1901 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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where. The principal objection is that it is more 

 trouble to pick and ;shell them than the large bush 

 lima. 



n\V.4RF PROLIFIC GERMAN BLACK-SEEDED WAX BEANS. 



This is a long name, I know, for one kind of beau ; 

 b\it if you plant some of them I think you will say 

 they are worthy of the long name. You may remem- 

 ber I gave them a write-up last August. They are not 

 only the be.-t quality of wax beans I ever got hold of, 

 but tiiey are extra early, and so exceedingly prolific 

 that a tew hills will give a family btans right along 

 every day, and the pods keep tender until there are 

 good-sized beans inside of them. Ten cents' worth of 

 seed will make a patch big enough to furnish a good- 

 sized familj' with beans — that is, if they are well car- 

 ed for in good ground. Prices : 14 pint, 8 cts.; pint, 

 12; quart, '^0. If wanted by mail, add at the rate of 

 15 cts. per quait for postage. There has never been a 

 rusty pod, .so far as we have grown them. 



DRBER'S VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS. 



Our friends may remember I gave the above book a 

 pretty good write-up .some four years ago when it fir.st 

 came out, and it has had a big sale ; in fact, a new edi- 

 tion is ju.st out. This new edition has over KKI pages, 

 andlotsof beautiful half tone pictures. Every person 

 who takes any interest at all in gardening under glass 

 should have this very valuable book, especially since 

 the price is only 25 cts. postpaid. On page 6;5, in treat- 

 ing of growing cucumbers under glass, we have a pic- 

 ture of a bee-hive with the bees going out and in ; and 

 here is what is said in regard to it : 



" The cucumber-grower has no more useful ally 

 than the honey-bee ; and the same industrious, unpaid 

 laborer will do good service among tomato-blossoms. 

 Every New Eugland gardener has one or more 

 swarms of bees, and a hive is carried into the forcing- 

 house soon after the cucumbers are planted, so that 

 the bees may be ready to visit the first blossoms. 



The cucumber (like other plants of its tribe) bears 

 two kinds of blo.ssoms on the same vine. One sort 

 has stamens and the other a pistil. It is necessary for 

 the pollen of the former to be carried to the latter. 

 The woik was formerly done by hand, with a camel's- 

 hair-brush until it was found that the same result 

 could be obtained more easily and cheaply through 

 the agency of bees. The little insects are also more 

 certain to find and fertilize all the cucumber-blossoms 

 than even an expert human operator." 



Such a statement as the above, from a book like 

 this, ought to settle the matter in regard to the im- 

 portanct^of bees to the gardener, or fruit-grower, for 

 that tna^er. 



Some new books by the o. judd co. 



I have been reviewing the poultry-books of late, and 

 I find several I can recommend. First, " Pocket-mon- 

 ey Poultry," by Myra V. Norys. Written by a woman 

 especially for women. The book is written in such a 

 charming style it is intensely fascinating, and, in fact, 

 it is y«// of delightful pleasantry Besides this.it is 

 really a gem of art in its beautiful pictures. These 

 are almost worth the price of the book, let alone the 

 reading. Such a book really ought to be cloth bound, 

 but 1 find it is advertised only in paper. It has 171 

 pages, full of pictures, .50 cts. 



" Low-cost Poultry-houses." This I have mentioned 

 elsewhere. It has 48 pages, fully illustrated ; 25 cts. 



Then we have two books on building hou-e.s — 

 " Modern House Plans for Everybody;" price Jl. 00 ; 

 fully illustrated. It gives plans and sptcifications, 

 with full details for houses costing all the way from 

 $250 up to SSOOO. The $2.50 house is the one we are 

 talking about for our ranch iu the woods. 



The other book is " Cottage Houses for Village and 

 Country Homes " It gives detailed estimates of ma- 

 terials and their cost, with each plan ; price SI. 00. 

 The^e two latter should go together. 



Then we have " Farm Appliances," another book 

 fully illustrated, brimful of short cuts for farmers and 

 others. This is a nicely b und book with nearly 2.50 

 illustrations : price only 50 cts. 



" Farm Conveniences" is a still larger book, better 

 bound, made up of the best ideas from the experiences 

 of many practical men ; 200 engravings ; price 81.00 



We can mail any of the above books promptly from 

 our office, postpaid, at the prices given. 



