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About this time, a man near me got a colony of bees and was very- 

 successful with them, so I bought a colony, and I have never failed 

 of having a good crop of fruit from my vines since, and besides 

 having a good crop of squash, pumpkins and the like, I have never 

 failed of having a good yield of honey. 



"The honey bee industry is no new thing for me, as I have either 

 kept bees or had charge of an apiary for nearly fifty years. It is not 

 every one that can handle bees, but I think every farmer that can 

 handle them ought to keep a few colonies, for they are very benefi- 

 cial as fertilizers of fruit, and honey is one of the most healthful 

 and delicious sweets that we have. I cannot agree with Mr. Turn- 

 bull as to the outlook not being encouraging. Stevens county is a 

 treeless country, and we have long, severe winters, yet the bee in- 

 dustry is on the increase. That there are failures I do not deny, but 

 when we investigate, we often find the cause of failure in the man 

 instead of in the country. I am somewhat posted in the bee in- 

 industry in this country, and I see there are failures in other states 

 as well as Minnesota. Bee-keeping may not be a paying business if 

 we only figure the amount of honey produced; so we might sa}^ that 

 stock raising is not a paying business if we estimate onl}^ what w^e 

 get from the dairy; but when we estimate the value of stock as fer- 

 tilizers of the farm, we see they are of great value. The same is true 

 of the honey bee when we estimate the great benefit they are to the 

 garden and orchards. I think the bee industry ought to be en- 

 couraged." Keeville, Minn. S. B. Smith. 



GROWTH OF OUR LIBRARY. 



A. W. LATHAM. 



Forty volumes have been added to our shelves since the last list 

 was published. One hundred nineteen volumes in all were added 

 during the year 1896. The following are the unpublished additions: 



Ontario Experimental Farms, Annvial Report, 1895. 



Mass. Horticultural Society, Annual Report, 1893, Part II. 



Mass. Horticultural Society, Annual Report, lS!f4, Part I. 



Mass. Horticultural Society, Annual Report, 1894. Part II. 



Mass Horticultural Society, Annual Report, 189.'). Parti. 



Mass. Horticultural Society, Annual Report, 1896, Part 11. . 



R. I. Agri. Exp. Station, Annual Report, 1895. 



The New Horticulture, by H. M. Stringfellow. 



Maine Board of Agri., Annual Report. 18G3. 



Maine Poniological Society, Annual Report, 1895. 



Ontario Farmers' Institule, Annual Report, 1895-6. 



Vermont Exp. Station, Annual Report, 1895. 



Household Insects, U. S. Dept. of Agri., 1896. 



Colorado Board of Agri., Annual Report, 1896. 



Minn. State Agri. Society, Annual Report, 1896. 



Georgia State Hort. Society, Annual Report, 1896. 



Minn. State Exp. .Station, Annual Report, 1895. 



Vegetable Gardening, by Prof. S. B. Green. 



Minn. Forest Tree Planter's Manuel, 1891. 



Minn. Forest Tree Planter's Manuel, 1896. 



Call. State Board of Hort., Biennial Report, 1895-6. 



N. C. Agri. Exp. Station Report, 1805. 



Minn. State Exp. Station, Annual Report. 1893. 



Minn. State Ex|>. Station, Annual Report, 1894. 



Forest Trees of North America, Tenth Census, U. S.and portfolio of charts. 



Ind. State Hort. Society, Annual Report, 1S96. 



Bibliography of American Economic l-Cntomology, U. S. Dept. of Agri., 1896. 



Nova Scotia Fruit Grower's Assn. Annual Report, 1895. 



Novj Scotia Fruit Grower's Assn. Annual Report, 1896. 



Nomenclature of Arborescent Flora of C S., Dept. of Agri. 1897. 



British Columbia Hort. Society and Fruit Growers' Assn., Annual Report, IMM. 



British Columbia Hort. Society and l''ruit Growers' Assn., Annual K'eport. IM*."). 



British Columbia Hort. Society and Fruit (Jrowers' Assn., Annual Report, 1895 6. 



Minn. State Agri. Society, Annual Report, 1895. 



Minn. State Agri. Society. Annual Report, 1896. 



Division of Entomology of Minn., Annual Report, 1895. 



Wise, State Hort. Society, Annual Report, 1895-6. 



