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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



JrLY 15. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



The extractor is H g-oud onv, and the comb foun- 

 dation is jubt splendid— no fishbone. Gle.a.xings is 

 better and better all tlie while I know it is the 

 cheapest rending-, exc-ept the Bible. W. R Baker. 



Saint Joseph, La , June 14. 



I received my ffoods la«t Thursday. They were 

 all in g-ood condition I am well pleased wiih them. 

 The Crane smoker is a "dandy." It is the best I 

 have ever tried. I will recommend it to all bee- 

 keepers. W. G. Karns. 



Kittanniner, Pa., Apr. Zl. 



FROM THE 1D.4HO EXPERIMENT STATION, 



The hives and all came in g-ood order. How you 

 can furnish so much fui' the money is a wonder to 

 me. The quten is a beauty. I had no trouble in 

 introducintr her. J. M. Ai.drich. 



Moscow, Idaho, May 2-5. 



THAT NEW-PROCESS FOUNDATION. 



The g-oods came safely to hand, but were a long 

 time on tho road. Opened e>i?)>cF.iy satisfactory, and 

 I must say I am well pleased with your method of 

 business. I think the foundation ni;ide by your 

 improved niethud is much superioi* to all others. 



Alphiu, Va., .May^^ P. I. Huffman. 



Our family have decided that the septum in the 

 honey-comb drawn out from the new process foun- 

 dation is tougher lh m in that rnnde in the old way. 

 Are we right about this? James L. Hoyal. 



Spring City, Teun. 



[You are correct in i-egard to the new-process 

 foundation While it. is tougher it seems to be 

 more readily worked by the bees.] 



The stencils aie received, and my hives are now 

 all numbered, so now peihaps 1 shall get my own 

 sacks back wlien people borrow mine. II saves the 

 trouble of telling them that they were not returned. 

 No. gristmill is at hand, and it is just tiling to 

 make g-raham flour with. And that is not all. 

 These things were only a little ovrr half what they 

 would have cost me hens and I am informed there 

 is still 60 cts, to mv credit. Jas, Pratt. 



Cumniinsville, Neb^ 



FROM a very YOUNG FRIEND. 



Mj^ little girl, three years old on the 22d, has jnst 

 clinibifl on my knee, and says, "Give my love to 

 the man who makes the bee hives " Our little bov 

 was born the same day your little grand-daughter 

 was- Sept. 29. Iieckon jou think thiit fellow Tur- 

 ner must be a mighty big fool to be writing such 

 stuff to you, but you see I know you and all your 

 family, and want you to know mine. But I fear 1 

 may tire you. If I have alr( ady, don't read another 

 word, but throw this letter behind the fire and 

 thereby rid your dear good old self from any bother 

 it gives you. I never rend a word about bees and 

 bee-keeping- in mj-life till last summer, when you 

 sent me a samide copy of Gleanings with the hives 

 I ordered from you (whii-h, bj' the wa , came to 

 hand O. K and gave perfect satisfaction) Last 

 June a, little swarm of liees came to our house T 

 nailed up a box and put them in it, but tliey left 

 that evening- and went to the wonds. But 1 follow- 

 ed and saw them go into a tree: and. without veil 

 or smoke, I cut that tiee down and split it open and 

 drove those bees back into my box. J had never 

 seen it done or i-ead how it should be done: but 1 

 did it; and those bees ai-e alive, and were flying out 

 lively to-day. I put them in your r)ovetai!ed hive; 

 also three other swarms that T bought last August 

 I have a kind neighbor who lends n e Gleanings 

 since then, and I learned from them how to transfer. 



I wish you had not said it is no use to apply for 

 work at the Home of the Honey-bees, for then I 

 might have been, like Mr. Calvert, an cxceptAiDi to 

 the rule. L. A. Turner. 



Levy, Va., Feb. 2H^ 



OUR STRAWBERRY BOOK AND TERRY'S TEACHINGS 

 APPLY TO THE CLLMATK OF CALIFORNIA. 



The strawberries have done gloriously. 1 have 

 sold from my oi e-four: h acre so far 208S one-pound 

 baskets (full weight), which netted nn- 'Xactly 

 S18.5.00, and there will be one or two siu-all pickings 

 yet. I estimate 60 to 76 baskets more. This does 



not include the berries we used at the table and 

 those given awaj-. It may satisfy j'ou to hear that I 

 followed Terrj''s tearhings almost to tiie letter. 

