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more experience at the present time than I have 

 had; and, in fact, when some one comes to me for 

 an opinion, I very often turn him over to Ernest 

 because I have more confidence in his decision than 

 I should have in my own. The matter of gardening 

 and raising crops is, however, more especially my 

 province. 



CAPTAIN HETHERINGTON'S LOSS. 



Just as we go to press, the following sad intelli- 

 gence comes to hand : 



The readers of Gleanings will deeply sympathize with ('apt. 

 Hetherington and wife in the loss of their youngest son, John 

 Edwin, who died April 3d, aged i years and 3 months. Al- 

 though so young, many had observed that his remarkable in- 

 tellectual development, together with an unusual degree of 

 self-reliance and energy, gave promise of a life of great use- 

 fulness. P. H. Elwood. 



Starkville, N. Y.. April 9, 1889. 



We extend our sincere sympathy to the captain 

 and his wife. 



ORANGE-BLOSSOM HONEY ; THE FIRST EXTRACTED 

 HONEY OF THE SEASON. 



We are in receipt of a sample from Florida, with 

 the following letter: 



Mr. Root:— We extracted our lirst honey March 21, taking 

 out Ave gallons of mixed honey, fair and good. Monday, 

 April 1, we extracted again, and got 20 gallons of as tine 

 orange-blossom honey as could be desired, a sample of which 

 I send you. We will extract again next Monday, and expect to 

 get 20 gallons more then, of the same honey, and that will 

 close orange-blossom for this year. We have 20 colonies. If 

 we have no disappointment, the season will last 3 months. 

 Our bees are on the St. John's River. John Craycraft. 



Altoona, Fla., Apr. 3, 1889. 



I am happy to say that the sample of orange- 

 blossom honey sent us is perfectly delicious, and 

 ought to bring as good a price as any of our clover 

 or basswood. I think I should place it at the head. 

 The flavor is quite similar to that furnished by the 

 Baldensperger Bros., of Jaffa, Syria, noticed in 

 these ptiges some two or three years ago. What 

 will you take for a barrel of it? 



TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. 



We have of late been receiving so many communi- 

 cations from people who have invested money in a 

 patent-right pruner, claiming to have purchased 

 the territory of our agent or agents, that we wish 

 it distinctly understood that we have no agents, 

 and never did have, for selling rights for any patent. 

 Whoever claims to be our agent, or to be authoriz- 

 ed by us to sell rights for any pruner, is a humbug 

 and a swindler, and we hope that all good men will 

 assist in putting down this fraud. In some cases 

 poor widows have scraped up their scanty earnings 

 to pay for a county right, only to be informed, 

 when they write to us, that their money is worse 

 than thrown away. 



how good an illustrated home journal can be had 

 for $1.50 per annum can obtain a sample copy by 

 addressing T. G. Newman & Son, 9:23 West Madison 

 St., Chicago, 111. 



LOOK OUT FOR HIM. 



J. H. Brewer, physician and surgeon, Jackson, 

 Neb., wrote us as follows, Oct. 11, 1888: 



Please send me one copy of your A B C of Bee 

 Culture and one of your best bee-smokers, by ex- 

 press, C. O. D. J. H. Brewer. 



Jackson, Neb., Oct. 11, 1888. 



Judging that the want of the goods was probably 

 more than the worth of them, we sent them right 

 along with above instructions. When notified they 

 were not taken from the office, we wrote the doctor; 

 and as he did not reply we wrote again, telling him 

 we should be $105 out of pocket if he did not take 

 the things from the express office according to 

 promise, the above amount being the express 

 charges both ways. We even wrote the third time, 

 telling him we had his plain order in black and 

 white, with his signature at the bottom; also tell- 

 ing him that we should feel it our duty to caution 

 others among the bee-fraternity against trusting 

 him in a similar way, if he did not respond. We 

 also took pains to find out that he was in his usual 

 good health, and abundantly able to answer letters, 

 even if he could not raise the small sum of $1.05. 

 As he makes no reply, we publish him as above. 



THE ILLUSTRATED HOME JOURNAL. 



The above is the title of a monthly periodical 

 published by T. G. Newman & Son, editors and pro- 

 prietors of the American Bee Journal. This new 

 journal was formerly known as the Chicago Illus- 

 trated Journal. After three volumes were issued, it 

 was voluntarily suspended for a time. An auspi- 

 cious time having arrived, the editors decided to re- 

 new its publication, changing its name slightly as 

 above. It is printed on nice calendered paper, and 

 contains 36 pages, including a tinted cover. It is 

 well illustrated, and the initial article is entitled 

 "One Hundred Years a Nation," by the editor. 

 Mr. Newman is a man acquainted with men and 

 with the times, and the article is comprehensive 

 and complete. We wish the publishers every suc- 

 cess. Those of our readers who would like to see 



A BOOK ON BUCKWHEAT WANTED. 



Since the advent of the new Japanese buckwheat, 

 the industry has assumed such proportions that it 

 is quite important that we have the fullest infor- 

 mation in regard to preparing the ground, sowing 

 the seed, use of fertilizers, harvesting, cleaning, 

 and, in short, every thing connected with the rais- 

 ing of buckwheat. The matter of getting another 

 crop in, after something else has come off, is also of 

 much moment. My experience with the articles on 

 sweet potatoes has opened my eyes to the fact that 

 the readers of Gleanings are able to furnish a val- 

 uable treatise on almost any new industry. Now, 

 friends, please tell us what you know about buck- 

 wheat, and we will have a "buckwheat issue" some 

 time before it is time to sow the seed. I will pay 

 for your communications what I think I can afford 

 to, as I did with the papers on sweet potatoes. We 

 want all the valuable facts and hints we can get. 

 If some of them do not occupy more than ten lines, 

 all right. Let us have them, and we will pay you 

 something for your trouble. Now, please remember 

 that we want facts from actual experience, and ex- 

 periment rather than flowery essays. If some one 

 of our readers has raised buckwheat to the extent 

 of a thousand bushels or more in a season, we 

 should like to have a pretty comprehensive article 

 from him; but as there will necessarily be much 

 repetition, most of you had better make yourselves 

 as brief and comprehensive as you can. We want 

 the facts boiled down. Where one raises only a 

 little patch, the question comes up about harvest- 

 ing. He can not afford to get a thrashing-machine. 

 Shall he then load it on wagons and draw it to some 

 machine already set up? or shall he thrash it with a 

 flail? Has anybody yet raised two crops in one sea- 

 son? and does it yield grain in any locality when 

 sown early in the spring, as soon as frost is out of 

 the way? How about the use of chemical fertili- 

 zers? Shall we sow it broadcast, or with a seed- 

 drill, etc.? 



