JUNE 15, 1913 



DASHEENS, DASHEEN FLOUR, ETC. 



I told you last winter when I got that little bag 

 of dasheen tubers by parcel post on Christmas eve 

 I was happier over that little Christmas present 

 from Uncle Samuel himself, than with any other 

 Christmas present I could remember during the 

 past seventy years. Well, now here comes another 

 of my "happy surprises." Bead the following: 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY 



FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT I.STRODUCTION 



Washingrton. D. C, May 17, 1913. 

 Mr. A. I. Root. Braftetitoirii, Fla.: 



We are sending' to you to-day separately by mail a small 

 packagre of flour made from ttie dasheen, the sub-tropieal root 

 crop which the Department is introducing- into the Southern 

 States. We shall be grlad to have you try this flour in one or 

 more of the ways sug-gested in the recipes which accompany 

 it. and let us know your opinion of it. 

 Very truly yours, 



K. A. Young, Scientific Assistant. 



Well, friends, the reason I can not report on the 

 dasheen flour in this issue is that it was sent, as 

 you will notice above, to Bradentown, Fla., instead 

 of Medina, Ohio. But I hope to get hold of the 

 package, or a similar one, so I can report in the 

 next issue. I have thirty or forty dasheen plants 

 growing in my garden here in Ohio ; but owing to 

 the very cold May, and June so far, they are not 

 making much progress. Last night, June 9, we had 

 quite a little frost, and the Weather Bureau reports 

 it as the coldest June 9th in 42 years, or since the 

 Weather Bureau was started. Well, the dasheens 

 stood as much frost as the tomato plants near by, and 

 they stood a little more than some Hubbard squashes 

 also near by; for while the squashes were killed 

 dead, the dasheens were only a very few of them 

 " singed " a little. 



SPECIAL NOTICES 



By Our Business Manager 



scales for weighing comb honey in grading. 

 Under the Colorado rules for grading comb honey 

 the weight of each section is taken into account; and 

 also by the laws of an increasing number of States 

 packages of food must be marked with the net 

 weight. For both these ends some form of spring 

 scale is quickest to operate and handiest to use. 

 We show above the Invincible No, 2, which is nickel 

 plate with scoop, which is a very convenient form, 

 and the one used by the Colorado Association; ca- 

 pacity, 2 lbs. We can furnish this at $1.50 each; 

 weight scant two pounds. Will mail it anywhere 

 reached by parcel post at $1.70 prepaid. 



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Here is another sfill smaller and very convenient 

 for weighing individual sections or any thing else 

 which does not exceed a pound. This is primarily 



made for a postal scale, and the dial is graduated 

 for different classes of mail matter, giving the 

 amount of postage required in each class, as well as 

 the weight by half-ounces in the large central Ug- 

 ures. Price $1.25. By mail $1.30. Weight 9 oz. 



SLANTING DIAL SPRING SCALES. 



We have sold for a great many years the Favorite 

 Family scales of 12, 24, and 48 lb. capacity, and 

 they have served a good purpose for light family 

 weighing. Recently we discovered an improved form 

 of this scale with slanting dial as shown above. 

 This form of dial is much more convenient for read- 

 ing when in the ordinary position on a counter or 

 table. There are other improvements in this scale 

 of equal importance. With the Favorite it was im- 

 portant to place centrally on the platform the article 

 to be weighed if you wished to be quite accurate. 

 With the Perfection slanting dial scale the weight 

 is the same whether the article is central or at the 

 edge. The price of the new scale is also lower. 

 Either 12 or 24 lb. Perfection scale with silver-fin- 

 ished dial and black enameled frame and platform 

 for $1,50. Weight 3 lbs. May be sent parcel post. 



" ABLE TO SAVE," 



I have been permitted lately to read a few copies 

 of Gleanings, I am not in the bee business, but 

 your Home department and the way you hit whisky 

 and the tobacco business just suits me. I thank God 

 there is now and then a man who will stand by his 

 convictions and is able to testify to the sanctifying 

 power of God to save, and keeping a man saved, 

 through faith in Jesus. 



Dunbarton, Wis., Jan. 31. Jas, R. Perrigo. 



LEWIS BEEWARE 



MEANS 



GOOD QUALITY, SCIEN- 

 TIFIC WORKMANSHIP 

 CAREFUL PACKING 

 EFFICIENT SERVICE 



Send for Annaal Catalog which will tell 

 yoQ who is yonr nearest Distriboter. 

 G. B. Lewis Company, WatertowD, Wis. 



