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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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same principles, or part of them, in an impractical 

 form. The question still wells up, Why did it die? 

 For months or jears it has lain a corpse, g:ood for 

 nothing, except to be dug- up to cheat some one out 

 of his honest earnings. The patent decisions are be- 

 ginning to look at this matter also. Men that will 

 stand up before the solemn duties of a court of 

 justice, and swear falsely, are too nuinerous for 

 safety. James Hkddon. 



Dowagiac, Mich. 



Now, friend 11.. why didn't you tell us 

 that your cover was meant to be reversible ? 

 I looked at it and looked at it, and won- 

 dered what possessed you to get any thing 

 up so awkward looking, without any point 

 to it. But had you just hinted " reversible."" 

 tlien it would have been all clear. Then, 

 again, tliat: ingenious device for liolding a 

 shadiiig-lioard ; if you have ever spoken of 

 that l)el'()re, I had forgotten it. I supposed 

 you put a great rock on these boards piled 

 up on top of your hives, to keep the wind 

 from blowing them off ; and very likely 

 great rocks are plentiful in Michigan, even 

 if they are not here in .Medina. Ye^. sir, 

 I agree with you that laying a cliip on the 

 upper corner, and laying' on a shading- 

 board, will take out the •• wind." It seems 

 to me, that, wltli the business you are doing, 

 you ought not to use cuts that do not show 

 things as they are ; and besides, why not ex- 

 plain more in your own price list of articles 

 what the things you use are intended .forV 

 In regard to friend Kretchmer"s invention, 

 it was described in his book, and to some 

 extent in journals and price lists. As it 

 would take me a good deal of time to hunt 

 it up, I just turn tlie whole matter over to 

 friend K., who, I suppose, can give you the 

 ])oints readily. 



>VKll 1600 I,I!S. 



)F I'OTATOKS FUOM ONE I'OfNI). 

 IN ONE VKAU. 



WHAT ONE OF OUR BEE-KEEPEES 



DID IN THE WAY OF RAISING 



POTATOES. 



fERIIAPSmanyof the friends liave no- 

 ticed repculs going around, in regard 

 to potatoes, and large yields secured 

 by the prizes offered by a company 

 who has a special ferf ili/.ei- for sale. 

 Noticing that one of the successful potato- 

 growers lived in the neighboring town of 

 Akron, J wrote to him. to incpiire about it. 

 and I was a good deal pleased to know thnt 

 lie is no other than one of our bee-men. 

 Below is liis letter, telling us how he did it : 



A. I. l?oof .— Your favor of Jan. 2Sth came duly to 

 hand, contents noted, and in reply would say: 



On the 5th of April a i)Ound of wliolc Dakota Red 

 potatoes (not eyes alone) were cut and planted in 

 earth under glass, with artificial heat. .As the 

 sprouts appeared al)Ove ground they were pulled 

 off as you would sweet-potato sprouts, and potted. 

 As the detached sprouts grew, cuttings were made 

 and rooted, continuing the above process until as 

 late in the season as I thought I could make cut- 

 tings and have them produce potatoes. They were 

 then planted in wluit 1 would call a clayey loam, but 

 so near the turning-point that some people call it a 

 saiiily loam, that luid been tlioroughly workeU ftptj 



fertilized with a fertilizer purchased of the Bradley 

 Fertilizer Co., Rochester, N. Y.. and sown broadcast 

 at tlie rate of 1000 lbs. per acre. That was the only 

 fertilizer used. They were worked flat or level with 

 a horse cultivator and hand hoc. With a potato 

 that is good to yield, a good fertilizer, good soil, and 

 a good deal of good care, one may expect good re- 

 sults. Chas. C. Miller. 

 Akron, Ohio, Feb. 9, 18?5. 



The above potato, it seems, is attracting 

 considerable attention just now. In re- 

 sponse to whether friend M. had any pota- 

 toes for sale to plant this season, he sent us 

 the advertisement you will find on another 

 page. AVe extract the following description 

 of the Dakota Red potato from Sibley's cat- 

 alogue for 1S.S.> : 



Dakota /fet/.— New; a large, very handsome, long, 

 wedge-shaped potato; thrives well on both sand 

 and clay soils. Western New- York Potato-Growers, 

 who have tried it. say it is the best that ever grew. 

 It tastes much like the good old Peachhlow; does 

 not shrinK in cooking; is solid, mealy, and fine 

 grained: the outside skin peels off in boiling, and 

 leaves llie inside intact, not crumbling to pieces; 

 eM'S ii i-fgnhir, some smooth, some deej), but few in 

 n'lniilx'i'; skin llrm. reddish tlesh-colored; flesh 

 white, of line flavor; vine stocky, and keeps through 

 drought by reason of the roots growing deep into 

 the soil. 



I have taken pains to find what the fertil- 

 izer al)ove mentioned costs, and the 1000 lbs. 

 delivered at his station probably cost him 

 less than SiiU.OO. Now, I do not know how 

 much time fiiend M. occupied in this work, 

 nor do 1 know how nnich ground he used. 

 The luimber of pounds of potatoes he raised 

 was ]()77 0-7. Probably the expenses were 

 not more than S2o.00 out, besides liis labor. 

 His crop of potatoes, if .sold at the prices ad- 

 vertised, will bring him something like 

 S7o.00, in round numbers. 



One reason for giving this was to show 

 what a wide-awake, enterprising, industrious 

 man or woman may do in the line of work 

 I mapped out in Homes in our last issue. The 

 I Bradlev Company paid him a premium of 

 I 87.5.00 "for his feat. Now. friends, we can 

 I get similar results from bees, poultry, and a 

 dozen other things (I was going to say a 

 hiuulred, and 1 guess it would not be far out 

 I of the wav I bv imtting brains and hard work 

 : into it. Whiie I think of it, our friend Ter- 

 I rv, the great potato-grower of the State of 

 I Ohio, is now engaged in writing me a book 

 I on potato culture, which we expect to be 

 fortiicoming in a few weeks. Tlie price 

 will be moderate, and we expect it to be up 

 to the times in every thing pertaining to po- 

 tatoes. 



D. A. JONESS FRAME AND HIVE. 



SO-METHINO AIJOUT THE KIND OF HIVES TII.4.T OUR 

 fANAlHAN EIUENUS USE FOR (lETTING THE 

 TUEMENDOUS CROPS OF HONEY THEY RE- 

 PORT NOW AND THEN. 



§OMK time ago Ernest reminded me 

 that I Avas doing wrong in making no 

 mention in the A B C book, price list, 

 and (iLEANi>.'GS,of the hives preferred 

 bv friend J). A. Jones and his large 

 clas« of pupils throughout Canada and other 

 territory. I accordingly wrote for a sample 

 frame, which we will show by an eiigravmg 



