1902 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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dy. A friend of mine has a sort of axiom 

 that the best "medicine" for a sick horse 

 is grass. In the same waj^ I be^in to think 

 the best medicine for bad dig-estion is corn. 

 Chickens can eat corn raw, but human be- 

 ings want it cooked; and the most obvious 

 and natural way to cook the corn is to roast 

 it just enough so you can chew it easily, 

 then eat it slowly, g-iving the action of the 

 jaws time to bring up the digestive juices 

 provided hy nature. Take plenty of time 

 to chew the corn very fine, and see if you 

 do not decide it is not only the most deli- 

 cious food, but that it is the best medicine 

 for bad digestion. 



In answer to my prayers for wisdom and 

 understanding' in regard to this matter of 

 health, God directed me (at least so I un- 

 derstood it) to go up into the woods and 

 live as I have told 3'ou. Now, I have been 

 praying for 3'ears to have it made plain to 

 me whether God wishes his children to 

 take drugs when they are out of health, and 

 I feel now that the answer is coming. In- 

 stead of drugs, use corn and other grains. 

 To make them digestible, cook them by 

 roasting, just as the Indians used to do. 

 Try it, and see if you do not agree with 

 me that it is a most delicious food as well as 

 a grand substitute for any kind of medicine. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



Wanted, Sweet-clover seed, hulled or unhuUed. 



BASSWOOD (or linden) TREES. 



Now is the time to take them up. We have a splen- 

 did lot of one foot and under, grown in our nursery- 

 beds. Prices as follows : One foot and under, each .5 

 cts ; 10, 30 cts.; 100, $2.00. Bv mail, each, 8 cts.; 10, 35 

 cts ; 100, $2.25. ' 



SIR WALTER RALEIGH POTATOES, SECOND SIZE. 



Our second size are all sold out, but we have plenty 

 of firsts. Charles Vanderbilt, of L.yon'-, N. Y. can fill 

 orders for .seconds at our prices — $2.00 per barrel of 11 

 pecks, so long as his stock of 20(' bushels lasts. Guar- 

 anteed true to name, and nice seconds. 



cow PEAS, WHIPPOORWILL. 



In addition to the cow peas mentioned in our last 

 issue, we have made arrangements to furnish Whip- 

 poorwill at the .same price as the Wonderfvil ; name- 

 ly : Quart, 12 cts.; quart bv mail, 15 cts. niore ; peck, 

 75 CIS.: H bushel. S1.35 ; "busht 1. $2.50. The above 

 prices are f. o. b. Richmond, Va. We do not keep them 

 in stock here. 



HOW TO MAKE POTTING SOIL FOR GROWING BEAUTI- 

 FUL GEKANIUMS. 



We got a box of geraniums a few days ago that were 

 so much ahead of any thing el.se I ever saw before in 

 thrift, vigor, and rank luxuriance, as well as bud and 

 bloom, that I wrote the grower for his recipe for mak- 

 ing potting soil. Below'is what he says about it : 



The soil I use to grow them in is composed of one-half 

 Jersey sand and one-half jmre loam, with about 2 quarts of 

 bone meal to the bushel. This sand was nil washed out of 

 the ocean at one time, and contains a good deal of fertiliz- 

 ing material in the wa.v of phosphorus and very minute ani- 

 malcules. Flowers do grow finely, out of it, and it is said 

 they are more brilliant than anywhere else away from the 

 seashore. G. P. MooKE. 



Ocean City, N. J., Feb. 20. 



If you want to see the geraniums that are pleasing 

 me so much, send to friend Moore for samples. 



ever found before in my life. We laid it to the won- 

 derful fertility of the virgin soil around our cabin in 

 the woods. Unfortunately the labels were lost, so we 

 could not name the varieties that pleased us .so much ; 

 but in looking over Burpee's new catalog I recognized 

 at once that the corn was his new " Cosmopolitan," 

 and the liean was his new " Burpee's Brittle Wa.v." 

