1890 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



699 



rt'ar all the bees that will he iifccssary for a 

 good rousing colony, provided that those bees 

 are reared ut time for the honey harvest. This 

 is a fruitful theme, and we trust that our sub- 

 scribers will thoroughly discuss it. Let some of 

 those California bee-kings — that is, those ex- 

 tensive extracted-honey men — give us soni(^ 

 liints. EnxEST. 



In addition to what Ernest has said above. I 

 wish to touch upon another point. I do not be- 

 lieve that any hive will ever become |)opnlar 

 that is made with the intention of removing 

 the packing or winter covei-ing in summer time. 

 After you have once protected a hive suitably 

 for wintering, do not think of removing the 

 Ijrotection in the summei- time. Tlie ])other. 

 com plication, loose pieces, litter, etc.. is too 

 much. esiM'cially where hives aii' handled by 

 the hundreds or thousands. Scjoner or later, 

 putting on packing will be neglected, and a 

 great many times it will be off at the very time 

 it is needed. Ei'nest"s talk about 3.5 cts. reTninds 

 me somewhat of my visions of cheap things 

 years ago. Make your protection in the shape 

 of something good and substantial. Have it 

 painted, and nice: and if you do this, it will 

 come i)i-etty near a chatf hive made a little 

 smaller, with the view of having only 8 instead 

 <tf 10 combs in the brood-nest. Many thanks, 

 friend K.. in regai'd to the "committee." J WIkm-c 

 so much is at stake, it needs a roininitter of ihc 

 best bee-men the world att'oi'ds. Where hives 

 <»r tixt\u'es ai'e made by machinery, in carload 

 lots, they ought to be made riiiht if it is a possi- 

 ble thing to have them so. 



AN ARTESIAN WELL IN SOUTH DAKOTA. 



AitTKsiAX WEi.i,s IX (4kxi;i:ai,. 



Oui- readers need hardly be told that every 

 thing in the line of springs, underground water- 

 courses, and especially artesian w<'lls. have a 

 .special attraction foi" me. A few days ago. 

 when one of our correspondents sent me a pho- 

 tograph containing tln^ view above. I almost 

 felt as if I must take a trii) to Dakota to see it: 

 and I would very freely give the amount of 

 money needed if I could be spared at this time 

 to see this wonder of natui'c. 



lielow is what our friend tells us about it: 



I send you a photogi-ajjli of one of our arte- 

 sians. thinking you would like to see it: and if 

 you would like. I will send you somi' of the 

 specimens which it throws out. It will throw 

 a ()-inch stream :i4 ft. in the aii', and a 4-inch 71 

 ft. The 4 is the one they use for lire. It will 

 throw a 4-inch stream lOi) feet without spray- 

 ing. .J. \V. C'hai'ix.' 



Winfred. Lake Co.. S. Dak.. .Sept. 1. 



In addition to the above, we lind printed on 

 t lie back of the photograph the following: 



Dei)th of well, 73.5 fc>et; diameter of t)()i'e. 6 inches; 

 conservative estimate of i)ressure, 17") to U(X) llis. iier 

 square ineli, and discliarg-ing- eveiy ininiUe over 4IHI0 



fialloiLS of water. It is c;oiicede(l to be the artesian 

 wonder of the world. 



Hy looking closely you will see a pool of water 

 that has collected round about the well. .Judg- 

 ing fi'om the buildings, we suppose the smaller 

 jet was .screwed on when the picture was taken. 

 By all means, friend C, .send ns some of those 

 specimens. We have a cui-iosity to know what 

 is down in the ground where these subterranean 

 waters come from. Four thousand gallons of 

 water would be a hundred barrels of about the 

 size of an oil-barrel, every minute. Just think 

 of it! This'watei'. if all utilized, should irrigate 

 almost a whole county. Friend ('.. will v(ni 



wooxsorKi;!' s famot 



AKTKSIAX WKI.r.. 



please tell us how (lec|) they had to drill for if.' 

 and have there not been other wells tlrilled in 

 that vicinity, tosee if thesamesubti^rranean siij)- 

 ply may not be touched from other localities? Is 

 it really the largest artesian well in the woi'ld? 

 Perhaps the readers of (Jlkaxixos can kindly 

 enlighten ns. One reason why I ask is becaii.se 

 such wells are really of more value than gold- 

 mines, provitiing the flow is permanent, and I 

 ])elie\'e it usually is. Voii see. I ha\i' a little 

 (Mie of iu\' ow n. ll runs only .">() barrels a da.v. 

 and it won't carry the water oxer IS jiudies 

 high: but still 1 feel very iiapiiy over it for all 

 that. It is awayilowii in tlir creek bottom. 

 where it is difliciill to utilize it : iiul if the water 

 would rise only three feet insieail of half that 

 much. I could send a part of it ii]) to the factory 

 by a hydraulic ram. The sinings scattered all 

 ov<"r our land should be utilized. Spring water 

 is too valuable to be allowed to go to waste. 



