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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



July 1. 



We liave the finest cabbag-e and cauliflower we ever 

 raised before in ihe world. Johnson & Stokes" extra- 

 early cabbage so far has gone ahead of the Jersey 

 Wakefield. It is just as early, but the greater part 

 of the heads aievervmuch larger. Most of them 

 are conical in shape, like the Wakefield, but the va- 

 riety dt)es not seem to be very mucli fixed, for there 

 are a Rood many round heads among them; but as 

 they are very large and early, it does not matter 

 verv much. 



We have beautiful ripe onions, both White Multi- 

 plier and the Whittaker onion, besides the extra- 

 early American Pearl 



We have been having- a big' trade on peas at 10 

 cts. a quart until within the present week. To-day, 

 June 2o. they are down to 5 cts.- -retail, of course. 

 We shall have new tomatoes, and new green corn, 

 probably, within a week. 



Our first gathering- of white-egg turnips was put 

 on the wagon to-day, and 1 tell you they are 

 beauties. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



THE NEW-PBOCESS FOUNDATION. 



The foundation from Syracuse came the next day 

 after I wrote you. It is the nicest I ever saw. 

 Fair Haven, Vt. A. J. Gibbs. 



A GOOD WORD FOR THE LEAN-MEAT DIET. 



I owe you many thanks for bringing to my notice 

 the "lean-meat cure." It has been a great benefit 

 to me. I am stronger, and have a better digestion, 

 than at any time in years. P. M. Hood. 



Boyne Falls, Mich. 



Potatoes received this morning. Many thanks 

 for your kindness. My wife cooked a mess of the 

 Preemans for dinner, and we pronounce them as 

 good as the old red Peachblow or any other potato 

 we ever had, and they were larger than I expected. 



Quincy, Mich., June 15. J. S. Cleaveland. 



ries and nice honey for dinner, and have a fish in 

 the afternoon from a millpond that is alive with 

 carp. It covers about 25 acres. I went down after 

 supper and caught 25 that weighed ISVi lbs. 

 Washington, Pa., May 2i. H. W. Van Kirk. 



My order. No. 45,59-?, came to hand yesterday, all 

 in liio very Ijpst style. With these grand hives, so 

 perfectly made, a ud the Italian bees, the business 

 can not only be made healthful and profitable, 

 but a great pleasure as well. Dr. W. P. Moore. 



Portland, Tenn. 



My outfit ordered came in good order, every thing 

 as you represented in your catalog. I am highly 

 pleased with all, and have the hives all put together 

 and painted, ready for the bees I have not had any 

 swarms yet, while my neighbors have. Mine seem 

 to appreciate my eftorts in trying to fix their dwell- 

 ing and furnish "the same for them. Please accept 

 my sincere thanks for the kindness you have done 

 me in this order. I will try to make it profitable to 

 you, as all who have seen my hives and outfit gener- 

 ally are much pleased with them. 



Burrowsville, Va., May 2. L. L. Biiockwell. 



WHOLE POTATOES VS. "CUT TO ONE EYE" WHEN 

 THE SEED IS CHEAP, ETC. 



Mr. Rout:— We have just received Gleanings, 

 and my husband sat reading it and eating his din- 

 ner at the sarat- time. When he came to the "Chi- 

 nese garden seeds " he read it aloud. " Oh !" I said, 

 " we must send for some." 



" Yes," he said, " I knew you would want to. I am 

 always anxious to try new things." 



We are watching Maule's Thoroughbreds with 

 great interest; tlie potatoes my husband planted 

 whole are away ahead of the ones planted the same 

 time, cut in pieces. The radishes received of you 

 were the nicest we ever had. 



Welcome, Minn., June 3. Mrs. A. R. Tuthill. 



new-process FOUNDATION. 



Thank you for the sample of the new-process 

 foundation and sections. Surely it would be impos- 

 sible to produce any thing in the shape of founda- 

 tion to excel the samples. They seem as tough and 

 pliable as peach leather. You, of course, know 

 what that is; and then it is so beautiful and perfect 

 in construction. Holding it between the hght and 

 the eye, I see it is perfectly uniform in color and 

 thickness: and it it were not for thecostof shipping 

 I should like to exchange several pounds of founda- 

 tion and wax for foundation made by the new pro- 

 cess; for I am satisfied bees would work it much 

 more easily than the old kind. J. A. Golden. 



