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in; and behind him must be the author- 

 ity of the law Avith a penalty attached 

 for a refusal to obey his instructions. 

 The Inspector may never tind it neces- 

 sary to call the law to his aid, but 

 the fact that he has it in his power to 

 do so has a wonderful influence in 

 leading people to listen to his argu- 

 ments. 



WIND POWER FOR HIVE MAKING AND 

 FARM WORK. 



I went over to Swartz Creek the 

 other day to visit a bee-keeping spec- 

 ialist, Mr. F. D. Bloss, who has man- 

 aged as many as three apiaries at one 

 time. The thing that interested me as 

 much as anything was his power 

 windmill, arranged for pumping wa- 

 ter, shelling corn, grinding feed, and 

 running a saw for making hives. Any 

 one, or all, of these machines may be 

 run at one time. Each machine can 

 be thrown into or out of gear inde- 

 pendent of the others. The machinery, 

 shafting, etc., were all fltted up by 

 Mr. Bloss himself. 



I had my camera with me and took 

 a view of the interior, as well as of 

 the mill and the handsome farm resi- 

 dence, but I could not get back far 

 enough in the shop to get as good a 

 view as I wished, and when I learned 

 by correspondence with the makers 

 of the mill, that they had a cut show- 

 ing the whole general arrangement of 

 a mill arranged for such work, I de- 

 cided to use it as a frontispiece in- 

 stead of the view that I had taken. 



I asked Mr. Bloss to give some of 

 the particulars regarding the cost and 

 use of the mill, and these will be 

 found in the first article for this 

 monthi For a farmer bee-keeper who 

 has wood to saw, water to pump and 

 feed to grind for stock, and bee-hives 

 to make, I can think of no more de- 

 sirable power than that of a good 

 windmill. 



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TAKING COLD. 



Exposure is not the Primar}- Cause. 



Considering the great importance of 

 health, and the almost impossibility 

 oi enjoying life, or accomplishing 

 anything when sick or sickly, it is 

 with diil'iculty that I have frequently 

 refrained from allowing more than 

 I have to appear in the Review on the 

 subject. ^Vhen a boy, if I had known 

 what I now know, and had done as 

 well as I knew how, I am satisfieci 

 that I need never have knov/n a sick 

 day. It is only Avithin the last two 

 or three years that I have learnefl 

 that '"taking cold," as we understant' 

 the term, is seldom the result of ex- 

 i'osure. Years ago I Avas ahvays so 

 careful to bundle up Avell AA'hen I AA'ei t 

 out in the cold, careful not to stand 

 in a draft, nor to go out of doors bare- 

 headed, etc., yet I frequently had a 

 cold, and was often puzzled to know 

 hOAV or AA'iien I could have "caught it." 

 as I could not recall having exposed 

 myself— sometimes I had "not even 

 been out of the house." Now I knoAV 

 that these "colds" Avere the results of 

 my improper methods of liA'ing. Since 

 correcting them I am no more troubled 

 Avith colds. This whole matter is so 

 thoroughly, scieutitically, and graphic- 

 ally explained by our old friend, Mr 

 T. B. Terry, he of potato fame, in an 

 article in the Practical Farmer, that 

 I take pleasure in copying it. It is 

 well Avortli the perusal, and the advice 

 given Avould lead to a great improve- 

 ment in health. Mr. Terry says: 



"All readers do not quite under- 

 stand Avhat has been said on this point, 

 judging by letters r(>ceivcMl. I sai'l 

 exposure to cold is not the real or 



