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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Feb, 1 



THE "red-albumen" SWINDLE. 



This thing that has been having- the run 

 of the papers has been finally traced to the 

 notorious "Bain," of Zanesville, O. Not 

 only have the poultry-men been swindled, but , 

 the drug-gists as well. The article sold as 

 red albumen at 50 to 75 cts. per lb. is real- 

 ly worth onU' 3 or 4 cts. ; and its worth for 

 making- " hens lay " is just nothing- at all. 

 If you have a friendly interest in your 

 druggist, tell him he had better let the 

 stuff alone, even if everybody is inquiring 

 about it and wanting it. Somebody is go- 

 ing to "get left" with a stock of it on 

 hand. 



COLD-WAVE FORECASTS AND THE WEATHER 



BUREAU. 



Some of our readers m^y have noticed 

 that on Friday, Jan. 24, the Weather Bu- 

 reau said a cold wave would reach us b}'^ 

 Sunday or Sunday night. This, you will 

 notice, was a forecasting three days ahead. 

 Well, Saturday night came, and Sunday 

 and Sunda}' night, with no cold wave in 

 sight. A good many began to ridicule the 

 Weather Bureau. But by Monday morning 

 there had been a fall of 3>S° in 12 hours. 

 The explanation was that a warm wave 

 swept in from an unexpected quarter, and 

 crowded the cold wave back. Sunday aft- 

 ernoon, however, I received a teleg-ram that 

 the cold wave would be on hand Monday 

 morning sure; and it is here yet, Jan. 31. 

 The only trouble in this case was that the 

 forecast was driven back so that it was 

 from 30 to 36 hours late. 



BERT COOK, PRESIDENT OF THE MICHIGAN 



STATE ASSOCIATION OF FARMERS' 



CLUBS. 



For several j'cars I have been wondering 

 why Bert Cook, son of Prof. A. J. Cook, had 

 not been pulled forward a little more into 

 public life — something like the life of his fa- 

 ther, for instance, during the early and 

 middle part of his life in Michigan; hence 

 I was greatly pleased to find in the Michi- 

 gan FavDier for Jan. 18 a most excellent 

 picture of Bert Cook, or A. B. Cook, as the}^ 

 call him, with the notice that he had been 

 chosen President of the State Association 

 of Farmers' Clubs. I know something of 

 j'oung Cook's ability, from having met him 

 many times at his father's home; and I do 

 know, too, that his lamented mother was a 

 jewel among women. With such a parent- 

 age it has seemed almost wrong to me that 

 3'oung Cook should continue hiding his light 

 under a bushel, even if he does enjoy him- 

 self more alone out on the farm than any- 

 where else. When he gets to be sixty or 

 more, we will try to excuse him, and let 

 him go off, even into the big back woods of 

 his beautiful State, if he feels like it. Just 

 now, however, we want him in the front, 

 where he can do his native State such a 

 service as his excellent training and parent- 

 age have so eminently fitted him for. 



SPRAYING FRUIT=TREES. 



The question of spraying fruit-trees to prevent the 

 depredations of insect p"e>ts and fungus diseases ia no 

 longer an experiment Init n nf-cessity. 



Our readers will do w,rll tu write Wni. Stahl, Quincy, 

 III., and get his catalog de.-^cribing twenty-one styles 

 of Spraying Outfits, and full treatise on spraying the 

 different fruit and vegetable crops, which contain 

 much valuable information, and may be had for the 

 asking. 



BERMUDA 



With cable communication and equable win- 

 ter temperature of 70 degrees, is reached in 

 48 hours from New York by the elegant 

 steamers of the Quebec Steamship Compa- 

 ny, sailing every ten days up to January, 

 and then every five days. The situation of 

 these islands — south of the Gulf Stream — 

 renders 



FROST UNKNOWN, 



and the porous coral formation prevents ma- 

 laria. The Quebec Steamship Company 

 also despatches highest class passenger 

 steamers every ten days for ST. THOMAS, 

 SANTA CRUZ, ST. KITTS, ANTIGUA, 

 GUADALOUPE, DOMINICA, MARTIN- 

 IQUE, ST. LUCIA, BARBADOS, DEM- 

 ERARA, and the principal WEST INDIA 

 ISLANDS, aff'ording a charming tropical 

 trip at a cost of about $4 a day. For de- 

 scriptive pamphlets, dates of sailing and 

 passa.ges, apply to 



A. E. OUTERBRIDGE & CO., Agents, 



39 Broadway. New York. 

 ARTHUR AHERN. Sec. Quebec. Canada. 



For Sale. — Choice amber comb honey, in 24-lb. 

 cases, at lie. Edw. Wilkinson, Wilton, Wis. 



For Sale.— F.xtracted honey from alfalfa, in 60-lb. 

 cans, tinted or white, 7 cts. a lb. Also honey in small 

 friction-top pails. M. P. Rhoads, l,as Animas. Col. 



Wanted— Comb and extracted honey. State price, 

 kind, and quantity. R. A. Burnett & Co., 



199 South Water St., Chicago, 111. 



