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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 15. 



has evidently been doinjj some thinking about 

 this, and thinlvs we oiiglit to " consider the 

 matter of placing the funds that may hereafter 

 be colh^cted from afHliation and from life-mem- 

 ships in some safe interest-bearing bonds, so 

 that the capital that may be thus i)aid in be 

 not squandered." He says: "Annual member- 

 ships ought to pay annual expenses, and the 

 interest of the capital ought to furnish i)rizes 

 and medals." Thei't^ would be an element of 

 permanence about this which is desirable. I 

 confess, howevei', that 1 wt)uld just as soon see 

 all the money in the treasui'y cleaned out every 

 year, or neai'ly so. if some \Aan could be devised 

 by which e(|ual ijermanence could be secured. 

 The ariiliation tVcs will come annually, just as 

 much as the fees from annual members. 



Stability of membership is a desideratum 

 never yet reached. We are, perhaps, behind all 

 the world in this respect. Can not some means 

 be devised bj^ which a permanent membership 

 of four or five hundred can be secured? It is 

 done elsewhei'e. I think. Are the obstacles in- 

 superabl(> here ? 



Is there any sufficient reason why the " Bee- 

 keepers" Union " can not be merg(>d into the 

 N. A. B. K. A.? That seems somewhat perma- 

 nent. Why not both tog(>ther? C. C. Mii.i.kr. 



Marengo. 111., Nov. 2(). 



All right, friend M. We second all you say. 

 In regard to reduced rates for the convention, 

 we tried our hand at it here, and received cour- 

 teous replies to the effect that the number in 

 attendance was too small to admit of the reduc- 

 tions we desired. I guess this is so, friends; 

 and therefore the only thing to be done is to 

 get the membership up to 4()0 or .5(X). as yoii 

 suggested. 



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ARTESIAN WELLS. 



TirK FLOWING WEI.LS OF FI.OKIDA. 



Mr. Root:— Yon seem interested In flowing 

 wells, so perhaps a few woi'ds on that subject 

 will be acceptable. Along this, the east coast 

 of Florida, thei'e'are hundreds of flowing wells. 

 Most of the houses, even in the towns, have 

 their well of water flowing, and no trouble 

 about pumping. A pipt> vaiying fVom-one to 

 four inches in diametei' is driven down until it 

 strikes i-ock, when a drill is put inside of the 

 pipe, and the rocl^: drilled until water is struck. 

 Sometimes no rock is sti-uck until ueai'ly to 

 water, and the pipe with a j)oint is driven 

 through to the water. There are several layers 

 of rock with sand, etc., between them; and the 

 moi'e layers the pipe or drill penetrates after 

 reaching the How. the larger the flow of water, 

 though I lielieve the water rises no highf>r. 



The water is struck about (30 to tK) ft. below 

 the surface, and rises. I l)elieve, hi ft. above 

 sea-level, and usually fills the pipe. A three or 

 four inch pipe, with a strong flow, makes quite 

 a stream of water, and makes it veiw conven- 

 ient, as the water may be piped into the house, 

 used for irrigating, etc. As a well with an inch 

 or 1^4 -inch pipe costs only !?,50 or .?(>(). they are 

 not very exijensive. By using a ram, the water 

 may be forced as high as is wished. The water 

 is hard, and is said to he impr-egnated with 

 sulphur. At this place, next to the ocean, there 

 is a peninsula nearly half a mil(> wide; then 

 the Halifax River more than a mile wide; then 

 the mainland. Wells on the peninsula, or' driv- 

 en m the river, flow just the same as on the 

 mainland. It looks strange to see fresh water 

 bubbliirg up out of a pipe, and the sun'ounding 

 wat<>r' salt. The qiuility of water varies con- 



sidei'ably in ditTei'ent wells. In sorire the sul- 

 phur is so str'ong as to be vei'y ohcnsive to some 

 people: in other's, little or none can be detected. 

 Tlie temperature also varies consider'alily. Day- 

 tona, five miles noi'th of this place. Is called the 

 " Fountain City," fi'om the number' of wells it 

 contaiirs. John B. Case. 



]\irt Orange, Fla.. Nov. 24. 



ANOTHER ZINC-PERFOEATOR. 



A SMAI.I. FOOT-POWER MACHINE. 



Find inclosed a idiotograph of a foot -power 

 punch I have had made, which perforates four 

 holes at one stroke. The whole thing is made 

 of iron and steel, and is substantial and perfect. 

 The die is held in a chuck, and I'egulated by 

 four set-screws, and the teeth to the punch are 

 of different leugths, and shaped so as to "' shear," 



IMOKSE S FOOT-I'OWEIt ZlNC'-I>EIiF01!AT0i;. 



which makes it cirt (>asi!y. and with very little 

 power. I inclose a sample of zirrc, cut by my 

 machine on the mar'gin of a piece which came 

 from you, I think, some time ago. The machiire 

 was madi' by W. T. Cliffor'd, Wellirrgton, O.. 

 who, I think, is to congr'atulated. 1 want to 

 have this machirre on exhibition at the World's 

 Fair. Chicago. 18U2. .1. S. Reese. 



Winchester, Ky., Nov. 18. 



W^' take pleasui-e in presentirrg in half-tone 

 the photogr'aph pr'esented by Mr. Reese. The 

 appeai'ance of the machine indicates that it 

 was gotten up by a mechanic: in fact, the 

 punches and dies ai'e so accurately fitted that it 

 per'forated perfectly a piece of tissue paper which 

 is befor-e us. The sarn])les of zinc wer'c r-eceived; 