Reinersville, Ohio, May 11. 



HONEY AND STRAWBERRIES FOR BREAKF.^ST; CARP 

 RIGHT OUT OF THE POND FOR DINNER, AND— 



The prospects are good for a fair crop of honey 

 this year. The scale hive weighs 97 lbs. It gained 22 

 lbs. in locust bloom. I have 75 hives in nice shape— 

 20 in chaff hives, 20 in Simplicity. 35 in «-f rame hives, 

 and I have about two acres of berries. To-morrow 

 will be my first picking of strawlierries. Mr. Root, 

 come down with your wheel and see Washington 

 and Washington County. We will have strawber- 



A KIND WORD "WITH A VENGEANCE." 



One of the other bee journals recently made a 

 pleasant objection to discussing matters of diet 

 in journals of this kind. One of our subscribers 

 makes a little protest, and ends it up as follows: 



Friend Ernest :—l( you or your father can give us 

 hints that will be helpful to us. I think it is in order. 

 To illustrate, about 14 yeais ago I had a fit of sick- 

 ness that cost me $20U. Tliiee years ago last fall I 

 had the same thing again, continuing for two 

 months, with intense suttering, and it cost another 

 $200. Last fall the same s.\ mptoms appeared again; 

 but, profiting by something that A. I. R. said in 

 Gleanings last summer, 1 drove it away and saved 

 the f2i)0, and I think it was all due to the hint I re- 

 ceived from A. I. R. I predict that, a hundred 

 years after the world has forgotten that * * * 

 ever lived, the name of A. I. Root will be remember- 

 ed and respected. Rev. 0. H. Sherwood. 



Newton, N. J., May 19. 



A EIND word for the "whole GLEANINGS 

 FAMILY." 



I have received notice that my time is out for 

 Gleanings. We have been together nearly thirteen 

 years. I have a great pile of journals, and I know 

 I should not like to sell them for first cost, nor 

 would I sell the knowledge gained through them for 

 fen times what they cost. Well do I rememl>er my 

 first acquaintance with Gleanings. A neighbor 

 hired me to maKe him some bee-hives, and he 

 brought me a copy of your A BC book to get the 

 dimensions fiom. I never stopped until I had read 

 every line the work contained. I made his hives, 

 bought some bees, subscribed lor Gleanings, 

 bought a copy of the ABC book, worked for more 

 colonies of bees, Italianized all of them. Then I 

 made a hand power buzz saw; got saws of Mr. Root, 

 also grooving-saws to make sections, frames, etc. 

 Finally I bought an engine, and I have never re- 

 gretted any part of the whole proceedings. I have 

 made hundreds of dollars with my engine and wood- 

 working tools, and I h;ive made several hundred 

 more with my i ees. Of course, I have had some 

 heavy losses in bees; but withal I am content. I 

 now have nearly 60 colonies and some 10 or 12 nuclei, 

 and I could not be induced to part with them for 

 any reasonable sum. In this time I have, through 

 Gleanings, become acquainted with a great many 

 bee-keepers all over the country; have liad business 

 transactions with several of them, and have learned 

 to love and respect all I have dealt with. I have 

 also become acquainted with sup])ly-dealersin other 

 States, and have no complaint to make against any 

 one of them. So you see 'if I should stop now I 

 should lose all the advice of the ones I like to 

 pattern after— all the cheering words of counsel, 

 and many new ideas that come from time to time 

 in the journal. No, don't stop it. 1 can't afford to 

 let it go now. I should get out of joint or out of 

 gear; the belts would slip, the machinery wouldn't 

 run so smoothly, and the hum of the bees wouldn't 

 sound so sweet. No, don't you ever stop my jour- 

 nal till I tell you to. Now, then, on another slip you 

 will find my order and cash; but don't send any 

 barrels of potatoes nor any thing else, for the book 

 and the journal are worth more than the $2.00. 

 Mt. Erie, III., June 8. J. J. McCoy. 



