The University Division of Bee Culture this year plans to supply 

 Minnesota beekkeepers with untested three banded Italian queens at 50c 

 each and tested at $1.00. Not more than four untested and one tested 

 queen will be sent to any one beekeeper. Cash with order must be sent to 

 "The Cashier, University Farm, St. Paul, Minnesota." Orders will be filled 

 in rotation as received. Queens will be delivered as soon as conditions are 

 right for raising good queens. Orders specifying that queens must be 

 delivered on a certain day cannot be accepted. 



The University Division of Bee Culture is not in the queen rearing 

 business, but is attempting to raise the standard of stock of bees in Min- 

 nesota by supplying to Minnesota beekeepers a few high "blooded" queens 

 at cost of production, for breeding purposes. 



There is no foul blood anywhere near our queen rearing apiary. To 

 date, March 15, 1917, 67 queens have been ordered. 



Notices of bees for sale and those wishing to buy bees should be sent 

 in to the "Division of Bee Culture, University Farm, St. Paul, Minnesota." 



JUNIOR HORTICULTURAL CLUB. 



By R. S. Mackintosh, Horticultural Specialist. Agricul- 

 tural Extension Division, University Farm, St. Paul. 



Greetings to the boys and girls who have enrolled in the Junior Garden 

 Club. We are starting out to produce something and the motto is: "Make 

 the Better Best." The motto means that we are going to do our best to 

 grow the most and best vegetables and to market or can them in the best 

 way possible. Thousands of boys and girls are working under this motto 

 this year and in the South, where the season opens early, they are now at 

 work. In Minnesota we cannot start so early, but we shall start just as 

 soon as the time comes. 



The soil in the garden needs special attention, because it is in it and 

 from it we shall get the fine vegetables. A sandy loam is probably best 

 for most vegetables, but we must use what we have. Just as soon as the 

 frost is out, and it is dry enough, plow or spade ground thoroughly to a 

 depth of eight inches. If it is not rich enough, a three-inch layer of rotted 

 manure may be applied before spading or plowing. A small garden can be 

 spaded in a half hour or so. Keep the surface raked or cultivated after 

 each rain to prevent its drying out. 



Before the land is ready to work a plain and accurate plan must be 

 worked out, so that you will know where every seed or plant is to go. 

 George Washington, while president, managed his Virginia farms in a 

 very careful manner. He had rotation plans made for several years in 

 advance, so that he knew what was to go in each field on each farm each 

 year. Our young gardeners should make a good plan. It will be useful 



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