1885 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



359 



telling you. If this whole earth, then, is 

 l)ut a grain of sand compared to other 

 worlds, wliat are we, measured by the side 

 of the great God who rules over allV and 

 liow little are we able to measure him in his 

 infinite greatness 1 



Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or 

 liast thou walkcfl in the seai-ch of the depth'/ 



FRIEND COOK TALKS TO US ABOUT 

 POTATO CULTURE, 



AND AliOUT FRIEND TERRY'S POTATO-BOOK. 



jpt EAH MR. EDITOR:-! have read with e.xceed- 

 Aci ing interest the A B C of Potato Culture, by 

 ^[^1 T. B. Terry. It is most refreshing to read a 

 '-*^ work so gushing full of real practical com- 

 mon sense, and from the pen of one who 

 "has been right there" every time, and tells only 

 what he knows, and that the product solely of ear- 

 nest thought and study, mixed with hard sense. The 

 fact that great gain comes only through great cai-e 

 and painstaking labor, is graphically enforced. 

 Nothing given nothing gained, is God's law. He 

 who reaps without sowing is a thief. Good potatoes, 

 and bushels of them, come only from sweat of 

 brawn or braixi. 



May I say, Mr. Editor, that every land-tiller could 

 well afford to buy and read this book, even though 

 he is never to raise a jiotato, as the truths are al- 

 most all so broad in their applications? How per- 

 tinent to all successful agriculture is the advice to 

 praticc thorough tillage, as a fertilizer, a mulch and 

 to irrigate! The talk of manures and their applica- 

 tion is admirable. Though it is urged later to buy 

 most pi-oducts, it is well said that manures should 

 be made, not houolit. 



The planting in drills is precisely what I do with 

 corn, and largely for the same reasons. Then the 

 Thomas Harrow for early weeding, and, I would 

 add, stirring soil, and thus mulching and irrigating is 

 just what I have proved one of the best things for 

 early weeding of corn, until the plants are two or 

 three inches high. His hints as to selection of seed 

 may well be pondered and practiced by all growers 

 of plants or animals. 



The destruction of "Colorado beetles" — not 

 "bugs"— is also well discussed. Certainly no one who 

 can keep the beetles at bay, even at the same ex- 

 pense, should ever use Paris green; how much 

 less, then, when it can be done at half the expense 

 by hand-picking I 



And, Mr. Editor, how good those words about hir- 

 ing the children, and payiiifi thtm too'. I was not 

 surprised that so able a jiotato-culturist should say 



Gleanings in Bee Ccltcre, 



Puhlislicd. Semi-Mon tli h/. 



EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. 

 MEDINA, O. 



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Let nothing- he done through strife or vainglory.— Phil. 



The a B C of Potato Culture is meeting with a 

 most gratifying sale. Price 35 cts. ; by mail, 38 cts. 



BEESWAX. 



Until further orders I will pay 25 cts. cash, or 3. 

 cts. in trade. This is to take the place of the adver- 

 tisement on the cover of the last number. 



UNTESTED QUEENS. 



The demand has opened up beyond the supply, as 

 is usual during this month. The way they are now 

 coming in from the South, however, we shall soon 

 be up with the orders. « 



THE BEE BUSINESS PROGRESSING IN ARKANSAS. 



We notice by one of the papers, that Mr. Anthony 

 Ovp, of Helena, has sold to Mr. Robert J. Adams, of 

 Chicot Co., Ark., 200 colonies of bees. But a short 

 time ago Mr. Opp made a shipment of 50 colonies to 

 another customer in Chicot Co. The i)rice paid for 

 the 200 was $4.50 per colony. 



ihc ciuis.' of the scab. If it 

 lis, as some assci't, could SO good 



haii.lling 



scl 



ruit 



any 



that he dill not kn< 

 were from niyrloj)! 

 an observer be igii 



It. seems t(i iiM'th 

 the eroi)— ill tact, a 

 admiruhlc lirdcliun 

 in a way to have rii 

 ture. 



As I read about burying potatoes, I could not but 

 think of my own words on " clamps " for our bees : 

 " I much prefer the cellar where ^v) can know how 

 matters are progressing." As Mr. Terry says, the 

 cellar stoiiii^ is less laborious than the burying, 

 which ai)plies also to bees as well. 



Hut, Mr. Kilitor, if we indorse all this work, we 

 must say amen lothe eliapter on "Specialty" as 

 well. Anil then won't lirotliei- Heildon claim US as 

 his disciples? While it is bist loi- a man to concen- 

 trate his efl'orts so that all work shall be done in the 

 best way, it is also equally desiralile to have a vari- 

 ety in just so far as it does not i)reveut this e.v- 

 cellence of execution. We all know that a change 

 in work means reci'eation. A. J. (^ook. 



Agricultural College, Mich., May S, 1K85. 



the winter IS PAST. AND THE SUM.MER IS AT 

 HAND. 



A GREAT many reports in regard to winter losses 

 are at hand ; but the season has now come when we 

 must turn our attention to something else than 

 talking over our wintering troubles; therefore let 

 us drop wintering for the present, and take up hon- 

 ey-getting. 



IMPROVE.MENT IN SIMPLICITY SMOKERS. 



Friend J. A. Green, of Dayton, 111., suggests that 

 the Simplicity smoker is made much handier bj- 

 having a stop for the door so it shuts down and 

 strikes firm when the opening for putting in the 

 fuel is closed. He makes them by chopping a nick 

 in the circumference of the bottom of the flre-pot. 

 Wo do it by putting in a tinned rivet, allowing it 

 to project enough to stop the door. 



ERR.\TA. 



In the advertisement of G. J. Flansburgh, in our 

 issue of April 15, his initials were printed E. .1. 



\ Please note. 



On page 300 of our issve of Maj- 1, 23d line of first 

 column, we made Prof. Cook speak of beetles look- 

 ing like little hugs. As a matter of course, he 

 meant to compare the beetles with the bi/rt* that 



I fall off. 



On page 317, friend J. H. Brown says: "The mice 



I destroyed the rest; all came out right." He meant 



j to say, "The mice destroyed one; the rest came out 

 all right." This, however, was the fault of the man- 

 uscript, and neither editor nor i-eader could make 



! any thing else out of it. Please don't make a 



! straight mark I'or i>ni\ friends. 