Allow me to thank Bro. A. I. Root for so clean a pe- 

 riodical as Gleanings. D. F. Bassett. 

 Beloit, Wis., Dec. 12. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



kind words FOR GLEANINGS. 



Don't ever stop sendirg Gleanings to me until you 

 get orders to do so. I have read it the past 25 years, 

 and expect to as long as I live. If I get behind a little 

 at any time I will make it all right. E. Bedell. 



Lake Helen, Fla., Jan. 23. 



[It is because of the number of letters like the above 

 that yve continue Gleanings until we are desired to 

 stop it. In other words, more people complain when 

 their journal is stopped without orders than when it is 

 continued without orders. In view of this, will not 

 our friends please tell us on a postal when Glean- 

 ings is wanted no longer?] 



some kind words in very truth. 



My husband died Sept. 18, 1900. Perhaps it may en- 

 courage you to know that your Home talks greatly 

 helped to strengthen his .spiritual life. I read your 

 talk on the prooigal son a few days before God called 

 him home. God had led you to speak of things that 

 had often perplexed my husband, and we both rejoic- 

 ed that the Holy vSpirit's influence led jou to deal with 

 that subject just then. I have written "my husband 

 died" 1 should have said he " entered into life." 

 May God still own and bless your labor for his king- 

 dom. Jemima M. Benton. 



Durham, Ont., Can., Jan. 14. 



[May God be praised for the above words. Success 

 in business or any thing else that the world has to of- 

 fer can not compare with the thought that one has 

 been instrumental in God's hands in leading some 

 other fellow-being out of darkness and into the 

 light.] 



I am especially indebted to Bro. A. I. Root, and de- 

 sire to inform him that 1 now am free from any desire 

 and love for tobacco, which lasted for nearly a year 

 after I gave up its use. I also wish him to know that 

 the parties referred to iu one of my letters about a 

 year ago — the one a traveling man and the other an 

 express messenger, particular friends of mine, who 

 had given up the use of tobacco through the indirect 

 influence of Bro. A. I,, are continuing in the good hab- 

 it, much to my surpri.-e, as they are exposed to special 

 temptations. The one must also sell cigirs, together 

 with groceries, and the other through the environ- 

 ment of railroad life and night work. 



Marion, O., Dec 24. Louis Scherff. 



the tobacco habit, etc. 



Friend A. I. Root: — The way you have been ham- 

 mering away on tobacco all these years is certainly 

 commendable A pioneer of this county some years 

 ago met with a series of financial reverses, which left 

 him in a very gloomy condition. He .sat around smok- 

 ing and worrying until he went insane. Friends took 

 him to Stockton to put him in the State Insane Asy- 

 lum. Before taking him to the a.sylum they were ad 

 vised to take him to a water-cure institution, which 

 they did. As nearly as I can remember his words 

 were, "They put me in cold water and then hot. 

 They steamed me and .soaked me. When I came to I 

 was in a bath-tub. 77;,? tobacco soaked out of my sys- 

 tem showed in the water around the edge of the tub. It 

 may not look reasonable, but it is so." 



" I suppo e that broke your tobacco habit up? " 



" Yes, for a while. I had no special desires or appe- 

 tites, any more than a babe. I had it all to learn over. 

 Afterward I saw other men using tobacco, and thought 

 I'd like to try it. It tasted good, and I got in the hab- 

 it of lining it again." 



He is now an inveterate smoker. Many who con- 

 sider them-elves temples of the living God are in no 

 better condition to-day. Strange ! 



Yours for pure air, clean bodies, furniture, floors, 



etc. W. A. H. GiLSTRAP. 



Grayson, Cal. 



Afr. Root : — I am very much interested in your Home 

 talks. When I began reading your paper I was using 

 tobacco — had been chewing for some ten years, but I 

 am free from the stuff. Now I have no desire for it. 

 I rejoice that I can lay aside the filthy stuff and spend 

 the money for such a nice clean paper as Gleanings. 

 I certainly wish you and your company a gieat suc- 

 cess. May you be ever ready to sayafewwoids to 

 encourage some one to rid his pockets of the filthy 

 weed. Lift up the hands that hang down, and 

 strengthen the feeble knees. J. B. Overfelt. 



Gogginsvine.,Va. 