 Not only was the quality extra, but the corn gave enor- 

 mous ears, and the stalks went up over 6 feet high. 

 In fact, they fed the carpenter's horses every day 

 while he was building the cabin. The wax beans were 

 lof d;d with pods, and kept on bearing clear into Octo- 

 ber. We have ftot seeds of these two valuable varie- 

 ties this year, so if you want them you will have to 

 send direct to Burpee, Philadelphia. 



NEW BOOKS ON RURAL SUBJECTS. 



There are so many of these nowaday.s. especially 

 books on special subjects, and .such extremely good 

 ones too. that it almost bewilders one The first we 

 have is "Strawberry Culture," by our old friend Mat- 

 thew Crawford. Price 10 cts. Now, any thing from 

 the pen of friend Crawford is always valuable, audit 

 is also interesting reading. This booklet of 60 pages 

 is the boiled-down experience of years in testing and 

 growing the best varieties of strawberries there are 

 before the world. You can hardly name a plant 

 friend Crawford has not tested on his grounds. Even 

 though we have just put out a strawberry-book of our 

 own. I am glad to see that friend Crawford has got in 

 his book a number of bright hints that we did not get 

 hold of at all If this book h^d come out a little soon- 

 er I should have been glad to have noted them. We 

 can mail the book fr^m this office or you can get it of 

 the M Crawford Co.. Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Although 

 the author does a large business in selling plants he 

 has not advertised his plants nor his business on any 

 page of his book; in fact, you could not learn from it 

 that he has any thing for sale at all. 



The other book that delights my heart is entitled 

 "The Cow Pea" It has ()4 pages, a little larger than 

 our strawberry-book, and some beautiful h^lf-tone 

 pictures The book is a gem. and everybody who is at 

 all interested in the wonderful things the cow pea is 

 doing for agriculture, not only in the South but 

 through many parts of the North as well, should send 

 for it, I was almost disappointed to find there was no 

 price on the hook. When we were invited to make 

 editorial mention of it the letter closed up with this : 



Every reader can get a copy free by writing to the Super- 

 intendent of Experiment Farm, Southern Pines, N. C. 



I suppose that the above means that every reader of 

 Gleanings can have a copy of this beautiiul and val- 

 uable publication free of charge by applying for it as 

 above. I am inclined to think thev will get "snowed 

 under " with applications, especially after the book 

 is seen. 



Kind Words from our Customers. 



Gleanings gets better and better, and it seems to 

 contain more each number. D. W. Anderson. 



Blacksburg, S. C. 



TWO NEW AND VALUABLE GARDEN VEGETABLES. 



Our good friend Burpee was kind enough last season 

 to send rne a lot of seeds to test. I sent them up to 

 our Michigan ranch, and when we got there we greatly 

 enjo\ed the finest green corn and wax beans I had 



THE TOBACCO HABIT AND THE CULTURE OF TOB.-VCCO. 



[On page 71 (Jan. 15) I suggested that a reform will 

 come, even if it is true that three-fourths of all the 

 men are u ing tobacco. Some of you may think I was 

 a little '■ rai tied " when I seemed to say that a one- 

 fourth minority was going to rule the other three- 

 fourths. Not '"rattled " at all, dear friends. Even if 

 three-fourths of our men are users of tobacco it does 

 not follow by any means that the users are all in favor 

 of having it grown and sold. The following kind 

 word explains the situation better than I can do it my- 

 self :] 



I wish Mr. A. I. Root could know how much I enjoy 

 reading his Home Talks ; and if he will only keep at 

 the tobacco traffic I know of one at least who willl try 

 to give it up. I wish his sermons could be puhlished 

 broadcast over the land, for I know they woild do an 

 immense amount of good. May God spare him to this 

 world for a long time yet. that he may continue his 

 fig;ht against sin and iniquity. If there" is a man in 

 this world that I admire for courage, it is the smiling 

 face of a true Christian. W. C. Whitaker. 



E'sex, Mass., Jan. 30. 



