1896 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



403 



the year as a table potato they are second to 

 none unless it is the New Queen and Freeman. 

 This, in addition to the fact that they are such 

 tremendous yielders in most localities, I think 

 is destined to make them valuable. 



MAULE'S NKW THOROUGHUKED POTATO: A REPORT 



PROM THEM OUT IN THE FIELDS, FROM 



(JOLDSBORO, N. C. 



Friend Root :— They are in full bloom, and have 

 been for several days p.ist. The tubers are about 

 lialf an inch in diameter — tlie larg'est ones. They 

 are setting' them very nicely all along- the root, friim 

 bottom to top, and well spaced apart, and distant 

 from the main root or stem, all of which are g'ood 

 points. They are not as early, nor as vig^orous gi-ow- 

 ers, as is the White Bliss Triumph iiji to this date. 

 How this will compare further on will have to be 

 determined by later experiments. I am satisfied of 

 the fact that they are better potatoes than Maule's 

 Freeman or Irish Daisy— stronger growers and bet- 

 ter yielders, etc. 



THE COLORADO BUGS HAVE ALREADY PASSED THEIR 



OPINION IN RE(iARD TO THE QUALITY OF THE 



THOROUGHBRED. 



I met Mr. T. B. Parker, who. by the way. bought a 

 barrel of Thorouglibteds of Maule, and let several 

 parties have a peek of them. JNIy brother-in-law and 

 myself each got some from Parker; and our experi- 

 ence has been all the same with resjiect to potato- 

 bugs. They api)eared with the potatoes as thej^ 

 came above ground in early spring. T have one acre 

 of the VVIiite Triumph, separated only about forty 

 yards from the Thoroughbreds, and I have found 

 bugs on but about three or four hills of the Tri- 

 umph, in the last few days, wliile quite a while ago 

 I treated the entire patch of Thoroughbreds to kill 

 the bugs that were all over the plot. 



Parker has half an acre of Thoroughbreds, and 

 about six acres of the Triumph, lying right by the 

 side of the Tiioroughbreds. He says he has more 

 bugs on tlie latter than on all the rest of his six 

 acres. So we concluded tliat Maule's potatoes are 

 "thorough '" as to bugs as well as to i>otatoes. 



Goldsboro, N. (.'., May 12. A. L Swinson. 



Health Notes. 



HORLICK S MALTED MILK. 



After reading what is said on page 265 I made 

 some experiments lo see if 1 could get the bees 

 to take Horlick's malted milk as they take rye 

 flour, but I did not succeed: but I did succeed 

 in finding it one of the most delicious and 

 strengthening food products for myself of any 

 thing I have ever gotten hold of. In fact, it 

 seems almost ridiculous to think that a little 

 package of this powder, that can be easily car- 

 ried in the vest pocket, would furnish so much 

 strength and endurance. The way I use it is 

 as follows: Put a heaping teaspoonful into a 

 teacup, and pour on the hot water. Stir it up, 

 and it is ready to take. Some of our folks put 

 in salt and peppf-r. and they say it resembles 

 oyster broth. My favorite way is to prepare a 

 cupful as above, and then break in pieces of 

 rye zwieback, which we get from the Battle 

 Creek folks. After trying all kinds of bread, 

 including whole-wheat flour, I have settled 

 down on zwieback made of rye bread as fur- 

 nishing more strength than any of the others; 

 and with the malted milk it makes a most com- 

 plete ration. Permit me to say again that it is 

 simply astonishing to think a teaspoonful (or 

 even a tablespoonful. if you choose) of malted 

 milk can contain so much nourishment. The 

 only drawback that I know of is that it is tol- 

 erably expensive: and yet it is not more so than 

 ever so many other things that we buy for food, 

 and think nothing of it. As a concentrated 

 food — that is, something that can be compress- 

 ed into small bulk, and with little weight — my 

 impression is that malted milk stands nearly at 



the head; and with hot water at hand, a good 

 "hot supper" is made ready in less than a 

 minuie. 



KAFIR CORN AS A "HEALTH FOOD." 



We clip the following from the New York 

 Tribune of April 1.5, from the pen of F. D. 

 Coburn. Secretary Kansas State Board of Ag- 

 riculture: 



Important developments in the adaptability of 

 these new grains for milling and food purposes 

 seem likely in the near future. 



The product of these grains is on the market to 

 some extent as "Kafir meal," " Kaflr flour," 

 "Kaflreiia," "Kafir Graham," etc., and challenges 

 comparison with any of the so-called "health" 

 flours, at one-half or one-third their prices. 



To your article on zwieback you might have added, 

 " Zwieback dissolved In hot water, sweetened, makes 

 the best baby-food. C. Harkens. 



Long Prairie, Minn. 



Special Notices in the Line of Gardening, Etc. 



By A. I. Root. 



VEGETABLE-PLANTS FOR MAY 15. 



We have a fine stock of every thing mentioned in 

 our last issue, and our swcet-potato-plants are now 

 in excellent trim to set out. Until further notice 

 we will furnish the Yellow Jersey sweet potato and 

 the yellow Peabody Yams at 25 cent3 per 100, or $2.00 

 per 1000 The General Grant bunch sweet potato 

 and bunch yam will be 40 cents per 100. If wanted 

 by mail, add 25 ceiUs for postage. 



Strawberry-plants are now too far along to send 

 out safely, as they are covered with blossoms and 

 green fruit. As long- i-unners are already out, how- 

 ever, with seasonable rains we shall have new 

 plants ready to ship, some varieties In June. We 

 will notify you when they are ready. 



We have some very nice Prizetaker onion-sets, as 

 large as a leadpencil, or larger, at only 15 cents per 

 100, or $1.00 per 1000. If wanted by mail add 10 cents 

 per 100 lor postage. This is more than the postage 

 given in the price list, because they are extra large 

 and strong. 



A DOLLAR'S WORTH OF SEED POTATOES TO EVERY- 

 BODY W'HO SENDS US A DOLLAR FOR 

 GLEANINGS. 



It does not matter whether the dollar is for past, 

 present, or future. Whoever pays us a dollar for 

 Gleanings gets a dollar's worth of potatoes; and 

 whoever pays us a dollar for seed potatoes has a 

 dollar's worth of Gleanings if he wants it. We 

 have still remaining the following kinds: Early 

 Ohio. Freeman, Lee's Favorite. New Queen, Monroe 

 Seedling, Beauty of Hebron, State of Maine, Kural 

 New-Yorker, and New Craig. For prices see page 

 366, last issue. Nciv Craig for the rest of the reason 

 only 7.5 rents per bushel, or $2.00 per barrel ; seconds, 

 one-half price. 



Hundreds of bushels of potatoes have been given 

 away already, and there are hundreds more to be 

 given to the subscribers of Gleanings. All you 

 have to do is to pay up arrears, or send in money in 

 advance. Every dollar you send us for Gleanings 

 entitles you to a dollar's worth of choice seed pota- 

 toes. You can make your own selection from the 

 above-named varieties. 



THE bee-keepers' ARMENIAN FUND. 



Contributions up to date are as follows: 



Amount previously acknowledged $TT 97 



F. I. Weaver. Coui-tnev. Texas 2 00 



E. Pickup, Limerick, 111 1 00 



J. P. Cooper, Pikeville.Tenn 1 00 



■•?81 iiT 



I shall want Gleanings as long as I keep bees, so 

 don't stop it, even if I am back a little. The ser- 

 mons, footnotes, and gardening help me much. 



Yarmouth, Me., March 23. L. B. True. 



