1890 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUKE. 



613 



a matter of 25 cents. He commenced to 

 reprove them, when each party began to tell 

 his story. lie interrupted them something 

 like this : 



" But, my friend, the amount in question 

 is only 25 cents.''' 



One of the two asked him if he would be 

 willing to be beat out of 25 cents. lie re- 

 plied, " Why, I would lose 2-5 cents any time 

 rather than to use hard words, and talk to 

 each other as you have been talking." 



They were both silenced, and hung their 

 heads in sharae. The two who were quar- 

 reling were Christians. The man who said 

 he would give 2-5 cents any time I'ather than 

 have a "wrangle," was not a Christian. I 

 often think of his words, and they have 

 done me good. Let us look out for our 

 rights, and in a good-natured wav defend 

 ourselves, even in small matters. But, dear 

 brethren, do we not often make a great ado 

 over something comparatively small and 

 unimportant ? Sometimes I get hold of let- 

 ters written by the clerks, where the circum- 

 stances are aggravating. Sometimes I say, 

 "Look here, my friend, all you say is no 

 doubt true ; but will it not be a great deal 

 better to cross out this sentence, and that, 

 and that? The letter will be just as well 

 without it, and I know by experience that it 

 will save hard feelings. Let us never stir 

 somebody up needlessly. Let us not say 

 severe things, even though they may be 

 true, unless we are certain that some good 

 Is going to come from them. If it will be 

 the means of leading this poor friend to 

 Christ Jesus, by a^ll means let it go; if not, 

 strike out these passages, and have the let- 

 ter written over again." Kemember the 

 wheat that may be rooted up and destroyed 

 when we undertake with ruthless hand, and 

 without due thought and proper care, to 

 pluck out the tares. 



Editorial 



S. W. MORRISON IN COLORADO. 



Friend Morrison desires us to state that he is 

 now located in Colorado Springs, whither he has 

 removed on account of his wife's health. He also 

 says he is out of the queen-rearing business. 



GARDENING FOR AUGUST. 



If you have good ground, well enriched, worked 

 up fine, there are several crops that may be put in 

 now with profit. Eclipse beets; celery, if you have 

 good strong plants; Grand Rapids lettuce, but the 

 plants would be better than the seeds if you can get 

 them; Egyptian onions; Early Frame and Chinese 

 Rose Winter radish; and purple-top turnip. The 

 latter may be somewhat doubtful; but with plenty 

 of rain they will doubtless make a nice size for 

 table use. Last, but by no means least, winter 

 spinach. Last fall we sold bushels and bushels of 

 spinach at from 5 to 10 cts. per lb., and didn't have 

 -enough. Few if any one in our community had 

 used spinach until we introduced it, and now it is 

 •quite a staple article. It will probably take a full 

 acre to supply our demand during the coming fall, 



winter, and spring. If sown now it will get to be 

 large and stocky, well prepared to stand the winter; 

 yet there will be no danger of its starting to seed 

 until in the spring. And, by the way, spinach is an 

 excellent feed for poultry. They will feed on it all 

 winter, as you may find to your sorrow, if you don't 

 have your patch far enough away from their range. 

 We can furnish the best American Savoy or Blooms- 

 dale seed at .5 cts. per oz., or 30 cts. per lb. ; 6 lbs. or 

 more, 25 cts. per lb. It needs about 10 lbs. per acre. 

 We sow it with a common wheat-drill, using phos- 

 phate, just as we do for wheat. Southern Prize 

 turnip may be sown this month or next. 



THE feTRAWBERRY-PI^ANTS WE SELL, AND THE 

 WAY WE RAISE THEM. 



The demand for the four kinds of strawberries 

 we offer has been beyond any thing heretofore 

 known; but so far each order has been filled by re- 

 turn mail. Perhaps you would like to know how 

 we raise the plants. The original plants were set 

 out just about a year ago. This season, just before 

 the runners began to set, the ground was harrowed 

 between the rows until very fine. Just at this time 

 our large compost-heap had to be removed on ac- 

 count of our new building. In order to avoid 

 handling the stuff twice, I told the boys we would 

 put it all between the strawberries. Then we har- 

 rowed the ground again to work in the manure. 

 After that, about two inches of ashes were spread 

 over the surface, and this was again thoroughly 

 raked into the soil. Then the boys went to work 

 and spread the runners out so as to cover the 

 ground, putting a lump of dirt (or manure if they 

 could get hold of it) on every runner. As soon as 

 they were rooted sufficiently to fill orders, we went 

 through, took all that were rooted enough, pulled 

 the others up, and swung them around in order that 

 we might give the ground another tremendous har- 

 rowing. Then the boys went through again, placing 

 the runners that had been pulled up, as before. It 

 was a great amount of work; but had we not done 

 it we should never have been able to meet the tre- 

 mendous demand our friends are making on us for 

 plants. The Gaudies and Haverlands seemed to catch 

 hold of the idea at the same time their roots caught 

 hold of the manure and ashes; and, oh my! how 

 they have just put in the time and made roots and 

 runners! About the middle of July some of these 

 first plants were taken up with the transplar-ting- 

 tubes, and moved to a new plantation, and some of 

 these young plants in the new plantation, in just 

 four weeks have now four or five strong plants of 

 their own. All the plants have been grown so far 

 without irrigation, as sufficient harrowing has been 

 made to take the place of it; but unless it rains 

 very soon, the windmill will have to be called in to 

 help fill orders for plants. Please remember that 

 both Bubach and Haverland are pistillate varieties, 

 and must have a row of Jessies, or some other stam- 

 inate variety, near them. 



ALFALFA HONEY. 



We make the following extract from the Lakin 

 Index, published at Lakin, Kansas: 



How doth the little busy bee improve each shin- 

 ing hour, and maketh honey every day from the 

 sweet alfalfa flower! Farmer John Troutman, be- 

 ing the pioneer " bee-man " of Kearney County, 

 drove into town on Saturday last, and disposed of a 

 nice lot of that fine-haired luxury called comb 

 honey, retailing the delicate golden sweet at 15 cents 



