fact that woman's lot on the farm or in 

 the sm'aller towns is naturally more circumscribed than that of the 

 man. He daily comes in contact with his one hundred and sixty 

 acres of land, more or less; and of necessity goes to town fre- 

 quently, in this way coming in contact with outside interests \yhich 

 serve to widen his horizon in a degree. He has an opportunity to 

 discuss public matters and to see what other people are doing. The 

 women at home, more particularlv the mothers and home keepers, 

 see little outside the four walls of their own dwelling for weeks at 



