1893 



GLEANl^l^.s IN liKE CULTURE. 



831 



746. You made me 800 of these frames, and let 

 me say that the material and workmanship of 

 ail were as perfect as the specimen sent. I 

 have always used top-tars Pa inches wide and 

 % thick, with interspace ^{ to^^^j, and was never 

 troubled much with burr-combs. Such frames 

 were too wide at the end, and unhandy to get 

 hold of. This frame has Hoffman ends, 1% in. 

 wide: top- bar ■}i thick, 1^5 wide, with projec- 

 tion °^ square, which gives you a good finger- 

 hold, and, what is important, gives the bees a 

 free passage to the end sections above, directly 

 up the ends of the hive. 



Nine frames, when tightly wedged together, 

 measure IS'^s inches, leaving the interspaces ^"W 

 of an inch wide. The aggregate width of 

 frames is reduced ^ inch by indentation of the 

 corners. This frame is strong, and always 

 keeps its shape. Dr. Miller, I think, is right in 

 the 14-inch interspace between top-bars; and 

 if it falls only a small fraction below this the 

 bees will close it with propolis, as noticed in the 

 space of fV between the outside frames and wall 

 of hive. Any unnecessary space that crowds a 

 bee in passing will be closed. 



I have used frames K thick, and am getting 

 rid of them as fast as I can. Rees, in reaching 

 the surplus apartment, don't like to travel too 

 far through dead timber; and in my experience 

 they will commence work sooner over thin top- 

 bar's than very thick ones. With a f4 top -bar 

 and a full V interspace, my queens, not once 

 this summer, have entered the supers. I have 

 no use for honey-boards, queen-e.xcluders, nor 

 any such fi.xtures. Five-eighths is thick enough 

 for strength, and vvill, if the space is only 3€ 

 inch, prevent burr-combs. J. A. Scudde'r. 



Washington, Ind., Oct. 14. 



[We have given Mr. Scudder's improvements 

 on the Hoffman frame no little thought; and 

 the more we think upon it. the moi'e we appre- 

 ciate at least one of the changes; and that is, 

 narrowing up the projection or end of the top- 

 bars so as to give more finger-room in handling. 

 This also obviates the trouble of the spliiting- 

 off of the edges of the end-bars. and. to a great 

 extent, to stiffen the frames. We would make 

 the change on all of our frames were it not for 

 the great expense. Such frames would cost 

 considerably more. We commend a careful 

 reading of Mr. Scudder's article, and we should 

 be glad to receive suggestions and criticisms.] 



STOKING UP HEAT FOR FUTURE USE. 



Since the world began. I can not find that 

 anybody has, before my time, done any thing 

 worthy of mention in the way of storing up 

 heat for future use — at least, no one has suc- 

 ceeded in saving it in sufficient quantities so as 

 to warm a building 36 hours after the fire that 

 furnished the heat had gone out. If so, I should 

 like to hear from such. Not only are our 

 greenhouses warmed in this way over Sunday, 

 but our dwelling also. 400 feet away from the 

 fire. The heat is stored up in the heated earth 

 under ground, and is carried where it is wanted 

 by means of hot-water pijies. A. I. R. 



THE NEW CELEliV CULTURE. 



Heigh-ho ! I have finally succeeded in get- 

 ting nice crisp celery by tlu^ new culture. It is. 

 however, on our exceedingly rich plant-beds, 

 where the ground is nearly half manure. The 

 plants were thinned out to about 7 inches apart, 

 and allowed to grow in the bed. Unless they 

 are about so close, and there is a full stand, the 

 stalks are apt to sprawl around, not compact 

 like those banked up with earth; but when you 

 succeed, ihe product is nice and the stalks are 

 brittle and of beautiful pearly whiteness, and 

 hardly need washing. A. I. R. 



FREEMAN POTATOES. 



In answer to a good many questions, I answer 

 that the Freeman is an early potato— say a week of 

 ten days later than the Ohio. The shape is much 

 like the Ohio, only iterhaps a little more fiat or 

 elongated, although many specimens are rovind. 

