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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



July, 1918 



out." After I had told him all my troubles 

 he went out and looked at the windmill 

 tower and said, " Let's see. Here are three 

 copper wires coming down from the dy- 

 namo on top of the tower." 



Now, I had asked George several times 

 to explain about the third wire. I could 

 readily understand how two wires should 

 come down from the dynamo; but in spite 

 of his explanations I could never get it 

 thru my old brains why there was anyi need 

 of a third wire; and, dear reader, I am 

 ashamed to confess that I do not very well 

 understand it yet. But my companion 

 seemed to know all about it. 



About this time I inquired his name. 

 With another smile (may I call it a be- 

 witching one?) he said, ''Mr. Root, I have 

 not got a very good name ; but I try to be 

 a good man all the same. My name is 

 Kaiser." 



Then he asked for a screwdriver and a 

 pair of pliers. 



" Sure," I replied ; and then I showed 

 him where the two tools were hanging up 

 right near the switchboard. Let me re- 

 mark right here that with the electric auto 

 there came some very fine up-to-date tools; 

 and one of the first things I did was to fix 

 some nails in the wall where the tools 

 could be hung up and at the same time I 

 marked with a good black pencil the out- 

 line of each tool so it could be quickly put 

 back in just the place where it belonged. In 

 about five minutes after I had given him 

 the pliers and screwdriver the cutoff was 

 making its click in the orthodox way as 

 the wind came up and went down. Then he 

 looked over the batteries and seemed to be 

 perfectly at home in regard to them as 

 well as the electric part of the machine. 

 He finally suggested th-at if it would be 

 anything of an accommodation he would 

 look after the batteries occasionally and 

 give them a charge in order to save them 



from damage by neglect, while I was gone 

 north during the summer. It was finally 

 arranged that he was to come and take "out . 

 the auto and use it if he wished. When I 

 asked him if he had ever run an electric 

 automobile he replied something as fol- 

 lows r 



" Why, Mr. Root, I can not say that I 

 have ever run an electric automobile; but 

 as I have had quite a little experience up in 

 the North in running electric locomotives I 

 think that I can, no doubt, find out hoAv to 

 manage the auto, especially with the aid 

 of the excellent book of instructions sent 

 out by the makers, which I have looked 

 over." 



There, friends, you have the whole story 

 up to date. The good Lord did not sharpen 

 my wits as I expected he would ; but he 

 sent an expert to help me out of my trouble 

 and also introduced to me a good friend 

 Avho volunteered to help me in a way that I 

 had not thought of until he suggested it. 



Now, dear friends, let us look at this first 

 text at the head of this Home paper once 

 more — " thou of little faith, wherefore 

 didst thou doubt"; and then that other one 

 containing the promise that the forces of 

 this great universe should be started and 

 set going, even before we get down on our 

 knees before the Lord and remind him of 

 his great and precious promises scattered 

 all thru his precious word to the children 

 whom he loves. And then that final text — 

 " Come unto me, all ye that are heavy 

 laden, and I will give you rest." Wlien you 

 are worrying about something so that you 

 can not sleep during the night, remember 

 that promise. But first of all, dear friends, 

 get rid of all bitterness and all unkindness 

 from your heart. Remember the text I 

 have quoted so often — " If I regard in- 

 iquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear 

 me." And then follow out closely that oth- 

 er text. 



HIGH - PRESSURE GARDENING 



COIiN AND POTATOES WITH NO MISSING 

 HILLS, ETC. 



J have year after year had more or less 

 to say about selecting the ears out in the 

 field in growing corn. As soon as you can 

 find here and there an ear that is sufficient- 

 ly mature, the kernels glazed and hard, 

 gather your seed corn. If you take the 

 first ears thf t mature, you will eventually 

 get a strain of seed corn that will ripen 



early before frost. We have not had any 

 corn injured by frost for many years. Our 

 plan is to i:>ut the ears of seed corn in a 

 basket about the size of a common barrel, 

 made of galvanized wire cloth. It is the 

 same size of mesh and the same wire cloth 

 that we use for our honey-extractors. This 

 wire cloth is for the purpose of giving the 

 corn fresh air to dry out thoroly, and at 

 the same time exclude rats and mice. As 



