1893 



GLb^ANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



321 



SPHAYING-OUTFIT. 



We call the attention of our readers who are 

 interested, to the two pages in this issue devoted to 

 spraying-outtits. Instead of the pipe extension 

 shown, some of our readers prefer extra leng-tl) of 

 hose, and the nozzle attaclied to a pole. Tliis ar- 

 rangement posts a little more; l)ut for those who 

 prefer it we will fuinish extra half-inch Diamond 

 iiose at 15 cts. per foot; liy mail. 5cts. extra. Full 

 directions for preparing' the spraying-solutions, and 

 applying- them, accompany each ijump. Do not 

 spraj' when the trees are in full bloom, for that Is 

 too soon to do the work inti iided (to destroy the 

 insect pests); but it will poison the bees, just what 

 you do /(ot intend. The rig'ht time is after the pet- 

 als have fallen. In this connection you will do well 

 to read tlie article by Prof. Cook, "Bees as Fertil- 

 izers," which appeared in Gleanings for Sept. 15, 

 1891. We have this reprinted in a leaflet for general 

 distribution, and we furnish them at the following- 

 rate, which barely covers cost: 35 for 5c; 200 for 35c; 

 500 for 50c, or $1.00 per UM10, postpaid. There is no 

 need of a contlict between bee-men and fruit-men, 

 but, rather, the closest friendship, if each under- 

 stands the facts fully and acts tipon them. 



SEWING-MACHINES. 



On pag-eopiH)site33t) you will find a list of sewing- 

 machines. The manufacturers of these machines 

 have recently put out a machine sL.yled the Colum- 

 bian, warranted for 10 j'ears, and of the highest 

 grade throughout. We sell these at the price under 

 the head of Hartford, in the table. We recently 

 shipped one of these to a customer in Michigan, 

 who writes, after receiving it, as follows: 



The sewing-machine purchased of you is Just 

 splendid. Mrs. B. likes it very much. It runs nicely, 

 and does good work. There are some more of the 

 boys here who will want machines as soon as they 

 liave the money to spare. They have been m the 

 habit of buying on the weekly-installment plan. 

 Some pay $65.00 for a machine no bettei' than this 

 ■one. Send me several circulars of machines. 



NorLhville, Mich., April 8. Chas. Biery. 



We have sold over four hundted machines made 

 by this company, and they give almost universal 

 satisfaction. There ha\o been a few complaints, 

 all of which have been adjusted satisfactorily, so 

 far as we know. The company are so confident that 

 they will give satisiaction, that they agree to pay 

 the freight both ways, and refund the price if they 

 are not as represented, or give satisfaction to the 

 purchaser. 



OUR earliest tomatoes. 

 I believe the Early Kuby has been considered the 

 earliest; but it is of such irregular shape and small 

 size nobody wants very many of them. Vaughn's 

 Earliest of All is said to be a little earlier than the 

 Ruby, but also a little more Irregular in shape. 

 The Early Red Apple is as good shaped a tomato as 

 any, and nearly as early; but it is so small nobody 

 wants many after the larger kinds, like the Cham- 

 pion and Beauty, are on the market. We are test- 

 ing all of these kinds; and as we have more plants 

 than we care for, we propose to divide with any, 

 who may want them, at the usual price. We have 

 about 400 Ruby plants, and 100 each of Earliest of 

 All and Red Apple. We are also testing two of 

 Livingston's new tomatoes— the Dwarf Aristocrat 

 and the Buckeye State. We have about 100 plants 

 each of the above. Price of any of above, postpaid, 

 20c for 10 while they last. The Aristocrat is much like 

 the Dwarf Champion, only the color of the fruit is 

 said to be still brighter. Thes' are so dwarf that 

 i;hey may be planted 3x3 feet, or still closer in 

 small gardens. It will also be, perhaps, the best 

 t<jmato to grow in plant-beds, because the sash will 

 not ne^d to be raised very much to clear its foliage. 

 Livingston pronounces the Buckeye State the larg- 

 est-fruited variety they have ever sent out; and, 

 unlike the Mikado and Henderson's Ponderosa, this 

 tomato is said to be as smooth and handsome as 

 Livingston's Beauty. This is what Livingston 

 claims. 1 have bad no experience with any of the 

 four kinds except the Red Apple and the Ruby. 



freeman potatoes sold out. 

 And the worst of it is, everybody is wanting them. 

 If any of the friends have any that they will sell, 

 will they please tell us how many they have and 

 what the.y want for them? 



