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seems to be changing to some extent. We had more rain here in May, June and 

 July this year than there was in those three months in ten whole years during the 

 early settlement of the country. We have no fear of getting too much rain in Utah 

 — it increases the honey-flow, and insures good crops. 



I saw a gentleman from one of the upper counties, and he said that the bees 

 were booming, and that the grain crops were never better. He said that in two 

 valleys to the southeast of Salt Lake City, the entire wheat crop would average over 

 50 bushels to the acre, and that barley and oats would go much more. I have been 

 nearly all over Salt Lake county, and to many other places, and while nearly all say 

 that the honey crop is good, some complain. While location may be the cause, it is 

 generally bad management, the bees getting neither room nor care. Some never go 

 near them except when they want to rob them. 



In and near Salt Lake City the season has been good. First we had the fruit- 

 bloom, then the honey-locust, and the bees have been working on the lucerne since 

 about June 1st. Now we also have the sweet clover and the Rocky Mountain honey- 

 plant, and the bees are still gathering honey from those plants. For about three 

 weeks I had several colonies that gathered 50 pounds and over, each week, and 

 three brought in nearly 100 pounds in a week. They are strong colonies ; in the 

 afternoon a person could not count them as they rushed into the hive. 



Salt Lake City, Utah, Aug. 31. 



Om Bo€T9r's Eikts. 



By F. L. PEIRO, M. D. 



McVicker's Building-, Chicago, III. 



liOokont for Typhoid and. Malaria. 



" About now look out for rain," the old 

 almanacs used to advise us. And quite 

 aptly we suggest that about now see that 

 your cellars are thoroughly cleaned and 

 fumigated, by burning some sulphur over 

 hot coals. This kills all the bugs, worms, 

 and other creeping things, and leaves your 

 cellar nice and sweet. Then make one 

 good, long resolution, and stick to it— 

 never to put therein cabbages, potatoes, 

 turnips or other vegetables that are likely 

 to rot and set up sickness enough in your 

 one family to supply a whole village! Why, 

 I have seen malaria and typhoid fever at- 

 tack every member of a large family, last- 

 ing, from first to last, from early fall to 

 early spring, and leaving some of its vic- 

 tims with a broken constitution for months 

 longer, to say nothing of the suffering and 

 money spent for doctor's bills— all traceable 

 to decaying vegetation in the cellar! Far 

 better build a root-bouse or other recepta- 

 cle for your garden stuff, than run such 

 great risks of suffering, and perhaps death I 

 Your water supply is another of the 

 great blessings you should be especially 



considerate of. It is amazing how reckless 

 some people are regarding the location of 

 their wells and cisterns. Only a few weeks 

 ago the writer visited a family in a village 

 in this State, and in their kindness for my 

 comfort, they furnished me with water 

 from their cistern, becase it was softer to 

 wash with. Why, that water simply was 

 awful! Whew, what a horrible smell — and 

 ' ' wigglers " by the thousands ! Such water 

 is simply abominable, and to think of hav- 

 ing it under your very nose the year 

 round, is certainly courting the most vio- 

 lent form of miasmatic fevers ! No wonder 

 the man was sick, and the wife little better, 

 and baby's life threatened! My advice 

 was to immediately fill up that putrid 

 cavity, or move away from it. No use to 

 pay for the doctor's advice and medicines, 

 and live right over a pest-hole like that! 



See to it that your well or cistern is far 

 from your barn or out-house, that the 

 water supply may not be contaminated by 

 the barn-yard, pig-sties, or other sources of 

 contagion. And see to it right noiu.' You 

 have more time now. and it can be looked 

 after better this and next month, before 

 freezing cold weather sets in. Don't neg- 

 lect it. Mothers, see that this important 

 matter is carefully looked after. When 

 sickness comes, it is upon ijou that the bur- 

 den of your suffering family comes. If you 

 insist in time, you may save yourself great 

 trials. " A word to the wise is sufficient." 



