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GI.KAN[NGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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(.•('liar uiidci' some l>iiil(liiijr. [ii'dvidiiiR you have 

 plenty of doors and winilows to ff'wc it lots of 

 air if it thrcatcTis to rot on yoiii' lunuls. 



With tlic flu'up striit'tun' you can remove the 

 few boards wiien ventilation is ne(>ded: but be 

 sure tliat your roof, wluitever it is. lu'ver per- 

 mits \\ater to droj) through oi"i to the tops of 

 your eelei'v : and he sure that you do not leave 

 tlie ventilator open at any time wiien rain or 

 snow may get in. fur any kind of wet or dami)- 

 ness on the tops wlien in its winter repository 

 will be sui'e to make it iieat and rot. 



In our locality we put away our celeiy for 

 winter, about Thanksgiving time. 



()t:K COXDENSICD SEKD CATAIAXJUK. 



Very few additions will be made to our cata- 

 logue of last year. The Breadstone turnip we 

 mentioned in our last issue continues to be a 

 favorite with tlie wagon. E. V. (Jreen, of the 

 Oliio Expi'iiment Station. says, in our last issue, 

 that he hardly sees how he can get along with- 

 out the (iolden Wax bean. W(> iuive found the 

 Kidney Wax to have larger and handsomer 

 pods, and it is much less liable to rust. We 

 shall perliaps be obliged to catalogue a pole 

 bean aside from the limas. and I think we shall 

 use the Dutcli C'aseknife on tiie sti'ength of 

 friend tlreen"s recommendation. For tlie same 

 reason we shall include Crosby's Egyptian beet. 

 We dislike to drop the (Joiden Self-blanching 

 celery, but our trade this season has given the 

 Wliite IMumethe i)reference. On the strength 

 of frientl CiriMMi's recommendation we shall use 

 the Spanish King onion (Maule's Prize-tak(>r) 

 for starting onions in the greenhouse. The 

 White Victoria is too ])Oor a keejjer. Have tlie 

 friends at tlie Exjieriment Station ti'ied the 

 Breadstone turnip? Fottler's lirunswick cab- 

 bage we shall take for a late one. Our friend 

 Jennie Wilson speaks so highly of the Shoepeg 

 corn that I am inclined to think we shall hav<' to 

 adopt it. It is certainly equal to any In quality, 

 and there is so mucli corn and so little cob that 

 one really gets mor<' for his money than with 

 most other kinds of sweet corn. 



Prof. Green, of the Ohio Experiment Station, 

 speaks of it as follows: 



In Gleaninos for Nov. 1.5. A. Jennie Wilson rec- 

 ommends Shot'peg- sweet corn. This is the same as 

 Ne Plus Ultra, or Banana. It is tlie most meaty and 

 delicious corn tlitit I ever tasted. The ears are not 

 larg'e, hence it nii^ht not be suitable for market; but 

 it is unsurpassed for liome use. I give the different 

 names by which it Is known, so that it may lie recog- 

 nized in the different catalogues. \V. J. Gkeen. 



Columb.is, O., Nov. 18, 189j. 



In regard to the cantaloupe melons, we have 

 tested Miller's Cream, and we thought that, if 

 anything, is was a little ah(>ad of the Fymerald 

 Gem; but rather than have so many kinds we 

 thought w(> must droji it. As friend Lipscomh, 

 however (on page 790), says it is a much heavier 

 iTopijer than the EiiK'rald Gem, I do not knou' 

 but we had better sui)stitute Miller's Cream. 

 Can any of the friends corroborate friend 

 Lipscomb's statement'.' 



RDii^e^i^L. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The annui\l meeting of the Huron, Tuscoln, ami Sanilac C(i. 

 P.ee-lceepeis' Association wiM be held at B.ul Axe Cimit-house, 

 lluioii Co.. Mich., on Wed., Dee. 10, 1890. All are invite<l. 



Kilraanagh, Mich. J. (i. Kundingek. 



My righteousness I liold tasl, and will not let it go.— job. 27: 



We have at this date 10.190 subscribers. 



The fall meeting of the Carolina Bee-keeiiers' Association 

 will be held in the Public HaU. Pineville, N. C, Dec. 18, 19. A 

 good programme is jjrepared. All come, witli full report. 



Denta, N. C. N. P. Lyles, Sec. 



PUTTING BEES INTO THE CELLAR. 



The weather at this date, Nov. 26. seems to 

 warrant iis in putting our bees in the cellar. 

 We are carrying them in this afternoon, and 

 l)ilingthemupf( In Boardman, without bottom- 

 boards. Dr. Miller put his in two weeks ago, 

 but he is in a colder locality than we. 



TIIANKStilVINU TIME F()I{ TILLEUS OF TIIK SOIL. 



In times past we have heard a good deal in 

 regard to hard tim(>s for the poor farmer. In 

 fact, there has bf^en so much said about the 

 farmers not having a fair chance (I presume 

 the term "farmers" would also include market- 

 gardeners), that it bogan to remind me of the 

 old women's-rights question, and I didn't know 

 but we should have to have a farmers'-rights 

 organization. In fact. I presume we have two 

 or three already; but I know so little of politics 

 that I haven't even kept posted. Well, I want to 

 say a word in regard to high prices on farmers' 

 produce at this present time. I don't feel bad 

 about it. In fact. I rather rejoice when I hear 

 that any kind of farm produce is bringing a good 

 l)rice, and I rather enjoy paying it; but I mean, 

 mind you, when everybody else has to pay it as 

 well as myself. At present here in Medina we 

 are paying .iO cts. a bushel for oats; 30 for corn 

 in the ear: a dollar a bushel for nice potatoes; 

 $3.00 a bushel for choice aijples, etc. Not only 

 are prices good, but every thing seems to be tak- 

 en up as fast as it conies into market. For sev- 

 eral years I have felt sorry for the boys in our 

 vicinity who raised popcorn. They brought 

 nice lots of it to town, and I tried buying it 

 for a while just to encourage them a little; 

 but as we didn't get rid of it I had to give 

 it np. Just now, however, there is great de- 

 mand for popcorn, and none to be liad. Our en- 

 terprising friend, H. R.Wright, of Albany, N. Y., 

 sends out letters asking if anybody knows of 

 any popcorn for sale anywhere. Friend W. 

 buys and sells popcorn by the carload, and his 

 printed letter-liead makes quite a little circular 

 in regard to the •• jiopcorii business." Wellj^ 

 now. that is really encouraging. If tliere is any 

 thing I do enjoy, it is seeing the boys get a 

 good price, cash down, for something they have 

 raised. When I find a boy who rai.ses popcorn 

 or chickens or honey or strawberries or onions, 

 I just like to take that boy by the hand and 

 claim relationship; and when our great nation 

 of people get to when; they can offer the boys 

 encouragement in the way of good prices, we 

 are on the road to better things. I allude es- 

 pecially to the boys that go out in the fields 

 and work for themselves under God's clear sky, 

 instead of hanging around the factories, beg- 

 ging for a chance to bv. " hossccl " by somebody. 