 It has the smoothest eyes of any potato I have ever 

 seen; and it is the cleanest and'handsonie8t potato, 

 I think, I have ever seen. The tiesh is white the 

 skin is white, or, rather, straw color In quality it 

 is almost if not quite equal to the Snowtlake. Un- 

 der favorable circumstances the yield is enormous; 

 and if you plant them too far apart they will often 

 grow too large. Notwithstanding, I have never 

 yet seen a prongy Freeman, or one with small 

 potatoes growing on the side of a large one. 

 It is especially suited to the one eye system 

 practiced by Terry. The fact that T. B. Terry 

 plants his whole farm to the Freeman, and 

 nothing else, ought to lie a sufficient recommend for 

 it. Ever since the tirst year of its introduction 

 the crop has been sold out long before planting- 

 time; and thousands of dollars have had to lie re- 

 turned because the orders could not be filled. In 

 view of this, I think it will be well to lay in a stock 

 this fall, before freezing weather renders it unsafe 

 to ship. For prices, see page 803. The small pota- 

 toes that we offer at P. 00 a barrel are pronounced 

 by T. B. Terry himself to be genuine Freemans. 

 I mention this because there has been quite a, little 

 complaiTit that the seed received from different 

 .sources was not all true. When it was so hard to 

 get hold of Freemans, it would not be very strange 

 if something else by some mistake not to say in- 

 tentional wrong — were sent out. 



Books by T. B. Terry and Others. 



The long winter evenings bring extra time for 

 reading. A pait of this time covild not be more prof- 

 itably siu'iit than in reading the following rural 

 hand-bonks which we send bv mail at the uniform 

 piiceof 40c each. Tlie new edition of the A B C of 

 Potato C'liltiuc, lewritten this season bj- T. B. Terry, 

 will be c()nii>leted in Decemlier. For 10c e.xtia we 

 will send at once a copy of the old edition and the 

 new also when finished. 



==^=fr The A B C of Potato Culture. 



Pajier. 2-M pages. 4x5, illustrated. This 

 isT. B. Terry's first and most masterly 

 work. The liook has had a large sale, 

 and has been reprinted in foreign lan- 

 • — - _- .Ullages. The second edition, reset and 

 CULTUnL almost entirely rewritten, is just issued. 

 (rSD«a?<2>G/' When we are thoroughly conversant 

 with fi-iend Terry's system of raising- 

 potatoes, we shall be ready to handle almost any 

 farm crop successfully. Price 40c. postjiaid. 



The A B C of Strawberry f^ 



Culture. Paper. 150 pages, fully il- 



hi'-ti i(t(l This i> Terry's latest .x;(i((;? 



book ind h 1-1 III ( ived some very high 



^^olds of pi iis( Who among rural 



l)i<ipli (lo( s not have a little garden- 



p iti h ■' If \ou would learn to raise in 



It til it most liis( lous of all fruit, the 



sliiwbiiiN with the best results, you 



I in not bi without this littlebook. Even if you don't 



^low sti iwbi 1 1 u s yon will be the better for reading it. 



Tile Drainage. By w. i. Cham- 



1 1 lin. This is a valuable companion 

 to our of her rural books, li embraces 

 till t xperience of forty yi'ars of one of 

 0111 foreniosl practical agrieultiirisls, 

 w ho has laid with his own hands over 

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 usi I ated. Price 40c, postpaid. 



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 siibsiiiliti to It ( eive Gr-EANINOS the rest of this 

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Terry's First Large=Sized Book. 



We have .iiist icceived KHIcopies of "Our Farniiiig," 

 from Win. Henry Maule. Price, by mail, iiostpaid, 

 $2Ml If ordered by express or freight with other 

 goods, you may deduct the i)ostage, 1.5c.; or we will 

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 for $2.50. 



A. I. ROOT, Medina, Ohio. 



