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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Mak. 1. 



without a single exception, the cows would 

 first turn to the sweet clover. This satisfies me 

 that cows prefer it; but, like alfalfa, it pro- 

 duces the very best of milk and butter. I have 

 tried all the different varieties of clover here. 

 Alfalfa and sweet clover are the only two that 

 will make a success in this part of the country. 

 Alsike, white, and red clover will do well here 

 a seasonable year; but these long dry summers 

 do them up, although I have a little of each 

 left from sowing three years ago; but they will 

 not grow here as well as alfalfa and sweet clo- 

 ver. In 1893, I think half of my honey was 

 from sweet clover. It was of a fine flavor, light 

 in color, and of a very heavy body; this season 

 it did not bloom. 



A DEER RECORD FOR KAMBI.EK AND WILDER 

 TO MATCH. 



Say, Rambler, that picture of that doe on 

 page 868, Nov. 1.5, looks very natural. But 

 here in Texas we carry them on horseback, 

 when the horse does not buck them off. We 

 returned from a deer- hunt a few days since. 

 Our party consisted of six hunters, a negro 

 cook, seven horses, two wagons, and six deer- 

 hounds; we killed eleven deer. I killed four- 

 two as fine bucks as I ever saw^a hue doe, and 

 a fawn; brother Blllie killed four— one buck 

 that had 18 points on his horns, but rather 

 small and crumpled. Mr. Smith killed two, 

 and Mr. Whittaker one. We had a grand good 

 time. On our hunt in 1893 I did the best shoot- 

 ing I ever knew of personally. A large doe and 

 two yearlings ran by me together. I fired four 

 shots and killed all three. I use a double-bar- 

 reled shot-gun, so I had to reload and shoot the 

 third one before it got out of range. On a hunt 

 six years ago our party killed 15 deer. I killed 

 seven out of that number. Who of our bee- 

 keeping friends has a better record '.' 



Lisbon, Texas, Dec. 2(1. 



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A PLEA FOR FATHER LANGSTROTH. 



lUl Will. Mutli-Bnsiivix 



I learn on good authority, that many who 

 have been in the habit of contributing to the 

 Langstroth fund at the beginning of each year 

 have not done so yet; and I have reason for 

 thinking that father Langstroth feels the 

 omission. What is the matter, friends? Are 

 times so hard that you can not keep your 

 pledges? or have you forgotten that father 

 Langstroth is still with us— old, poor, feeble, 

 and in need of friendly aid? I know that the 

 past season has been hard on many; but can 

 we not lop off a little expense here or there, to 

 spare a few dollars ? Get out your A B C of Bee 

 Culture; look upon the kind, venerable face of 

 your benefactor, and then think whether you 

 have the heart to omit giving your usual contri- 

 bution, on which he no doubt depends for part 

 of the necessaries and comforts in his old age. 



Father Langstroth is now eighty-four years 



old. It is not likely that he can remain with 

 us a great while longer. When he is dead and 

 gone, the bee-keepers will perhaps rouse up and 

 put a fine monument on his grave. But what 

 good will that do him ? Now is the time when 

 he needs our help. When he is gone, his mem- 

 ory will live in the heart of every true Amer- 

 ican bee-keeper, with or without any monu- 

 ment to remind us of what he has been tons 

 and what he has done for us. I am sure that 

 the satisfaction of having done a kind act, 

 where it is so fully deserved, will amply repay 

 any one for what he may give. 



L. L. LANGSTROTH IN HI.S SOTH YEAR. 



Send your contributions direct to L. L. Lang- 

 stroth, Dayton, Ohio, or to the editor of the 

 Arnericiin Bee Journdl. George \Y. York, 5(i 

 Fifth Avenue, Chicago, III., who will forward 

 the money to him. 



Independence, Cal., Feb. 11. 



[To save the trouble of hunting up the pic- 

 ture in the ABC we reproduce the cut above 

 from the last photo taken of Langstroth, and 

 ill his 80th year. Yes, indeed, I know of quite 

 a number who have forgotten their pledges. 

 We have kept up ours of $.50.00 n-gularly for 

 10 years, as 1 see" by our books, and smaller 

 pledges before that. It seems to me that all 

 the back pledges should be made up iioiv; and 

 I know that there are some at least who are 

 well able to do it. If Langstroth was robbed 

 of his rights as an invenior iu his prime, shall 

 he now be robbed of his just dues in his old 

 age, sick and intirin ? I make this appeal with- 

 out the knowledge, advice, or consent of Mr. 

 Langstroth or his daughter; but I happen to 

 know that the money would not come amiss. — 

 Ed. I 



