1901 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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only on seeds and plants, but books also. This little 

 book is fairly well illustrated, was issued in February, 

 of this year, by J. W. Sears, of Somerset, Ky., and it 

 has a dii/t- on it. A good many of these high-priced 

 ginseng " books" have not even a date to tell wheth- 

 er they were printed during the current year or ten 

 years ago. 



THE DZIERZON THEORY. 



I do not know but it is a pretty good thing that I 

 am obliged to read all the proof before Gleanings 

 goes to press since Ernest is away. Well, for some 

 time back I have been feeling that most of our jour- 

 nals have been giving place to the discussion of ques- 

 tions that were pretty well settled years and years 

 ago by long and laborious experiment. When Glean- 

 ings was started, every bee-keeper in the land was 

 more or less familiar with the Dzierzon Theory; and 

 thev were forced to admit, too, that, although this 

 little book is quite old, very little that is found in its 

 pages has been found to be incorrect. Now, I do 

 think every bee-keeper of the present day ought to 

 read through, at least once in his life, the Dzierzon 

 Theory. It is the cornerstone and solid rock upon 

 ■which nearly all we know about bees is based. The 

 little book is only 10 cents, postpaid. If any one 

 thinks the price is too high I will take the responsi- 

 bility of putting it 5 cents. We do not care whether 

 we make money out of it or not; but we want the peo- 

 ple to read it. 



OUR ANEROID barometers. 



Two troubles have met us in selling the small-sized 

 instruments we have for years had for sale. We have 

 been sending them by mail; but where the mail-bags 

 are thrown or banged about, the instruments are very 

 likely to be out of order when received ; therefore we 

 have decided hereafter to recommend in all cases 

 having them sent by express. The charges will be 

 seldom more than 25 cts. Another thing, we have 

 heretofore used the smaller-sized instrument in order 

 to lessen the expense of po.stage. After having care- 

 fully tested the different sizes we find rather more 

 satisfactory work from the larger size, costing $13.50 

 instead of J2 .50 as heretofore. These larger instru- 

 ments, placed side by side with our mercurial barome- 

 ter, do most excellent service, many times indicating 

 the approach of a storm, even before the mercurial, 

 because they are more sensitive. Instructions accom- 

 pany each instrument — one set from the manufac- 

 turer, and one set that I have had printed for myself, 

 after having watched the barometer almost daily for 

 several years past. It is a pleasure to me to sell one 

 of these new instruments, because I think they will 

 give both pleasure and profit to the purchaser. 



Since testing half a dozen of these instruments right 

 beside our mercurial barometer, under all sorts of 

 circumstances, I find the aneroid is affected more by 

 change of temperature than the mercurial barometer. 

 All barometers should be in the open air. The north 

 porch, where the instrument will be sheltered from 

 rain, and, as far as may be, from drifting snow, is a 

 good place; and the aneroids especially should be 

 •where the sun does not strike them; for the heat of 

 the sun, especially in hot weather, is very likely to 

 cause a temporary fluctuation in the needle that 

 might lead one astray if he did not make allowance 

 for it. 



malted nuts ; a new food for invalids. 



I suppose most of our readers are more or less famil- 

 iar with malted milk, which has been such a Godsend 

 to thousands of people with weak digestion. But our 

 enterprising friends of the Sanitas Food Co., Battle 

 Creek, Mich., have, in my opinion, gotten out some- 

 thing that is even ahead of malted milk. They call it 

 malted nuts, and say it is a pure product of nuts and 

 nothing else. It is a grayish powder much resembling 

 malted milk ; but only two teaspoonfuls. dissolved 

 in a cup of hot water, makes the most delicious and 

 nourishing drink I ever got hold of. When faint with 

 hunger and fatigue, either mental or physical, there 

 is nothing in this world that braces me up so quickly 

 as this drink. Tea and coffee are nowhere, in my 

 opinion. I have been using it now considerably for 

 OTer a month, and it does not seem to me as if I 

 should ever want tea or coffee again, when I can get 

 hold of this new substitute. 



