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there. And did you have much drouth ? 

 We are almost burned up here. The 

 corn crop is our main support, and it is 

 an entire failure. Wheat is better than 

 we expected. The late frost last spring 

 injured vegetation badly, then we had 

 four weeks of beautiful weather through 

 June, and up to July 3rd we had plenty 

 of rain, but we have not had any since, 

 and that is more than this country can 

 stand. We have had but one swarm out 

 of seven colonies, and lost it. What 

 little honey we got was good — mostly 

 alfalfa. Mrs. L. P. Smith. 



Jewell, Kans., Aug. 11. 



Dear Mrs. Smith, I thank you very 

 much for your kind compliments, and I 

 assure you I shall try to interest some, 

 if they will read " In Sunny Southland." 

 I trust that I may be able to merit all 

 the kind words from you and others that 

 I receive almost daily, encouraging me, 

 and helping me to give more attention 

 to my department. 



In regard to this section, I will say 

 that our drouth was broken up by a 

 heavy down-pour about a month ago, 

 and this country is like a May wheat- 

 field in Kansas, and we do not need 

 much rain here. There are plenty of 

 vegetables, and people are happy'. I 

 am sorry to hear of your drouth. 



Jennie Atchley. 



What Best to Plant for Honey. 



Query 940.— Taking- into consideration its 

 value for other purposes besides honey, what 

 honey-plant will it pay best to raise in your 

 locality ?— Colorado. 



Buckwheat. — E. France. 

 Alsike clover. — R. L. Taylor. 

 Alsike clover. — G. M. Dooi.ittle. 

 Alsike clover. — Mrs. L. Harrison. 

 Probably Alsike clover. — J. A. Green. 

 Fruit — almost any variety. — A. J. 

 Cook. 



Alfalfa and buckwheat. — Mrs. J. N. 

 Heater. 



Either white or Alsike clover. — Jas. 

 A. Stone. 



Alsike clover or buckwheat. — J. H. 

 Larrabee. 



Alsike clover mixed with other grasses. 

 —P. H. Elwood. 



White clover. Alsike is also valuable. 

 — S. I. Freeborn. 



Alsike clover is, beyond comparison, 

 the best. — M. Mahin. 



I don't know, as I have had no experi- 

 ence in the matter. — J. E. Pond. 



1. Buckwheat. 2. Alsike clover. 3. 

 Common white clovar. — Eugene Secor. 



Alsike clover, just as alfalfa is, no 

 doubt, best for Colorado. — Emerson T. 

 Abbott. 



Alsike and sweet clover, and protect- 

 ing and raising linden in forest, park 

 and yards. — J. M. Hambaugh. 



I'm not sure but sweet clover may be 

 the one, if it can turn off a good crop of 

 hay by being cut early.— C. C. Miller. 



Buckwheat is the only plant in sight 

 for the combined purpose. Hold on I 

 Alsike is far ahead of any other plant. 

 — C. H. Dibbern. 



Horsemint is the only plant I know of 

 that would pay to cultivate at all here 

 for honey. But cotton pays in both 

 honey and cotton. So I suppose I might 

 say cotton also. — Mrs. Jennie Atchley. 



In ray locality, perhaps Alsike clover. 

 The chief trouble in the way of this 

 clover is, in my locality, it is strictly 

 biennial in its habits. It will make but 

 one good crop without re-sowing. — G. 

 W. Demaree. 



In my location I know of no special 

 plant that I could thus cultivate. But 

 if one had suitable soil with no use for 

 it, it would pay him to plant the poplar 

 {lirlodendron) . This is the greatest 

 honey-producing plant of the Southern 

 States.— J. P. H. Brown. 



Alfalfa. Buckwheat is another staple 

 crop that yields much honey, but of a 

 dark character. White clover is prob- 

 ably the leading honey-plant of our 

 nation. Out here in Colorado, we de- 

 pend largely upon the wild flowers of 

 the prairies and mountains — the "Rocky 

 Mountain honey-plant" (a sort of teasel) 

 is fully what its name implies, and very 

 abundant. — W. M. Barnum. 



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