Fkhrvarv, 1919 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



125 



Around the Office — Continued 



He was in Californy at the time at the head 

 of the beekeepin extension courses bein 

 given out there. Wiien hes at Wasliinton 

 hes at the head of all the beekeepin every- 

 where. Somebody around the office here 

 once called him old a])is tyrannus. I asked 

 what it means and Wallie Root what once 

 was Stenog in Gleanins and knows even 

 Greek said it meant BOSS and it was proper 

 latin to apply to just such as him. Well, if 

 he aint boss who is it as has got a right to 

 be? I like a boss as is a boss. I dont know as 

 he is. I dont want him to get down on me, 

 anyway, so I don't know as he is a boss, so 

 I dont. 



* * 4f 



Ernie Root 's out in Los Angeles, Cali- 

 forny. He 's been with Phillips and his 

 gang a teachin Rocky Mountain beekeepers 

 how to raise honey in the east I spose but 

 I dont know. Anyway, my boss and that 

 whole caboodle of short-course lightshed- 

 ders includin Phillips and Demuth and J. 

 Smith and Pellett and Mendleson got under 

 a considerable suspicion in Los Angeles city 

 while they was there, so they did. They 

 started out in broad day light, E. R. a lead- 

 in em, to recounoyter the new Root com- 

 pany factory out there. It woant a long 

 distance to go and it woant no long-distance 

 walkin record as what them fellers were 

 after then or now or never but they kept a 

 walkin and a walkin and some of em finally 

 got dissatisfied as to where thev was at and 



ISGRAPE-VINES 



69 varieties. Also Small Fruits, Trees, etc. Best rooted stock. 

 Genuine, cheap. 2 sample vines mailed for 10c. Descrip- 

 tive catalog free. LEWIS ROESCH, Box H. Fredouia, N. Y. 



as to the constantly prolongin continooance 

 of the travel by foot. Not a one of em could 

 have give a reasonable guess as to a single 

 pint of the whole cumpass. They had got 

 so they were turnin every corner they come 

 to just for luck and were actin queer. The 

 general direction they went resembled the 

 track of a thomascat thru the backyards of 

 his favorite adjacent neighborhood on a 

 warm spring night. When the authorities 

 finally got em to the rescue mission for lost 

 children they soon got rational and said 

 they had started out supposin E. R. could 

 find his own shop in daylight. E. R. said 

 he had taken too much advice as to general 

 and particklar directions from the rest of 

 'em and that was the whole trouble. His 

 wife went on to Los Angeles at once and is 

 now with him. The others went home to 

 their wives and presuminly are now all right 

 again. 



They 're squeezin me out of Gleanins 



again almost, and I had one of the worst 



troubles I ever had this last cold snap of 

 weather. 



OOD SEEDS 



GOOD AS CAN BE GROWN 

 Prices Below All Others 



I will give a lot of new 

 sorts free with every order 

 I fill. Buy and test. Return 

 If not O. K.— money refunded. 



Big Catalog FREE 



Over 700 illu.strations of vege- 

 tables and flowers. Send yours 

 and your neigrhbors' addresses. 

 R. H. SHUMWAY. Rockford, IIL 



Write for Book 

 Today 



FARM WAGONS 



High or low wheels — steel or wood — wide 



or narrow tires. Steel or wood wheels to fit any 



running: gear. Wagon parts of all kinds. Write 



today for free catalog illustrated in colors. 



ELECTRIC WHEEL COm 23 Elm Street, Quincy, III. 



GIANT TOMATO-GUCUMBER-PEANUMOc 



Here Are Seeds of Three 't uluable mid IntereHtins: Varieties You Should Grow 

 lu Vour Ourdeii This Veur. 



Giant Ciimblng Tomato— Is one of the largest grown. Vines grow very 

 strong- and will carry an enormous weight of fruit, very solid, crimson color; 

 specimeus often weighing 2 to 3 lbs. each. 



Japanese Climbing Cucumbei'— Is a grand variety from Japan; can be 

 trained to fences, trellises or poles and save space in your garden. Fruits early, 

 grow !ng 10 to 15 Inches long, 

 and are good for slicing or 

 pickling. 



Early Spanish Pea- •^S^^?aESS?^^^^ 'Vf^^^^^^^'^^^^'^ 

 nuts— Karlic'st variety and -fc—-* ^,^3^n«i-K«K*-. ^i.»r\,-^;wo n^ « 



a great Peanut for the 

 North; easy to grow, enorm- 

 ous yielder, and a few hills 

 in your garden wiu be very 

 interesting to show your' 

 neighbors. 



Special Offer: L"eVg=J:" 



lar sized Packet of To- 

 mato, Cucumber and 

 Peanut for only 10c, or 

 3 Packets of each for 25c. 



UV new Seed Book of tarly Spanish I'eanuts 



Garden Seeds is included free. Order TODAY. 



F. B. MILLS, Seed Grower, Dept, 20 Rose Hill, N.Y. ciin.bing ( .uumher 



Giant llimbing lomato 



