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GLi':ANlNGS In JitE CULTUllE. 



Juis^E 



are entirely ■without bottom-boards during 

 Avinter. being raised up on two 2x4 scantling. 

 Where this great amount of ventilation is 

 allowed, of course the room must be pretty 

 ^vell above the freezing-point. Friend B. 

 prefers 45-; and if he can not keep it up to 

 4o' without artificial lieat. the artificial heat 

 is used. 



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SOMETHING ON THE OTHER SIDE. 



FRIEND HlGGIXS' HEVIF.W OF C.r.EAXINOS. 



J^ RO. ROOT:— Mr. Hutchiuson's remarks on the 

 pjj " Contents of Bee-Journals" brings me to my 

 Y^ feet. I feel I have a grievance also, as well 

 '"^ as well-merited praise to bestow, which will 

 be approved by bee-keepers generally. I 

 find fault with "I think" and "don't you thinkV" 

 and all such generalizing that betrays both igno- 

 rance and inexperience. I tind fault with those 

 who say, " I am right, but you are wrong," simply 

 because we don't agree. I tind fault with that bee- 

 keeper who gets angry, and wants to use the col- 

 umns of a decent bee-journal to call another hard 

 names, and abuse him Just because he chooses to 

 honestly contradict a statement justified by his own 

 experience; and 1 never will take a bee-journal nor 

 any other paper that has for one of its special fea- 

 tures the privilege of its columns to s^landcr the 

 character of others. I object to this mud-throwing 

 by bee-keepers because their views arc not swal- 

 lowed without objection, right or wrong. I object 

 to a bee-journal being restricted exclusively to bees 

 and nothing else. Bee-keepers are not restricted 

 entirely to keeping bees. Our lives are diversified 

 by various occupations in connection with bee- 

 keeping. One has poultry, another gardening, and 

 perhaps some may have carp culture and silkworm 

 raising also. 



The driest thing that we of the South can read 

 about in the bee-journals is the quarreling over the 

 hibernation theory, tree-trunk wintering, the pi)llen 

 theory, and whether Mr. Heddon or some other 

 man should or should not be sainted for discovering 

 it, if the discoverer can ever be designated. We do 

 not care how you winter in the North, so such read- 

 ing-matter Is all paid for and no value received. We 

 don't care any thing about Mr. Heddon's hive, nor 

 any other hive in particular, so long as it has the L. 

 frame and admits of easy manipulation. 



For myself, I don't care a cent for what Mr. 

 Hutchinson says about raising comb honey, for I 

 raise only extracted; yet ISIr. H.'s articles are of al- 

 most priceless value to thousands who do. These 

 things are almost all superfluous to us of the Miss- 

 issippi Bottom in particular; yet no wail that I 

 know of has gone up from this section, prot' sting 

 what you ought and ought not to put into your col- 

 umns. We of the Mississippi Valley have a claim 

 on Gleanings, and insist that it ought to be nation- 

 al in its character, and comprehensive in its scope 

 to meet the demands of bee-keepers. We do not 

 want it to be monopolized by any certain class of 

 writers, nor restricted to any certain class of writ- 

 ing, but to be national in character, and compre- 

 hensive in its reading-matter. We of the South can 

 not be especially interested in the pollen theory and 

 wintering problem, but we like to know how the 

 world is moving among our bee-friends, and have 

 their cvperionces in all matters. 



Our Homes is objected to by some, and delights 



others. Your Juvenile Department can't interest 

 an old bachelor very much, but is a source of great 

 joy to the fdtnilies of many bee-keepers. So, Bro. 

 Root, on behalf of thousands who hail with gladness 

 each issue of Gleanings as it is, go on and keep it 

 as it is; and let these who wish, read only the arti- 

 cles on bees, and Ihey will have more than received 

 their money back, and the rest of us will go on and 

 read the rest. After our editor of Gleanings has 

 finished his work in this life, and goes up higher to 

 his rewai-d, there will be the general verdict, " Well 

 done; who can till his place?" 



I began with T5 colonies (68 queens), and have now 

 132, of which 128 are laying. I have sent, so far, 4'. 2 

 barrels of new honey to Cincinnati. We have the 

 worst weather in thirty years, cold and wet. I am 

 28 miles from New Orleans. Chas. M. Higgins. 



Hahnville, La., May 20, 18^.5. 



HOW TO MAKE A HOME-MADE WA- 

 TEH-PEOOF. 



Wdr.lvING IN THE HAIN, AND NOT GETTING AVET. 



FEW days ago a warm drizzling rain 

 set in— just what we had been watch- 

 ing and waiting for. When it com- 

 menced, all hands were set at work to 

 put out the i)lants that liad been wait- 

 ing in the greenhouse for such an opportuni- 

 ty. Pretty soon it began to be almost too 

 wet to work, without danger of getting a 

 cold. One of the men suggested that we 

 should get some pieces of oil cloth, make a 

 hole in tlic center for the head to go through, 

 and that this covering would protect the 

 shoulders and lungs, with a part of the arms, 

 so that it would be safe to go on with the 

 work. I suggested our enamel cloth as be- 

 ing just the thing. In a twinkling, one of 

 the girls in the sewing-room had made a wa- 

 ter-proof cloak. You want a piece two 

 yards long. c()sting40 cents. ]\Iake a hole in 

 "the center, something like a button-hole ; 

 hem it all around, and then i)ut on a button, 

 so as to button up close to the chin, llountl 

 off the corners so they will not be dangling 

 around in the way, and put on a string so as 

 to draw the loose' folds back under the arms. 

 If you are to be out long, roll up your sleeves 

 so they will not feel disagreeable, and you 

 are ready to set out plants, take care of 

 bees, or do whatever you choose. 



The boy who was dropping plants thought 

 he ought to have one. so a smaller one was 

 made for him. With his trowsers rolled up,, 

 and barefooted, he stayed out through every, 

 shower, without any inconvenience. 



A great many times when work is pressing, 

 we are tempted to stay out and do it, anti 

 thereby we sometimes get a cold that throws 

 us out of days or weeks of time, in the most 

 critical part of the season. With such a 

 cloak or roundabout we have saved it all, 

 to say nothing of possibly saving valuable 

 lives. If you do not succeed in making one 

 to your satisfaction, from directions given 

 above, we can send you a sample of one fixed 

 as we have it, for To cts.; 10, Sti.OO; 100, 

 SoO.CO. If wanted by mail, add 2o cts. extra 

 for postage. Children's size Avill be 50 cts.; 

 JO, S4.50 ; 100, S42.50. If Avanted by mail, 

 the postage Avill be 20 cts. extra. 



