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one of us, including you and me. No won- 

 der we have awful crimes when we as a na- 

 tion are contributing to the breeding and 

 peopling of our country with idiots and 

 imbeciles. The women arc all mothers with 

 large families, as you might suspect they 

 would be; and where they have sense 

 enough to know their condition they are 

 gioaning under their burdens. Where is 

 the W. C. T. U.? where is the Salvation 

 Army ? where is the Y. M. C. A. 1 where are 

 our Endeavor societies and our other socie- 

 ties of like import? 



May the Lord be praised that he has per- 

 mitted me through the pages of this depart- 

 ment of our journal io take up and hold be- 

 fore the world conditions of this kind! Once 

 more let me say it, we are making wonder- 

 ful progress in improving our farm prod- 

 ucts; we are also making great progress in 

 improving our domestic animals. Our ex- 

 periment stations are showing us how to 

 build up just the kind of horses, cattle, 

 sheep, and even chickens, that we want. We 

 have stopped raising scrubs, and are giving 

 our time and attention to only the best im- 

 proved varieties. There has been a little 

 talk about better, brighter, and more intelli- 

 gent tn others (yes, and fathers too), that 

 we may fill our schools and finally our great 

 nation with better and brighter men and 

 women. May God help us to look after the 

 babies that are being born and which are 

 going to be born. And, finally, let us re- 

 member the responsibility placed on every 

 one of us who is a follower of the Lord 

 Jesus Christ to " go into all the world, and 

 preach the gospel to every creature." 



humanity; what are we doing in the 



WAY OP " selecting " BETTER FATHERS 

 AND MOTHERS? 



Did it ever occur to you how this present genera- 

 tion is going 1 Instead of the well-to-do' people and 

 those rich in " gray matter " populating this land of 

 ours, it is the poor, and in many cases those who 

 are lacking in intelligence. The rich and wise rear 

 from only one to two children, while the lower 

 classes are bringing up large families. What will 

 this world come to at that rate? E. W. T. 



Let me suggest to the good friend who 

 sends the above, and asks to have his name 

 omitted, that somebody recently called my 

 attention to the fact that the children of 

 millionaires, whether they happen to be few 

 or many, are generally " no good." In other 

 words, if a child is brought up with the un- 

 derstanding that his environments are such 

 that he " don't have to " work for a living, 

 this one thing too often makes him a use- 

 less " dude." And now if this is true, are 

 affairs in such a very bad shape after all? 

 Our great men and great women not only 

 often come from humble surroundings, but 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



quite often, indeed, where the parents are 

 poor, and have large families. Does it not 

 behoove us then to be sure we are right be- 

 fore we push ahead too vehemently? 



HOOKWORMS in FLORIDA, ETC. 



On page 391, June 1, I said, in speaking 

 of the hookworm : " If this disease or para- 

 site exists in the part of Florida where we 

 are located, I have not heard of it." In 

 the midst of a business letter from a man 

 who is well able to speak understandingly 

 in regard to Florida (for it has been his 

 home all his life) he writes as follows: 



Hookworms are a very common pest in Florida, 

 and numbers of people are afflicted with them. It is 

 much more prevalent than you think. Perhaps 20 

 per cent of all the people in the State are rather 

 badly afflicted, some very badly. It can be stamped 

 out easily by proper precautions as to closets and 

 insisting on children wearing shoes. Still, it may be 

 that it is spread by cattle and dogs. I have heard 

 that this is so. 



I do not care to be quoted, but you may use the 

 letter if you desire, and say " name given on special 

 request." As to the doctor's examination of the 

 school children, I do not know if that was paid for 

 by the Rockefeller contribution or not, but presume 

 it was. I am doing all I can personally in talks 

 with home people as well as chance acquaintances 

 to impress the value of treatment against hookworms. 

 The natives seem rather to resent the idea of these 

 worms ; but I clinch the argument by telling of re- 

 sults from our own boys' treatment. 



I hardly need tell you that there is a 

 large class of people, and especially real- 

 eslate dealers, who object to the publication 

 of any thing like the above ; but the good of 

 humanity and the good of Florida people, 

 especially the children, demands that they 

 have the facts. There was considerable 

 sport at one time, about Mr. Rockefeller's 

 great gift; but you will see from the above 

 that he well knew what he was talking 

 about and what he was doing. I have also 

 been told that people who are badly afflicted 

 in this way, especially ignorant and colored 

 people, absolutely refuse to go to a doctor. 

 If I am correct, almost any physician is 

 fully posted in regard to it, and will be able 

 to detect the symptoms and apply a reme- 



^}y. 



ROACHES IN FLORIDA; HEADING THEM OFF. 



While I am writing I wish to mention that, if Mr. 

 Root doesn't want the roaches to eat the labels from 

 his bottles, he should put the label on the bottom 

 of the bottle. J. P. Hohmann. 



Flemington, N. J. 



My good friend, your remedy will work 

 if the bottles do not get tipped over; and, 

 besides this, it is a gi'eat deal handier to 

 have a label where you can see it without 

 lifting the bottle. I presume poison might 

 be added to the mucilage by the label manu- 

 facturer or whoever makes the paste when 

 the labels are applied. 



