1901 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



417 



THE NEW POTATO-PLANTER. 



The potato-plauter works to perfection. I used one 

 last sea.son with great satisfaction. There are no 

 crooked rows by dropping the potatoes out of line — 

 siniplv drop your potatoes in the planter, and put the 

 ■machine where you want it, and it is dropped, cover- 

 ed, and planted' in less time than it takes to tell it. 

 They are indispensable to one planting only ],{ acre. 

 They heat a hoe for corn where it is rough. For dry 

 sea.sbns they are a fine thing, as they put the seed 

 down where the ground is moist, and they also save a 

 hoeing. R. J. Gary. 



Norwalk, Conn.. April U. 



[I presume our friend means by the expression, 

 " They also save a hoeing," that where each piece of 

 potato is put right down into the moist ground it 

 starts as quick as or quicker than the weeds, thus sav- 

 ing a growth of weeds before the potatoes come up. 

 And I want to add that, if he will take one of the new 

 weeders and go over the potatoes as soon as they are 

 planted, and then do it again every three or four 

 days, //le potatoes will never need anv hoeing at all. 

 —A. I. R.] 



MOSQUITOES AND THE FAULTLES.S SPRAYER ; A NEW 

 rSE FOR THE IMPLEMENT. 



Last summer I purchased a brass Faultle.ss sprayer 

 for general purposes. I live in a mosquito-infested 

 country, and in spite of screens they will accumulate 

 in the corners of the room. My wife often urged me 

 to "fan them out," so one day I leaded the sprayer 

 •with coal-oil and went after them. I .'oon rid every 

 room of them. At first my wife objected to the scent 

 of the oil; but it soon dissipates. The mosquito is 

 more looked upon than formerly as a public enemy, 

 and the sprayer is a " great gun " to exterminate him 

 (or her). Reg. Archillion. 



Archillion, Ark., April 8. 



[I suspose our friend, in his closing sentence, alludes 

 to the fact that scientific men now quite generally 

 agree that the mosquito is quite an agent in carrying 

 contagious disea.ses; and with this in view it is quite 

 an important matter to drive them away, or, better 

 still, kill them with coal oil. A government bulletin 

 has already given notice that mosquitoes may be ban- 

 ished from a neighborhood by covering stagnant 

 water with a thin film of coal oil, only a small quanti- 

 ty being needed for the purpose. — A. I. R.] 



I have a copy of the ABC book. It is more than its 

 publishers claimed for it. E. J. Smith. 



Bowling Green, Ky. 



THE CIG.ARETTE BUSINESS. 



We clip the following from the Practical Partner, 

 Philadelphia : 



The most radical anti-cigarette measure yet propos- 

 ed is now under consideration in the Minnesota Leg- 

 islature, having been introduced by Senator Halver- 

 son, one of whose constituents recently died from 

 smoking too many cigarettes. The proposed bill is 

 modeled on the Tennessee law, which the United 

 States Supreme Court has held to be constitutional, 

 and makes it a misdemeanor to use tobacco in this 

 form, bars merchants from bringing cigarettes into 

 the State, makes giving away cigarettes an equally 

 grave offense, and even prohibits the sale of the pa- 

 pers used in rolling cigarettes. 



CONVENTION NOTICE. 



The spring meeting of the Eastern division of the 

 Northern Illinois Bee-keepers' Association will he 

 held at the residence of B Kennedv, 7 miles south- 

 east of Rockford, 111., on rural route No. .5. and 3 miles 

 northeast of New Milford. 111., on Tuesday, May 21, 

 1901. All interested in bees are cordially invited to 

 attend. B. Kennedy, Sec'y. 



Maple Syrup. 



None finer in quality than Medina County 

 product, which took 1st premium at World's 

 Fair. We put up syrup in quarts, two quarts, 

 and 1-gallon square cans. 



Best Medina Maple Syrup in Sealed Tin Cans. 



One-quart cans, each, $ .30 24 for 56 00 



Two-quart " " 55 12 for 6 00 



One-gallon " " 100 10 for 9 00 



Syrup guaranteed strictly pure. 



THE A. I. ROOT CO., Medina, O. 



E^^b^E SAW ARBOR 



for .\'it!.]Mn Funiiiure or oM-time Flint Lock 

 Firearins. v.''! al<o sell Saw Arbor for cash. 



WM. S. AMMON, 216 Court St., Reading, Pa, 



E. R. Root says : "One cage . . . showed a mea- 

 surement of .18 and iV^; cage B showed a measurement 

 of iV;'ri and cage D [',r,,- ■ • H tongue-reach means 

 an> thing, they ought to be good workers." They are 

 three strains and aie good workers. Queen circular 

 free. W. A. H. Qilstrap, Grayson, Cal. 



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(|it Doolittle's Scientific Queen-rearing, only 50c. ^ 



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