OCTOBKR, 1919 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP. MANAGEMENT, CIRCU- 

 LATION, ETC., OF GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 

 PUBLISHED MONTHLY AT MEDINA, OHIO, REQUIR- 

 ED BY THE ACT OF AUGUST 24, 1912. 



Editor, E. R. Root, Medina, Ohio; Managing Edi- 

 tor, H. G. Rowe, Medina, Ohio ; Publisher, The A. 

 I. Root Co., Medina, Ohio. Owners: The A. 1. 

 Root Co. Stockholders holding 1 per cent or more 

 stock as follows: A. h. Boyden, Carrie B. Boyden 

 Constance R. Boyden, L. W. Boyden, H. R. Calvert 

 J. T. Calvert, Maude R. Calvert, A. I. Root E r' 

 Root, H. H. Root, Susan Root, all of Medina, Ohio 

 Ralph I. Bostwick, Seville, Ohio. There are no 

 bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders, 

 holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, 

 mortgages, or other securities. 



H. G. RowE, Mng. Editor. 



Sworn to and subscribed before me this 23rd day 

 of September, 1919. H. C. West, Notary Public. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root 



OFF FOR FLORIDA ONCE MORE. 



Providence permitting, Mrs. Root and I expect 

 to start for our Florida home on the 4th of Novem- 

 ber. As the materials are already on hand for put- 

 ting up a second electric windmill, I would start 

 sooner than the above date, but just now I can not 

 afford to miss my vote, no matter what it costs. 



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THE NEW ANNUAL WHITE SWEET CLOVER. 



On page 413, Prof. Hughes, who introduced this 

 new clover, states that the Henry Field Seed Co., 

 Shenandoah, la., has in the neighborhood of two 

 acres. I wrote the comjjany in regard to it, and 

 below is their reply : 



"Friend Root: — Much obliged for your good let- 

 ter. Yes; we expect to have a fair supply of seed 

 of the new annual white sweet clover and it will be 

 for sale. 



" It multiplies very rapidly, however, and any 

 good gardener can grow a big supply of seed from a 

 small start. Wei raised two pounds of seed last 

 year from between forty and fifty seeds. We plant- 

 ed it in a row in the garden and gathered the seed 

 by hand. Of course we will not get the same rate 

 of increase this year, as we are giving it field cul- 

 ture and will not try to strip it by hand, but will 

 cut and thresh in the ordinary way. Still we 

 ought to have quite a quantity of seed, probably 

 two or threei hundred pounds and maybe more than 

 that. 



" I find that the seed needs to be hulled and scari- 

 fied, same as any other clover. We got a poor stand 

 on M'hat we planted this time because it had not 

 been hulled and scarified, but was simply planted 

 in the hull. Next year we shall know better." 



The writer suggests that they shall probably put 

 up a liberal-sized packet of scarified seed at 50 

 cents a packet. I do not know how soon they will 

 be prepared to fill orders; but in many localities the 

 seed could probably be sown this fall with a good 

 chance of getting enough root to stand over winter. 



We have only a limited supply in our garden ; «o 

 that future applications, perhaps, had better be 

 sent to the seed company as above. 



