Published by The A. I, Root Company, Medina, Ohio 



H. H. Root, Assistant Editor E. R. Root, Editor A. L. Boyden, Advertising Manager 



A. I. Root, Editor Home Department j. T. Calvert, Business Manager 



Entered at the FostoflSce, Medina. Ohio, as Second-class Matter 



VOL. XL 



APRIL 1, 1912 



NO. 7 



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CHEAP HONEY 



FOR MANUFACTURING PUR- 

 POSES. 



An intimation has come to us that the 

 bakers have discovered a new recipe by 

 which they can use a cheaper substitute for 

 extracted honey in their manufactured prod- 

 ucts. Honey gives, as is well known, in 

 cooking, a lasting quality to the cakes, be- 

 cause it makes them keep almost indefinite- 

 ly. Hitherto, it is said, no artificial substi- 

 tute has been found to take its place; but 

 we can not believe that there is any thing 

 that can be made by man that will take the 

 place of honey. Some of the bakers, per- 

 haps, may put up a bluff that they have 

 discovered something better and cheaper 

 than honey for the purpose of getting honey 

 for less money. We await results. 



DR. WILEY RESIGNS. 



It is with much regret that we note that 

 Dr. Wiley has resigned from his position as 

 Chief of the Bureau of Chemistry — a posi- 

 tion that he has filled so faithfully for 29 

 years. According to the newspaper account, 

 ihe action was entirely voluntary on his 

 part. He was completely exonerated from 

 all guilt in connection with the charges 

 that were brought against him; but he felt 

 that his sphere of usefulness was limited, 

 since the same parties might accuse him 

 unjustly again, and so hamper him that he 

 would be unable to give his undivided at- 

 tention to his work. 



We understand that he does not intend to 

 withdraw entirely from this kind of work; 

 in fact, we believe he expects to do more of 

 it than ever before, except that he will be 

 established with an office in Washington, 

 but not in the employ of the government. 

 We certainly wish him success, for it is to 

 the interest of the American people that he 

 succeed. 



We believe the United States Govern- 

 ment has lost one of its most efficient work- 

 ers — one who believed in going ahead when 

 he thought he was right, even though the 

 stand he took might bring trouble to. him- 

 self. Would that there were more fearless 

 officials. 



MUCH INTEREST IN OUR AUTOMOBILE NUM- 

 BER. 



We have almost enough material on hand 

 to get out another special number on auto- 

 mobiles if we chose to do so. Some very 

 fine illustrations (over a dozen of them from 

 as many different beekeepers), came in too 

 late. There is, apparently, far more interest 

 shown in the subject than we had antici- 

 pated. But when we stop to think about 

 it, it is not at all strange; for there is no 

 class of producers to whom the motor vehi- 

 cle is more an absolute necessity than bee- 

 keepers. 



Possibly another year it would be well for 

 us to issue another special number on this 

 subject; but at present we have such a wealth 

 of good material along other lines for special 

 numbers to come, as well as for our regular 

 numbers, that we feel that we can not de- 

 vote very much more space to this question, 

 interesting as it is. 



ANOTHER SWEET-CLOVER PAMPHLET. 



The Bokhara Seed Company, Falmouth, 

 Ky., has just issued a sweet-clover pamphlet, 

 entitled " Sweet Clover and How to Grow 

 It," by E. E. Barton, a member of the 

 American Breeders' Association. A descrip- 

 tion of the plant is given, including the 

 white sweet clover, the biennial yellow sweet 

 clover, and several other varieties less com- 

 mon. This description is given in such 

 plain simple language that anybody can 

 understand it. For instance, the nature of 

 the plant is explained in that, with red 

 clover, alfalfa, beans, peas, and numerous 

 other kindred species, it belongs to the fam- 

 ily of plants called legumes; "a group whose 

 importance to agriculture is beginning to be 

 recognized the world over, aud which fur- 

 nishes in a large measure the food supply 

 of both man and beast, as well as constitut- 

 ing the main stay of the soil's fertility." 



The uses of sweet clover are mentioned, 

 and the great value it has in supplying the 

 two things most needed by the greater num- 

 ber of farms — nitrogen and humus. Its 

 value for pasturing and for hay is also 

 brought out. "While alfalfa hay is rather 

 active on the kidneys and bowels of horses, 

 sweet clover has a slight corrective influence 



