1908 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



1223 



Tbnnksskk Queens. — Best that experience can produce. 

 Untested thiee-band and guldens, $1.00 each; 6 for $5.00; 12 foi 

 $'».00. Caucasians, $1.25 each. Write for circular ; order gold- 

 ens from Ben G. Davis; others from John M. Davis, Spring 

 Hill, Tenn. 



Breeding queens of pure Caucasian and Carniolan 



races — price $3.00. Order from A. E. Titoff, Expert 



in Apiculture, with Russian Department of Agriculture, 



Kiel?, Russia. Remit with orders. Correspondence in 

 English. 



Special Notices 



By Our Business Manager 



THE LORE OF THE HONEV-BEE, BY TICKNER EUWARDES. 



This is a fine new book about bees by an authority who wields 

 a facile pen — an original work, beautifully illustrated and fine- 

 ly printed. Something fine for the long winter evenings. See 

 review of the book in this issue, page 1170. Price $2.00. 



Mr. W. S. Williams, of Julian, Pa., caUed here recently on a 

 trip through the State. Mr. Williams is one of those bee-keepers 

 who believe in preparing long in advance for the next honey har- 

 vest. The deminds of his own yard and the inqnirips of his 

 neighbors warrant him in laying in a good stock of supplies in 

 the fall when the largest early-oider discount is in force. 



l'elevage industrial des reines. 

 We are pleased to notice that Mr. E. L. Pratt's book, " Com- 

 mercial Queen-rearing," may now be obtained in the French 

 languag*-. It makes a very neat and attractive booklet with the 

 above title, and, so far as we can see, great pains have been 

 taken with the work of translation, and in all respects it is quite 

 equal to the English edition, and possibly a little better. Those 

 who prefer to re..d in French will lind the perusal of this little 

 w. irk will supply the reader with the latest and most scientific 

 ideas in practical queen-breeding. The price is 50 cts. postpaid. 

 Orders for it can be sent to The A. I. Root Co., Medina, Ohio. 



DISCOUNTS FOR EARLY CASH ORDERS. 



On October cash orders we allow 6 per cent discount. 

 " November " " " " 5 " " " 



" December " " " " 4 " " " 



" January " " " " 3 " " " 



" Febmary " " " " 2 " " " 



" March '' " '■ " 1 " " " 



This discount will apply on all articles listed in ou' regular 

 CJtalog at current corrected prices to date except as follows; 



Tinned wire, paint, Bingham smokers, Porter bee-escap»s, 

 g!ass and tin honey-pai kages, scales, bees and queens, bee books, 

 papers, labels, printed nutter, bushel boxes, seeds, and special- 

 ties not listed in our general catalog. Where any or all of these 

 articles in a general order do not exceed fifteen per cent of the 

 whole order the discount may be deducted from the whole order, 

 including these items which are otherwise excepted. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root 



PROF. HOLDEN'S book ON COKN CULTURE. 



In our issue for Dec. 15, 1906, I pronounced the above book the 

 most valuable one of its size that has been given to the cause of 

 agriculture in the last hundred years, and I think so yet. By 

 following the teachings of that book we have now t- n acres of 

 corn almost ready to husk that has given us a yield twice as 

 large as we should have had. if I had not got ho.d of the book 

 and afterward h»ard Prof. Holden give his corn lecture. What 

 brings the matter up just now is that the book is now sold by 

 the Farm News Co.. Springfield, Ohio, for the very small sum of 

 10 cts. You know I have found some fault about big prices for 

 smill books on poultry and other subjects; but this corn book is 

 certainly a most wonderful bargain. If carefully studied by the 

 average corn grower it ought to be cheap at a dollar, and I might 

 almost say ten dollars. 1 hope it may have a tremendous sa e, 

 and that every farmer who does not already have it will at once 

 get a copy. 



SITTING HENS — HOW TO CURE THEM. 