 Merced, Cal., May 20. A. J. Hesse. 



[This furnishes an important fact. I have often 

 been asked wliether Terry's plan of growing straw- 

 berries was appllrable to California and other cli- 

 mates as Wf'll as to our own; and I have always felt 

 a little anxious to know how it \\as in real practice. 

 Well, if his teachings apply in Calfortiia I think 

 they will amost anywhere else. Where it is difficult 

 to get heavy crops of clover I would advise turning 

 under any other leguminous plant.] 



NORTHERN-GROWN POTATOES FOR TABLE USE AND 



SEED, ETC. 



Friend Root: — Some time ago you threatened to 

 let up on your jtotato talk. I see, lu)wever. you 

 have not done it to any great extent, and don't you 

 do it either, as about eigiit out of ten bee-keepers 

 are more or lees interested in jiotatovs. By the 

 waj', did you ever use any northern grown seed? 

 and if so, did you observe the difference in yield 

 and quality? Oui- best growers here use seed 

 northern grown. For table use they are far superi- 

 or to those grown here, and much superior to the 

 famous Coloradoes. 1 have 3.5 aci-es p anted to Ear- 

 ly Ohios from seed grown in Nurthwest Minnesota. 

 The freight on the carload was fllO. If you ever 

 use northern-'gtown seed, order them yourself from 

 the grower, as all potatoes that are ciiUed " north- 

 er u-grown" are not unless j'ou are sure of your 

 man. 



Tlie one pound of Maule's Thoroughbred that my 

 friend Lipp got-of you, he reports as being in looks 

 far ahead of any of bis oth^^r pot^atoes, and he has 

 several acres: but they are so precious he would 

 not dig into them, as he did not wish to injure one 

 single potato. The one pound made 26 hills, and 

 every piece grew. M. F. Tatman. 



Rossville, Kas , June 17. 



[The New Queen potaioes grown by T. B. Terry 

 last seasf'n are from seed he purchased in Maine. 

 I believe he reports better suc'-ess. as a rule, from 

 northern-grown seed. The potatoes we get from 

 Manum could be called " Northern-grown," 1 sup- 

 ])ose. Now , is there not some one among our bee- 

 keepers in the State of Maine or adjoining States 

 who is also a grower of potatoes for seed or potatoes 

 fortnble use? and will he please stand up and tell 

 us how many he will be likely to have, and some- 

 thing- about the price he expec's for them.] 



THE TRAMP QUESTION. 



Mr. Root: — T have been very much interested in 

 youi- articles on the question of ti-anips. I fully 

 agree with your idea that it is wrony, and encour- 

 aging idleness, for C!iristi;in people to feed them. I 

 have been overseer of the poor for 18 .^ ears for this 

 city, which has a population of 10,000 Our law pro- 

 vides that ihe overseer of thep'ior may feed able- 

 liodied transient persons, and require them to pay 

 for it in lal'or on the streets under the street com- 

 missionei-. at not exceediat- five cents per hour: and 

 as we can get them a meal at a restaurant for 15 

 cents they c n earn a meal in three hours: so I give 

 orders for them to labor. But very few ever come 

 back to get the meal. 



In our young- days we wete taught to feed the 

 liungr.\ and clotlie the naked, and thereby store up 

 treasures in heaven, and it is iiard for some to ttirn 

 away even a trnnip who snys he is hungry; conse- 

 quently it is easier for a tramp to beg a meal than 

 to eain it by the swe:it of his brow. I offer all who 

 come nn epporiuniiy to earn a meal; but in Ave 

 months I think only ihiee have made the attempt 

 to work for it. We lodge, in a buildina- under the 

 control of our city pol'ce, fioni .500 to 800 each win- 

 ter, and 1 presume most of them get one or more 

 meals of victuals out if our charitable people. 



Mai-shalltown. la , June 17. O. B. Barrows. 



THE BKE KEEPERS' ARMENIAN FUND. 



Contributions up to date are as follows: 



Amount previously acknowledged $81 97 



E. R Root 10 00 



McCliire Bros., Las Cruces, New Mexico 5 00 



Mrs. David Wagner, Calamus, Iowa 5 00 



Jas. Pratt, Cumminsville, Neb 60 



$102 57 



