m-2 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apr. 



INSECT-l'OWDER BELLOWS. 



We used with much satisfaction a still 

 larger bellows last seasou. One could go 

 through a cabbage-patch, standing upright 

 with this instrument, and it would send such 

 a; cloud of dust al)out him that scarcely a 

 worm was left. Below is a cut of the machine 

 showiuaf the wav it is used. 



WOODASOX S LAlica: - SIZED INSECT - rOAV- 

 DEU 15ELLOWS. 



As I have before remarked, we have not 

 found any application of powder as success- 

 ful with potatoes as a solution of Paris 

 green in water. I believe Prof. Cook re- 

 commends London purple as being cheaper 

 and better, using only one pound of poMder 

 to 100 gallons of water. This not only kills 

 potato-beetles, l)ut the codlin moth on ap- 

 ple-trees, so that we can grow apples not 

 only free from worms in the core, but fair, 

 round, and smooth — no knots or gnarly 

 places about them. The apparatus for 

 spraying the above liquid on potatoes, ap- 



ple-trees, or any other plant troubled by in- 

 sect-foes, is manufactured by A. IL Nixon, 

 Dayton, O. A barrel of the liquid is drawn 

 out on a sort of sled or cart, to the held, and 

 a powerful force pump is attached thereto, 

 which throws,; a perfect cloud of spray 

 wherever we want it. A potato - field or 

 apple-orchard can be gone over very quickly 

 in this way. Some may urge that the crops 

 would never pay'for so mucli expense and 

 bother. My friend, what does it cost you to 

 lose a crop after you have purchased your 

 manure, prepared your ground, and culti- 

 vated and cared for it until it is nearly 

 ready to harvest? 



Now, perhaps you look at this matter of 

 fighting insect-foes as a very great trouble 

 and bother — as if it were, in fact, paying a 

 big price to have your work decent and in 

 order. If so, it is because you have not en- 

 tered into the spirit of the work. You are 

 not in love with your chosen occupation. 

 You may smile^when I tell you that I have, 

 for tw^o or three seasons back, felt almost 

 pleased to see weeds and insect foes 

 startiup. I watch anxiously for the first 

 potato-bug to make his appearance, for I 

 want the fun of coming out ahead in the 

 battle. I like to give them to understand 

 that / am boss, and that they can not by 

 any possible chance steal my crops from me, 

 w^hich I have worked hard for. When you 

 take them in this way, the labor is compar- 

 atively light. Kill the first bug or worm 

 that makes his appearance, either by hand 

 or by insect-poisons intelligently applied, 

 and you may easily be the victor. I like 

 the excitement of the contest. I do not 

 like to fight my fellow-men ; but 1 do like to 

 find and fight weeds and bugs ; and I rejoice 

 in letting them know that I not only re- 

 member but can successfully carry out the 

 purpose for which God placed me here 

 when he said that man should have domin- 

 ion over these things, and subdue them. If 

 you can not subdue every weed and 

 every creeping thing that spoils your crops, 

 you are not up with the times in fulfilling 

 the purpose for which God created you. 



CHAPTER XLIX. 



He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread.— Pkov. 12: 11. 



Is it not a little strange how differently and neighbors you will find this matter of 



our tastes run? Not only does the taste of gardening still further subdivided. One 



one man run to gardening and agriculture, likes Ijerries, another vegetables, another 



but if you look about among your friends grains. Then the matter of vegetables is 



