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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



oirr friends may not all show the beautiful 

 stripes of so many colors. As we have quite 

 a little left of our own growing, and some 

 more from the good lady in California who 

 sent us several ears by mail, I think I can 

 give all applicants from this time on five 

 grains each instead of three, as mentioned 

 last fall. 



Below I give the letter from the kind lady 

 who sent us the Rainbow corn : 



Mr. Root: — I am sending you by this mail two 



ears of Rainbow ( Burba nk's) corn that I raised 

 here this year — one yellow and one red ear. I was 

 the only one here who had it (by the way, I got it 

 from .lolui Lewis Childs) in these parts, and all who 

 saw it thought it beautiful. It was over five feet 

 tall, and some had red silk that was lovely. That 

 is the kind that had the red ears; but the seeds I 

 planted were all yellow. I hope this will reach you 

 safely, and that it will grow as well for you as it 

 did for us; and I thank you for telling us how 

 good it is to eat. I hope to try it myself next year. 

 You see the corn-worms had sampled it. They get 

 in all the corn here. 



Sunland, Cal., Dec. 25. Mrs. P. Bailey. 



HEALTH NOTEI 



THE DANA FOOD-CHOPPER, AND A SAMPLE OP 

 THE WAY SOME PEOPLE DO BUSINESS. 



Mr. Root : — Some time ago in your department 

 you gave a notice concerning a machine called the 

 Dana food-chopper. I sent to Williams & Co., as 

 directed, and received one by express from them. 

 When I opened it the part used for grinding small 

 grains, etc., was broken. The Williams Co. stated 

 that the chopper they sent me was the only or last 

 one they had in stock. They promised to send the 

 chopper for $1.25 prepaid. Instead they sent it 

 collect. The express was 60 cents. Since Williams 

 & Co. said the chopper sent me was the last in 

 stock I ^vTote direct to the Dana Mfg. Co., Cincin- 

 nati, to have the broken part replaced. I enclose 

 herewith the answer I received. It appears that for 

 several years this food-chopper has not even been 

 manufactured, and that no parts are available. I 

 was rathea- disappointed. Now, I haven't written 

 this to complain, but only to show you exactly how 

 the matter went with me. Now, Mr. Root, I'll tell 

 you what we want. We should much like some little 

 tool that we could use to grind grains with for our 

 own use, such as breakfast foods, etc. If you know 

 of any such tool, please give us the name and ad- 

 dress of the firm handling it, or the name of the 

 manufacturers. Isaac D. Kreiss. 



Escondido, Cal., April 27. 



Below is the letter referred to: 



Isaac D. Kreiss: — Your favor of the 6th, address- 

 ed to The Dana Mfg. Co., and calling for parts for 

 Dana food-chopper, has been forwarded to us inas- 

 much as we have purchased their entire business. 

 As the manufacture of the Dana food-chopper was 

 discontinued some years ago, and none of the parts 

 are now obtainable, we regret our inability to assist 

 you in the matter. 



The Peerless Freezer Company. 



Winchendon, Mass., April 21. 



We give the above in order that none of 

 the friends may have a similar experience. 

 We have one of the little food-choppers, 

 and it does the work nicely, and runs easily ; 

 but Mrs. Root has just complained that 

 there is one part of the machine that is 

 quite difficult to clean after grinding cer- 

 tain kinds of food. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 

 Chicago, advertise an implement made in 

 several different sizes. The smallest size is 

 only 65 cents; and whatever they sell can 

 be returned at their expense if it does not 

 give satisfaction. 



Now, here is some good news — at least it 



seems so to me — -for the good brother who 

 writes us, and evei-ybody else, for that mat- 

 ter. The new eei'eal, feterita, does not need 

 any grinding — in fact, we like it better 

 without grinding. You can grow it in your 

 garden anywhere — yes, even if you have a 

 long severe drouth. When the grains are 

 sufficiently mature you can pound out the 

 grain with very little trouble (for I have 

 recently done that very thing), and cook it 

 without any grinding; and I think you will 

 agree with Mrs. Root, myself, and all the 

 neighbors, that it is ahead of any other 

 cereal, especially if eaten with a little butter 

 and good honey, with a bowl of milk near 

 by. If anybody else has been disappointed 

 in the Dana food-chopper, and will let me 

 know, I will try to make it good. 



god's kingdom coming. 

 We clip the following from that up-to- 

 date periodical the Union Signal: 



BEEKDRINKING CAUSES ACCIDENTS. 



The Western Electric Plant of Chicago forbids 

 its workingmen bringing beer upon the grounds. 

 "V\Tiy? 



Because it was noticed that a large number of 

 accidents occurred uniformly after lunch, and in 

 almost every case the victim of the accident had 

 taken beer with his lunch. 



TOTAL ABSTINENCE DEMANDED; EIGHTY-EIGHT PER 



CENT OF THE MANUFACTURERS OF THE UNITED 



STATES DEMAND TOTAL ABSTINENCE OF 



THEIR WORKMEN. 



Sickness is always more fatal with beer-drinkers, 

 and accidents are usually fatal to them. 



About one million railroad men in this country 

 have to be total abstainers from beer and all other 

 intoxicating liquors. 



SALOONS IN ARIZONA ; THEIR LAST DAY. 



To-day is the last day for the saloons, and oh how 

 glad I ami Gleanings can well claim its share 

 of the credits for helping to make Arizona dry. 

 Without woman suffrage we could never have ac- 

 complished so much good. Mrs. Riggs and I are 

 feeling so good about our statewide prohibition that 

 we are trying to feed more hungry tramps than 

 anybody else in town ; but everybody in Bowie is 

 feeding them, I am glad to say. It certainly is a 

 blessing to be in this world to do all the good we 

 ran. T. J. RiGGS. 



Bowie, Ariz., Dec. 31. 