Another new thing in the way of good foods I wish 

 to mention is granose biscuit. With some of this, 

 and malted nuts and a little hot water, I have a deli- 

 cious meal with very little trouble to the good wife or 

 anybody else. One of the problems just now is help 



in the kitchen. Well, Mrs. Root and I are planning 

 now so that we shall not need any hired help in our 

 new summer cottage ; and we desire to manage also 

 so that she can have much leisure outdoors. We are 

 planning to live so as to save her not only a lot of 

 labor inpreparing food, but the same in taking care 

 of a lot of dishes. Just one cup and a spoon, some- 

 thing to hold the pure hot water, some malted nuts, 

 good bread and butter, fruits and vegetables from our 

 own garden, and we are all right. If we feel the need 

 of fresh meat out there in the woods we can get fish 

 very easily ; or, failing in that, canned corn beef or 

 roast beef at the country store near by. I am not 

 sure, but I think the Sanitas Food Co., Battle Creek, 

 Mich., would be glad to send any one a sample of 

 malted nuts. We have given it around to our neigh- 

 bors, especially those in feeble health, and the uni- 

 versal verdict is that it agrees exactly, even with 

 those who have greatest trouble with indigestion. 



One thing I almost forgot to add. There is more 

 nourishment and strength in this new food, pound 

 for pound, than any thing else I have ever come 

 across in the way of food products. If bought in 

 quantity, the dry powder costs only about 40 or 50 cts. 

 per lb. But it is so light that a pound goes a great 

 way. I think one could come nearer to carrying his 

 dinner in his vest pocket with this new food than any 

 thing else I know of. 



WHAT CAN BE PLANTED IN THE MIDDLE OR LAST OF 

 JUNE? 



Almost every thing, for that matter ; and it is par- 

 ticularly the time to plant beans— better now than 

 earlier, because they are more likely to escape the 

 bean-weevil. It may be a little late for the large lima 

 bean, but is just right for Henderson's bush limas. 

 We have a large lot of these that we are offering for 

 only 10 cts. per quart, or 65 cts. a peck. Where there 

 is difficulty in getting large lima beans to ripen, these 

 smaller bush limas are almost sure to make a crop. 

 We have also three or four bushels of the Prizewinner 

 shell bean that that is so early we grew two crops of 

 them last year in the same ground. Quart, 20 cts.; 

 peck, SI. 25 We have a nice stock of Banner field 

 beans at the low price of 10 cts. a quart ; 70 cts. per 

 peck ; bushel. iJ2.75. 



Sweet corn will be all right for roasting ears, and it 

 is a good plan to plant three or four kinds the same 

 day, from the earliest to the latest. Popcorn is all 

 right if put in now. We have some extra nice rice 

 popcorn at only 10 cts. a quart ; peck, 65 cts. 



Cucumbers I would put in just now as you do corn. 

 Plant several kinds, from the earliest to the latest, all 

 the same day. 



Do not forget lettuce — that is, in localities where peo- 

 ple have learned to use it the year round ; and I be- 

 lieve it finds a ready sale in all the large cities every 

 day in the year. 



All kinds of melons will give a crop now unless we 

 happen to have an extra-early frost. 



In our locality we have no trouble in growing peas 

 right through the hot weather. In fact, we have just 

 been planting five different kinds, from the earliest to 

 the latest, on the same day. Without any more atten- 

 tion this gives us green peas right along without any 

 further care or trouble. 



Pumpkins are all right ; and if you have not put at 

 least a few among your growing corn, better do so 

 now. Thev are not only pretty but u'eful. and often 

 make the most of their growth after the corn is cut, 

 especially early corn. We have Early Sugar pumpkin 

 seed for 30 cts. per lb ; field pumpkin, only 15 cts. 



Beets, carrots, and salsify may all be put in now — 

 yes, parsnips too, if you do not care to have them very 

 large ; and the medium-sized ones are better for table 

 use than large ones. 



Better get in some Hubbard squashes if you have 

 not done so before. 



Of course, vou know it is just the time for putting 

 out plants — cabbage, cauliflower, celery, tomatoes, 

 etc. 



It is a little early for turnips, except the Breadstone 

 and large sweet rutabagas. They should be put in in 

 June, because they need a long season. 



If you order any of the above seeds by mail, please 

 remember to add 9 cts. per lb. for packing and post- 

 age; beans and peas, 15 cts. a quart, and corn 12 cts. a 

 quart, for postage. 



I,ast, but not least, our favorite season for planting 

 potatoes is the last of June. We still have plenty of 

 potatoes for seed of the Early Ohio, and small lots of 

 other kinds, at 75 cents per bushel right through. A 

 leaflet giving reduced prices on seeds late in the sea- 

 son will be mailed on application. 