Later.— April 13.— The call for Freeman potatoes, 

 not only eyes but pounds bj' mail, and pecks and 

 bushels and barrels by exiiress and freight, are the 

 main topic just now; and, l)y tne way, I iiave myself 

 been a little shortsighted, for I did not know that 

 the Freeman potato is alinostor quite as early as the 

 Early Ohio This, atldcd to the fact that it is ever 

 so much more productive, and of a quality almost 

 equal to our old SnowHake, explains why everybody 

 wants it. An hour or two ago a good Iriend wrote 

 that he liail ten or eleven bushels to spare, and 

 wanted to know what we would give. I sent him a 

 telegram, telling him to send them all, at his own 

 price. This may be a little reckfess; but bee-men 

 are generally reasonable and fair. I hope we shall 

 be able to keep tilling mail orders (even if we don't 

 do any thing morel, at the prices given in our last 

 issue. 



Now, friends, here is something that I have just 

 studied up, that is going to make business for a 

 great lot of us. In a good many localities, two crops 

 can be raised in a season. The way our friends in 

 Virginia and Tennessee work it is to leave the new 

 potatoes in the sun until they get a little sunburnt; 

 then cover them with earth; and as soon as they 

 begin lo sprout, have your field all prepared; cut 

 your potatoes to one or two eyes, and plant. If you 

 don't put in any thing but a sprouted potato, you 

 will have a perfe<;t stand; and it you can manage to 

 escape the late frosts, you will have potatoes that 

 will keep over winter very much better than those 

 raised earlier in the season. Perhaps some of the 

 friends who have been doing this can give us some 

 additional hints in the matter. Yes, tliere is going 

 to be "big money" in the Freeman potatoes for 

 seed, for some little time yet. Oh, yes! the Free- 

 man has one little fault— the potatoes are rather 

 more spread out in the hill than the Early Ohio and 

 some others; therefore it is a little more work to 

 dig them. 



terry's potato book— a new edition. 

 Perhaps it may interest many of tlie friends to 

 know that T. B. Terry is hard at work re-writing 

 the A B C of Potato Culture, tor the whole 50t0 of 

 the first edition is just auout exhausted. Well, I 

 have just been reading the pages of the first form; 

 and it they could be put belore the farmers and 

 gardeners of America, bt;fore they get to work 

 plowing and planting potatoes, it seems to me it 

 would be worth— well, a big lot. I iiad thought 

 some of putting the»e valuable chapters in Glean- 

 ings; but our pages are already crowded in every 

 department, and a great part of our readers care 

 little or nothing about plowing clover under, or 

 about planting potatoes; therefore I have decided 

 that it would be best to ofi'er these advance sheets 

 only to those who want tnem. How shall we do it ? 

 I tliink the best plan will be to manage as we have 

 with our other text-books on agriculture while they 

 were coming out. Send us 40 cents for these first 

 pages, and we will mail you other advance sheets as 

 fast as they are printed, and the whole book when it is 

 ready. Terry's revised ideas up to the present 

 time, on plowing and preparing the ground, are 

 worth several dollars to me, to say nothing of the 

 rest of the book. There are certain problems in 

 regard to working the soil that 1 have oeen debat- 

 ing on more or less ever since 1 owned a plow and a 

 good team. Since friend Terry wrote the first edi- 

 tion of the book, he has talked at the dilTerent 

 institutes witli some of the very best farmers in the 

 United States: he has heard all these things dis- 

 cussed pro and con, by the best and most intelligent 

 tillers of the soil, not only here in Ohio, but 

 throughout a great number of the most progressive 

 States in the Union. Now he sits down and gives 

 us his views, after summing up all the suggestions 

 and talks that have come before him. May be you 

 think I am a little prejudiced in favor of friend 

 Terry's teachings. Perhaps I am. Huber and I 

 recently paid him a visit, walked all over his farm, 

 and went through his toolhouse, etc. I propose to 

 tell you of it in our next issue I think you will 

 enjoy reading the advance pages of this book, and I 

 know very well 1 shall enjoy seeing them go into 

 the mailbags— not alone for the pay 1 get, for I have 

 already contemplated furnishing them without 

 pay; and if I knew who wanted them and who 

 didn't, I don't know but I would try it. Then, 

 again, if I gave away the advance pages, who would 

 buy the book '/ and where would my pay come from 

 to meet the expense of making the pictures, setting 

 the type, etc.? 