 In answer to Dr. Miller's question on the first page, I would 

 reply ihat sitting hens have not troubled me this summer, because 

 I am glad to see them and give them some eggs and let them 



sit. Your remedy is excellent. It is like carying bees to an 

 out-apiary. With sitting hens, as with almost every thing else, 

 a stitch in time saves nine. If the hen is taken the very first 

 evening she is found on the nest, when it is time to go to roost, 

 and shui her up, or, belter still, take her outside the yaid or to 

 some other yard, she will often give it up and go to laying 

 almost immediately. If she sits on the nest just one night she 

 will be so much the more siubhorn about it. Don't let a single 

 hen set on eggs even one night where you do not want sitting 

 hens. If you are obliged to shut them up somewhere, do not 

 put them on the ground or on the floor. Have the bottom of the 

 box either wire cloth or lath, so ihe hen can not warm up the 

 ground or floor beneath her. Cool her off. and get her over her 

 fever for raising chickens, as quickly as possible. 1 have fre- 

 quently broken them of their desire to sit by keeping them away 

 from their accustomed nests just two nights. It is a much easier 

 matter where the nests are some distance apart; and, even though 

 it does make more labor in gathering the eggs. 1 much prefer to 

 have the nests scattered about in different parts of the yard. In 

 cold weather, when they are confined to the poultry-house 1 would 

 have them in different parts of the inclosure, say some up near 

 the roofs, and some down in the corners. The upstairs part of 

 the Philo poultry-house seems toplease the hens toadot. Where 

 you have several hens silting at the same time, the nests should 

 all be far enough apart so there can be no " differences of opin- 

 ion " as to which hen the nest belongs to. 



NAVIGATING THE AIR; THE WRIGHT BROS. UP TO DATE. 



On page 1097, Sept. 1, I said, " May God grant that no acci- 

 dent may happen to these two intrepid brothers." 1 then had in 

 mind, and have had in mind all along, thjt during these prelim- 

 inary experiments there would be accidents, and, in all probabil- 

 ity, loss of life. Well, an accident has happened; and although 

 Orville Wr ght has been spared so that he may take up his work 

 again soon, we regret the loss of the life of his companion who 

 Was with him. Most of you have seen accounts in the papers. 

 One of the wings of the propellers broke in midair; and before 

 young Wright could adjust his machine it came down to the 

 ground with a crash. It is reported that he said if he had been 

 75 feet higher up he could have brought the machine into shape 

 so it would have alighted safely. There is quite a misapprehen- 

 sion, I notice by the papers, in regird to danger with the Wright 

 machines. Their first expeiimenls were with gliding machines, 

 so that if any thing happened to their engine they could still 

 glide to the ground; and no mishap would have occurred this time 

 had Mr. Wright been able to cut off the power the very instant 

 the wing broke. These propeller wings are selected of the very 

 best Vermont spruce, or at least such was the case when I was 

 with them. This spruce has more strength in proportion to its 

 weight than any other known material, not even excepting 

 aluminum; and ihese blades are most thoroughly tested before 

 using them. The extra strain on the machine by having a sec- 

 ond passenger is ptobibly what caused it to break, although it 

 has been suggested that a bioken wire may have stiu> k the blade 

 and caused the fracture. Since this accident I suppose every 

 wire and piece of wood will be still more severely tested than 

 ever befoie. Wilbur, the brother in France, has said, we are 

 told, that, instead of taking a passenger, he will, at lea^t for the 

 present, carry a bag of sand equal in weight to a passenger. 



Orville's injury, so far as we can le.rn by the papers, was a 

 broken bone in his ihigh, and one or more ribs fracured. As we 

 go to press we are told that his prospects for lull recovery are very 

 favorable. We learn Irom the Woman's National Daily that on 

 the 22d of September Wilbur Wright broke all previous records 

 by remaining in the air 91 minutes, and covering in all about 61 

 milrs. Here is what the paper says about it : 



" There was nothing marvelous in the performance," Wright 

 said to a group of admirers. " The machine is built on the right 

 principles; and as long as it is properly minned it has got to fly. 

 I could have stayed up another hour or until the petrol was ex- 

 hausted; but it was getting dark and I thought it best to come 

 down. 1 am glad for my sake that the fi ght was such a success, 

 but doub.y glad on Orville's account. Many ihought when my 

 brother met with his regrettable accident last week that our ma- 

 chines were failures, and that we had been enabled to fly largely 

 through good luck. Well, 1 th nk they ought to be satisfied now 

 that the aeroplane is all that we have claimed for it, and that the 

 coming machine will be built along the lines that we have laid 

 down." 



Ten thousand persons witnessed the record-breaking flight of 

 Mr. Wright. 



SHALL WHISKY RULE? 



States represented and ruled by ignorant men must remain 

 ignorant. States represented by corrupt men remain corrupt. 

 States ruled by gamblers are gambling St tes, and S ates repre- 

 sented and ruled by whisky men remain dru; k ; and the 

 unspeakable pity is that the home, with its tender charges, must 

 share the blighting influence of these evils. — The Seattle lo<t^ 

 .ntelligencer, 



