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{^reoii littlf bolsonos (pocket valleys) 

 of Chile, Tern, Bolivia, and Ecuador; 

 for all their treineiulous active vol- 

 canoes, like Saugay and Cotopaxi; for 

 all an earthciuake activity beside 

 which tlu> "shake' at Charleston was 

 ini-re paper-doll play; for all the steep- 

 est uradients in the world (and I'ern 

 Is tli(> only place in the world w^here 

 a river falls 17,000 feet in 100 miles) 

 —in all that marvelous 3,(K)0-niile pro- 

 cession of uiaiitism there is not one 

 canyon which any sane person would 

 for an instant compare with that 

 titanic ixatih that tlie Colorado has 

 chiseled throujjch a comparatively fiat 

 upland. Nor is there anythinj? re- 

 motely approaching it in all the New 

 World. So much I can say at first 

 hand. As for the Old World; the ex- 

 plorer who shall find a gorge there 

 one-half as great will win undying 

 fame." 



THE HONEY CROP OF IQ03. 



It is Most Excellent in tiie Centr.il Northern 

 States. 



Each year, about July, Gleanings, 

 with characteristic enteriirise, gathers 

 reports from all over the country in 

 regard to the honey crop. About two 

 and one-half pages of the July 15th 

 issue are devoted to tliese brief re- 

 poi'ts, set in tine type. There is not 

 I'xini in the Review to copy them, but 

 the sunmung up of the editor is as 

 follows: 



"This has been a peculiar season; 

 but, taking all things into considera- 

 tion, there will b(> more white-clover 

 honey this year than last. The season 

 h.-is lieen exceptionally good in a great 

 part of the white-clover region, par- 

 ticularly in Wisconsin, ^^ichigan, Min- 

 nesota, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, and 

 Ohio. In some of the Southern States 

 the season has been poor. In the New 



I'higland Statts there has Iteen an al- 

 most conii)lel(' f;iibu'e; but rec<Mit 

 rains have toned np the situation so 

 that sonu' honey will be secured. The 

 yield of while honey has been light 

 in many paii^ of New York; but, as 

 in the New England States, the recent 

 rains have im]»roved conditions, but 

 not ([uite (mioul;!! to aiCect materially 

 the crop of white honey, but sufficient 

 to make, i)r()l»ably, a fair flow from 

 buclvwheat. 



In Pennsylvania the season has 

 been poor to fail*. In Nevada and 

 I'tah the season lias been good, and 

 the honey is of first (pinlity. In .Vri- 

 /ona tne flow has been less than the 

 average. In Kansas and Nebraska 

 the crop has been light in most sec- 

 tions. In Washington the season has 

 been poor. Texas will not come up 

 to the average. Idaho has had a se- 

 vere loss of bees. In Colorado there 

 may possibly be the usual crop, but 

 the season was imfavorable in the ear- 

 ly part of it. In Southern California, 

 notwithstanding the early prospects 

 were so tiattering, there will be only 

 about a third of a crop. In the cen- 

 tral part of the State the season is 

 little if any better. 



As to the quality, the honey will be 

 extra-tine this year; and even if there 

 should be more of it this year than 

 last, it will be so much better that th(> 

 prices ought to hold the level of last 

 year, especially if we take into con- 

 sideration the general advance in 

 other things during the past year. In 

 the Eastin'n marlcets. where produc- 

 tion has been light, the'-e onght to l)e 

 a g(Mieral toning-n]) of iirices. There 

 will not be a larg(» amount of Califor- 

 nia honey shipiied east this year, prob- 

 ably; so what little honey is produced 

 ought to l)ring good prices." 



On this same subject, Rro. Y'ork. of 

 the American Ree Joiu'ual, says: 



Our rei)orts show that the far East 

 has practically no honey, and the far 



