rUBRUAKV, 1913 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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niid lobaceo, especially as yon use both, at 

 least to some e.xtent, and especially do I re- 

 joice at your concluding' sentence; and in 

 consideration of tins remarkable and honest 

 acknowledgment v,ne take the liberty lof 

 pending you Glkanings a little longer, free 

 of chargx?. INIay God bless and guide you in 

 whatever j'ou do. 



CIGARETTES FOR THE SOLDIERS — MORE TO BE 

 FEARED THAN GERMAN BLTLLETS. 



We clip the following from the Jacksor^- 

 ville (Florida) Times-Union: 



It seemerl to be the universal conclusion, based 

 on experienre, tJiat the cigarette was a coffin-nail. 

 Now the papers that exploited this conclusion are 

 asking for money to provide cigarettes for our 

 boys in France. 



We clip again from the Association Men 

 for October; 



The millions of cigarettes now being' fired at our 

 soldiers will every one hit its mark and will do its 

 mischief. More American soldiers will be damaged 

 by the cigarette than by German bullets. 



The above clipping is fi'om an article bv 

 Dr. J. H. Kellogg, of Battle Creek, Michi"- 

 gan, entitled " The Decay of American 

 Manhood." 



The Times-Union, it seems, has hit the 

 nail on the head. It has for some time past 

 been beyond my comprehension how sane 

 people, after having banished booze from 

 the army, should recommend sending cigar- 

 ettes to our soldiers, especially just after 

 almost every periodical in our land has had 

 more or less to say about " coffin-nails." 



T heartily indorse Dr. Kellogg; for I do 

 believe that cigarettes are more to be feared 

 tlian Germany or German ballets, or alm.ost 

 anything else that can happen. How can 

 a just and righteous God hear and answer 

 our prayers when not only the Red Cross 

 but even some of the churches are sending 

 cigarettes to our soldiers'? The Y. M. C. A. 

 has been accused of the same thing; but 

 they come out square and fair, and declare 

 themselves " not guilty." 



FRO:\r BRADENTOWN, FLORIDA, TO FORT COL- 

 LINS, COLORADO, IN A FORD CAR. 



Let me explain that friend Ault purchas- 

 ed the above car and trailer about a year 

 ago, I think. The trip mientioned below in- 

 cludes his wife and three children. I pre- 

 sume they did considerable camping in or- 

 der to sa.ve expense. In that way the cost 

 is less than a railway ticket for the family, 

 besides the expense of shipping the auto by 

 rail. Of course, nothing is said about the 

 wear and tear of the machine on such a 

 long trip; but as the little Ford seems to 

 be doing good service j^ear after year, the 

 slight expense for upkeep, we presume, was 



nut very nuu h. Beluw is his account of the 

 trip, etc. : 



Mr. Root : — I sold 200 colonies, nearly all of 

 which were very strong, with one or two supers and 

 heavy stores, together with a lot of supplies and 

 an extensive outfit, for $1200. If I had the bees 

 and outfit here in the condition in which I sold 

 them, they would be worth nearly twice as much. 

 I am (old that bees here, consisting of brood-chamber 

 of only eight frames, are difificult to secure at $7.00 

 a colony. 



We came north with our Ford car and had a 

 delightful trip. We came thru Florida, Georgia, 

 Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, 

 Nebraska, Wyoming, and south again to our friends 

 and our home at this place. 



We started July 31, and reached here Aug. 18. 

 We stopped several days on the road with friends 

 and relatives. We could have made the trip in two 

 weeks or less if we had co'me direct and without 

 stops. 



It may interest you to know that the total ex- 

 pense of the trip was considerably less than it weld 

 have been for railway fare alone. In nearly all the 

 country we passed thru, crops were good, but no- 

 where any better, if as good, as right here in north 

 Colorado ; and nowhere did we find apples so plenti- 

 ful and so good ; neither did we sea any scenery so 

 fine. A. E. Ault. 



Fort Collins, Colo,, Aug. 22, 1917. 



FRIF.KD AULiT BACK IN HIS COLORADO HOME. 



Crops of grain and hay have been heavy, and 

 prices are higher than ever before. Sugar beets 

 are yielding well. I see many fields that will yield 

 one hundred dollars or more to the acre. 



Beans were grown extensively here the past 

 season. They are grown on " dry land," a land that 

 is not irrigated. I have seen thousands of acres 

 planted to beans, and they are yielding a profit of 

 thousands of dollars. 



The apple crop is heavy, and the quality of the 

 fruit is fine. I have picked box after box of the 

 finest apples, and I rarely found one that was 

 wormy. 



Today I saw " spuds," or just potatoes, that were 

 grown on dry land. The best of them would weigh 

 about two pounds, and were four inches or more in 

 diameter. Irrigation causes the potatoes to grow 

 larger, but the quality is not so good. 



Feeding cattle and sheep is a great industry here. 

 Millions of .sheep and lambs are finished here; also 

 larse numbers of catt'e. 



Wages are high, and help is in great demand. 



A. E. Ault. 



Fort Collins, Col.. Oct. 21, 1917. 



A KTXD WORD FROM "WILD .TIMMIE," SEE P. 749 

 AUG. 15, 1916. 



near Mr. Root : — I shall never forget the words 

 you said to me up at our orchard last summer 

 when you were in Michigan. You know I was 

 leader at prayer-meeting, and you asked me to 

 promise you I wouUl stick to it and do mv best. 

 Those words come back to me often, and I have 

 done my best ever since; and before I left home 

 I was teaching the young people's Sunday-school 

 (lass at Bingham, and there were more than twenty 

 in the class. 



I know if I have faith God will help me thru 

 life. May God bless you, dear friend, for speak- 

 ing those words to me last summer, for they have 

 been a great help to me. 



Alliance, Ohio. James Hilbeet, Jr. 



