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July, 1915. 



American Vae Journal 



flower may be used or one may pluck 

 out the petals, but almost every atom 

 of the dandelion plant is good to eat, 

 root, foliage, flower, flower stem, petals, 

 all. It is replete with curative and 

 constructive properties, and one need 

 not be finicky in discarding any part 

 of it." 



Tooth Paste 



Honey is the right thing to change 

 tooth powder into tooth-paste. If you 

 have been in the habit of using the 

 powder you will be pleased to find that 

 the paste knows enough to keep its 

 place without unpleasantly scattering 

 where you do not want it. The Chi- 

 cago Herald gives the following : 



"Tooth-pastes are less wasteful than 

 tooth-powders. You can compound 

 your own if you desire after the fol- 

 lowing formula : Eight ounces of pre- 

 cipitated chalk, four ounces of pow- 

 dered white castile soap, four ounces of 

 powdered orris root, 40 drops of oil of 

 sasssafras, 80 drops of oil of bay, and 

 sufficient honey to form into a paste. 

 Once a daythe teeth should be cleansed 

 with dental floss. To permit particles 

 of foreign matter to remain between 

 the teeth is to invite decay. Twice a 

 year a dentist should remove deposits 

 of tartar that form about the roots and 

 gums." 



♦-•-• 



Honey in Drinks 



When you sweeten a drink, the 

 chances are ninety-nine in a hundred 

 that you use sugar. No matter whether 

 the drink be hot or cold, you ought to 

 know that it is better to use honey. T. 

 B. Terry, whose health talks in the 

 Practical Farmer are read and prized 

 by thousands, gives instructions in 

 that paper for making a cereal drink to 

 take the place of tea and coffee, and 

 says: "Use cream and sugar to your 

 taste. I use extracted honey instead of 

 sugar, as it is more wholesome." Not 

 as a matter of taste, you will observe, 

 but because more wholesome. 



You may or you may not like it as 

 well as sugar. You may like honey of 

 some particular flavor, even honey with 

 quite a strong flavor, the less flavor 

 the better. Even if you are so fixed 

 in your tastes that you cannot be per- 

 suaded to change from sugar to honey, 

 be sure to let the children have their 

 chance. Not only in their drink but in 

 their food. "Milk and honey" is as 

 fine a combination today as it was 3400 

 years ago, when the children of Israel 

 were eagerly looking forward to find- 

 ing it in the promised land. Try the 

 children on a bowl of bread and milk 

 sweetened with well ripened honey. 



A Small Apiary in the City of Marengo 



The probability is that this time the 

 brothers a; well as the sisters will be 

 willing to take a look at this depart- 

 ment for the sake of seeing the inter- 

 esting picture it contains. The little 

 apiary shown is not run by a woman, it 

 is true, but is interesting from the fact 

 that it was taken in the very heart of 

 the little city of Marengo, its owner 

 the pastor of the Methodist church. 



The stone building shown was at one 

 time a church — now a movie show. 

 The children in the foreground were 



BEES ON A CITY LOT IN A TOWN OF TWO THOUSAND 



not placed there or coaxed there for 

 effect. It is their really and truly play- 

 ground, and their position in front of 

 the bees, playing with a cracker-carton, 

 is a fine testimonial to the good nature 



of th ■ bees. Strangely enough, there 

 is no appearance of bees in the picture, 

 but they were busily flying all the 

 same, and the youngsters paid no heed 

 to them. 



Bee-Keeping 



In Dixie^ 



Conducted by J. J. Wilder, Cordele. Ga. 



The Season 



In many sections of the country, on 

 account of the lateness of the season, 

 the main honey-flow has just started 

 well, especially is this true of the gall- 

 berry region where the prospects are 

 good for at least an average crop. Also 

 out over the poplar belt, which covers 

 the greatest area of our territory, the 

 flow was about as good as usual. We 

 learn that the flow is heavy in the 

 great Blue Ridge belt. In the ex- 

 treme southern portion of Dixie the 

 flow from orange was light with but 

 few exceptions. One beekeeper re- 

 ports from this section that he estab- 

 lished an out yard by equally dividing 

 upthe3.j colonies of the home yird. 

 They were short of stores at the time 

 he placed them on the stand, but as the 

 main honey plant was well in bloom 

 he thought they would at least gather 

 enough to build up on and live in a 

 hand to mouth manner. 



On his next visit he was surprised 

 to find all but three colonies dead from 

 starvation. Just at this time the 

 weather turned cold, cloudy, with high 

 wind and rain. This lasted the greater 

 part of April, and such conditions pre- 

 vailed nearly all over Dixie. During 

 this time the tupelo gum came into 

 bloom, and the crop from this source 

 was almost a total failure. The writer 

 has 1000 colonies in the great tupelo 



section, and the average from this 

 bloom is about 10 pounds of extracted 

 honey per colony, but, fortunately, I 

 am not entirely dependent upon this 

 even there, for besides tupelo I have 

 gallberry, pepper bush and saw pal- 

 metto, which will help us reach some- 

 where near the average. But our trade 

 demands this tupelo honey, which will 

 be greatly missed. One beekeeper in 

 the great tupelo belt reports he could 

 only extract four 32 gallon barrels of 

 tupelo honey from 180 colonies, mak- 

 ing the average less than 10 pounds of 

 extracted honey, which I believe is the 

 lowest average for many seasons. 



We had ideal weather the latter part 

 of March, during which the titi bloomed 

 and gave a good flow, and our greatest 

 honey market is now almost glutted 

 with this beautiful nearly water cleat 

 honey, but as it is strictly fancy, and 

 the first on the market, the beekeeper! 

 are reaping good returns from it. 



Over-Enthusiastic 



Friend Byer, on page ir)8 of the Maj 

 edition, comes back at me for being 

 too enthusiastic, not using good judg' 

 ment in making sweeping claims, etc, 

 I guess this is true ; for my enthusias 

 in beekeeping has never at any tim< 

 decreased in the least, but it has always 

 risen higher. I am over-enthusiastic 

 and that enthusiasm sometimes runs 



