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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Sept. 15. 



it should transpire that buckwheat is a cheap 

 pork-producing plant, it would be another thing 

 in its favor. Years ago I wrote about keeping 

 poultry without any care or attention by sow- 

 ing buckwheat for them, say every week during 

 the season. It was because our hens did so well 

 when we had a field of buckwheat close to the 

 poultry-houses, and because some of the biddies 

 went but into the Held, stole nests, hatched 

 great broods of chickens, and reared them, not 

 only without any care and attention, but with- 

 out any knowledge on the part of the owner, 

 until the mother paraded a great brood, old 

 enough to be past the danger-line. Another 

 thing that pleases me is to know that buck- 

 wheat is a success as far south as North Caroli- 

 na. I thought it was rather a cold-weather 

 plant. 



ABONDANCE PLUMS. 



Mr. Root: — Your mention of Abondance 

 plums, page 607, will no doubt cause many of 

 your readers to plant them, which is all rieht; 

 but I wish to add a word of caution. Many of 

 the Japanese plums bloom too early, and get 

 frosted. Then mauy nursery men bud them on 

 peach-stocks, which is a mistake that the 

 planter will have to bear. All plums should be 

 budded on plum-stocks. The following are the 

 best of the Japan plums: Abondance, Bur- 

 bank, Red June, Chabot, Orient, and possibly a 

 few more. They are a beautiful tree, and fruit 

 brings a good price in the market. In planting 

 for market I chose Abundance and Burbank, 

 and will add Red June and Orient at my next 

 planting. I will favor the readers of Glean- 

 ings with my success with these plums in 

 North Missouri as soon as they commence 

 bearing. Being interested in horticulture, I 

 should like to know bow your Rocky Mountain 

 cherries have fruited. 



FKEKMAN POTATOES. 



I planted a barrel of Freeman potatoes, and 

 am well pleased with both the yield and quali- 

 ty, though they are not quite so early as expect- 

 ed. I followed the Terry plan of plantiug and 

 cultivating. E. F. Quigley. 



Unionville, Mo., Aug. fi. 



The trouble here, friend Q., with the Abon- 

 dance plum, is as you mention — they are very 

 apt to be cut off by late frosts. A ueighbor of 

 ours has an orchard of toward lUO trees, and 

 last spring they were loaded with green plums; 

 but the frost took every one of them. The 

 frost also took every one of our Rocky Moun- 

 tain cherries; but our experiment station secur- 

 ed some fruit, and they tell me they are more 

 like an enlarged wild cherry or choke-cherry 

 than the tame cherries that grow on our trees. 

 I fear that the nurserymen have overstated in 

 regard to the quality of the fruit. 



HUMBUGS AND SWINDLES. 



A subscriber sends us a part of a periodical 



that calls itself the United States Health Re- 

 ports. On this clipping there is a big boom of 

 the California cold process of preserving cold 

 fruits, signed by Mrs. M. A. Curter, Englewood, 

 111. She tells how a poor woman can make one 

 or two hundred dollars around home in a few 

 days by selling the secret for a dollar. Any- 

 body who wants to sell you a secret or a recipe 

 for doing any thing for a dollar or any other 

 sum, had better be turned out of doors to start 

 with; do not parley or argue. Get him clear 

 off your premises as sonn as possible, for all such 

 things are humbugs and swindles. This poor 

 woman says she will s. lid samples of the fruit. 



with full directions, for 18 two-cent stamps. I 

 do not know whether she sends any thing for the 

 stamps when she gets them, or not; but the 

 thing is an old humbug and an old swindle. On 

 the other side of the paper we read : 



•"Indorsement of the United States Health 

 Reports, July 19, 1S95." 



