1896 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



657 



SWEET CLOVER— DECLINE IN PRICE. 



Until further orders we will supply good fresh 

 sweet-clover seed at the following- prices: 1 lb. by 

 mail, postpaid, 18 cts. : 10 lbs. or more, by express or 

 freight with other goods, 6 cts. per lb. : 100 lbs., 5 cts. 

 per lb. Sweet clover with the hulls taken off, 6 cts. 

 per lb. additional. Of course, there are a good 

 many more seeds in a pound when the hulls are re- 

 moved; but many who sow the seed prefer to sow 

 it with the liuUs on. Wlieieit is orderei by mail we 

 usually send the hulled, because it does not pay, as 

 a rule, to pay postage ou useless hulls. 



CRIMSON CLOVER. 



Our crimson clover that was sown Aug. 15, where 

 we dug our New Craig potatoes, is now, Aug. 38, up 

 with two second leaves, and the roots are down in 

 the ground at least four inches. We have kept sow- 

 ing crimson clover, a strip every day, as fast as the 

 potatoes were taken out of the ground, from that 

 day until now. We shall not risk any, sown after 

 September 1; but with the abundant rains and 

 beautiful condition of the soil, we have faith that, 

 with an ordinarj' winter, we shall be able to get a 

 good stand in the spring. Our Thoroughbreds that 

 were planted where our heaviest growth of crimson 

 clover was turned under, now promises to make the 

 greatest yield 1 have ever seen with potatoes. T. B. 

 Terry's Thoroughbreds are all dead, and the vines 

 dried up; the same with our tirst planting; but the 

 piece where the crimson clover was turned under 

 has the vines still green and growing. Now, this 

 would seem as if it were a late potato; but there 

 were very nice potatoes in this same patch, and fit 

 for eating, more than a month ago. The abundant 

 rains, with the heavy growth of clover underneath 

 the potatoes, has evidently given them a new start. 

 The way they are heaving the ground up at the 

 present time, Manum will have to do a big thing 

 with his Enormous if he eclipses tliem. The pota- 

 toes will likely be some prongy, under the circum- 

 stances. They are not as liaudsome in shape as the 

 Freeman— that is, on our soil; but those grown by 

 T. B. Terry, on his nice loamy soil, witli the prepar- 

 ation and care he gives them, are of very nice shape, 

 with very few prongy ones, judging from the few 

 hills we dug as a test. 



One more thing about crimson clover: Some of 

 our ground had a very heavy application of old 

 well-rotted stable manure last fall ; and potatoes 

 grown in this grouna have made a tremendous 

 yield, as I have told you; but where we turned un- 

 der the heavy growtli of crimson clover we are evi- 

 dently going to get better results than even with 

 that heaviest and most expensive manuring. I con- 

 fess ] could hardly believe such results from the 

 crimson clover alone had I not seen it with my own 

 eyes. I tell you, friends, it is going to be worth our 

 wliile to make a tremendous effort toward success 

 in this matter of getting a catch of crimson clover 

 in the fall so it will stand our winters. 



ONE LOVEL DIAMOND BICYCLE CHEAP. 



We have one second-hand Lovell Diamond in first- 

 class running order, convertible, for lady or gent, 

 Morgan & ^ right tires, which we offer for $35.00. 

 We will take honey or wax in trade. Send us sam- 

 ple of your honey, and we will quote you the price 

 we will pay— the same to apply on the purchase of 

 the bicycle. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



THE BEf>KEEPERS' ARMENIAN FUND 



Contributions up to date are as follows: 



Amount previously acknowledged $102 57 



C. A. Hatcli, Phoenix, 



A .MOST PRECIOUS TESTIMONY, AND GRAND MORAL 

 IN CLOSING. 



My experience with bees, their habits, and intelli- 

 gence, has removed every doubt as to the existence 

 of the all wise and overi'uling creator, God. I have 

 been a professor of religion for many years, but. 



like others, have had my periods of doubt and fear; 

 but these are all dispelled, and I feel myself nearer 

 my heavenly Father than ever before; hence I un- 

 derstand your devotion. B. F. Onderdonk. 

 Moun;ain View, N. J. 



Dear Briithcr and F*ie»id;— Bee-keepers as a rule 

 are mostly of a moral character; second, they pay 

 their honest debts, which is an act all should do. I 

 believe that Gleanings should be in every family, 

 because it has no trashj' stories which pollute the 

 minds of the young. When we read Gleanings it 

 is full of useful work, and leads the mind to work; 

 and as we read on till we reach the last few pages, 

 then our minds are led to a better work— that is, the 

 few words which tell us our duty to God, which is 

 the iiread of life. There is no good in those novels; 

 but the mind is trained to evil deeds and a lower 

 life which ends in sorrow and woe. 



Palmyra, Mo., Aug. 10. William Cox. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The annual meetlner of the Southern Minnesota Bee-keepers' 

 Association will be held at Winona on the 24th and 25th of 

 September next, at 9 o'clock A. M. All who feel in any way in- 

 terested in bees or honey are very cordially invited to attend. 



Winona, Minn., July 27. E. C. Cornwbll, Sec. 



The Southwestern Texas Bee-keepers' Association will hold 

 its third annual meeting at The Jennie Atchley Co 's Live Oak 

 Apiary, 2}4 miles north of Beeville. Board and lodging tree to 

 those from a distance. The reception committee will meet all 

 trains. Please notify the secretary If it is your intention to 

 attend. Date, Sept. 16, 17. J. O. Grimslky, Sec. 



Beeville, Tex. 



The annual meeting of the Southwestern Wisconsin Bee- 

 keepers' Association will be held at Wauzeka. Oct. 7 and 8, 1896. 

 All intere.sted in a])iculture are invited to attend, especiall.y 

 tliose who want a foul-brood law to protect their bees from 

 tlie dreaded disease. Our committee is working hard to get 

 every bee-keeper interested, and we should all feel It is for otir 

 own interest to help get a State law to protect our bees. Many 

 Ijrominent bee-keepers of tlie State have promised to be at our 

 meeting, and no one can afford to miss it. 



Boscoliel. Wis., Aug. 11. M. M. Rice. Sec'y. 



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