Then they go on to tell that the United States 

 has indorsed the Perfection Manufacturing 

 Co.'s dish-washer. The washer may be a very 

 good thing — we don't know; but the puff of the 

 thing is an out-and-out swindle. It is a little 

 significant, but not at all strange, that, on the 

 same little clipping, we find a denunciation of 

 preachers in general. One would think this 

 United States Health Report had a special dis- 

 like or dread of the very word "preacher," and 

 well they may have. We have looked in our 

 commercial reports for the standing of the Per- 

 fection Manufacturing Co., Englewood, 111., but 

 the quotation is blank, blank. Look out for all 

 such advertisements. 



Books for Bee- Keepers and others. 



Anyoftkese books on which postage is not given will be 

 torwaidecl by mail, postpaid, on receipt of price. 



In buying boolcs, as every thing else, we are liable to disap- 

 pointment if we make a purchase without seeing the article. 

 Admitting that the bookseller could read all the books he 

 offers, as he has them for sale, it were hardly to be expected 

 lie would be the one to mention all the faults, as well as good 

 things about a book. I vei-y much desire that those who favor 

 me with their patronage shall not be disappointed, and there- 

 tore 1 .im going to try to prevent it by mentioning ail the 

 faults, so far as I can. that the purchaser may know what he 

 is getting. In the following list, books that I approve I have 

 marked with a • ; those I especially approve, •* ; those that 

 are not up to times, t ; books that contain but little matter for 

 the price, large type, and much space between the lines,t; 

 foreign, §. The bee-books are all good. 



BIBLES, HYMN-BOOKS, AND OTHER GOOD BOOKS. 

 As many of the bee-books are sent with other goods by 

 freight or express, incurring no postage, we give prices sepa- 

 rately. You will notice, that you can judge of the size of 

 the books very well by the amount required for postage 

 on each. 



8 I Bible, good print, neatly bound 20 



10 I Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress** 30 



30 I Illustrated Pilgrim's Progress** 75 



This is a large book of 425 pages and 175 illustrations, and 

 would usually be called a S2.00 book. A splendid book to pre- 

 sent to children. Sold in gilt edge for 25c more. 



6 I First Steps for Little Feet. By the author of 



the Story of the Bible. Abetter book for young children can 

 not be found in the whole round of literature, and at the same 

 time there can hardly be found a more attractive book. Beau- 

 tifully bound, and fully Illustrated. Price 50 c. Two copies 

 will be sold for 75 cents. Postage six cents each. 



5 I Harmony of the Gospels 35 



3 I John Ploughman's Talks and Pictures, by 



Kev. C. H. Spurgeon* 10 



1 I Gospel Hymns, consolidated Nos.1,2, 3, and 



4, words only, cloth, 10 c ; paper 05 



2 I Same, board covers 30 



5 I Same, words and music, small type, board 



covers . . 45 



10 I Same, words and music, board covers 75 



3 I New Testament in pretty flexible covers. . . 05 

 5 i New Testament, new version, paper covers. 10 

 5 I Robinson Crusoe, paper cover 10 



4 Stepping Heavenward** 18 



16 I Story of the Bible** 1 00 



A large "book of 700 pages, and 274 Illustrations. Will be read 

 by almost every chila. 



The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life**.. . . 35 



Same in cloth binding 50 



" The Life of Trust," by Geo. Muller** 1 25 



Ten Nights in a Bar-Room, T. S. Arthur*.. 05 



Tobacco Manual** 45 



This is a nice book that will be sure to be read, if left around 

 where the boys get hold of it, and any boy that reads it will 

 be pretty safe from the tobacco habit. 



BOOKS ESPECIALLY TOR BEE-KEEPERS. 

 Postage [Price without postage. 



16 A B Cof Bee Culture. Cloth 110 



5 A Year Among the Bees, by C. C. Miller. . . 45 

 Advanced Bee Culture, by W. Z. Hutchinson 50 

 Amatour Bee-kfeper, by J. W. Rouse 23 



14 j Bees and Bee-keeping, by Frank Cheshire, 



England. Vol. I.§ 3 36 



31 I Same, Vol. II.§ r 3 79 



or, $5.25 for the two, postpaid. 

 10 I Bees and Honey, by T. G. Newman 90 



