12 Gleanings in BeeTCulture 



WITH OUR ADVERTISERS AND READERS 



If one expects to get the fullest enjoyment and returns from his garden 

 this summer, it is time to be thinking about the tools that will be necessary; 

 and the same is true also of the farm and fields, for one can not expect to get 

 the most out of the soil if he hasn't suitable tools with which to cultivate it 

 and to harvest the crops when they are grown. Good tools mean a keener 

 pleasure in working the little garden plot, and correspondingly larger returns 

 from it; and they also mean a larger per cent of profit from the fields. We 

 mark the prosperous farmer nowadays by the appearance of his buildings, the 

 tools he owns, and the care he takes of them; in fact, he can't be prosperous 

 unless he does use all these means for getting the very most out of the soil 

 and the time given to its cultivation. The toolmakers this spring are sending 

 out some very attractive catalogs, and we are sure it will pay any one interest- 

 ed in these things to read them. Don't blame the trusts, the railroads,nor the 

 politicians if your place is^,'t yielding what it should. Get busy this spring, 

 and see if the trouble doesn't lie nearer home. 



May be some new wheels are needed for the wagon. There are wheels and 

 wheels, and we didn't know there was so much difference in them until we 

 read the other day of an expedition undertaken some time ago across the 

 Nubian Desert, which failed because the wheels of the carts and wagons would 

 break down under the intense heat and heavy sand until a caravan was final- 

 ly fitted out with Electric wheels, and finally made the trip, opening a vast 

 new territory to civilization. This company states that their wheels are es- 

 pecially adapted to farmwork, as they will give a lighter draft and easier load- 

 ing than the high-wheeled wagon. They are offering a picture of the camel 

 caravan to any one addressing the Electric Wheel Co., Box — Quincy, 111. 



Fences are another thing that usually need attention at this season. A 

 good wire fence is not an expenditure but an investment, for a really good one 

 will last for more than twenty years. Wire fencing bought direct from the 

 maker may be had at very reasonable prices; in fact, there is not the propor- 

 tionate advance in this that there is in other lines. Mr. A. L. Kitselman, of 

 Kitselman Bros., Muncie, Ind., built the first practical working machine for 

 making wire fence; and because of the skepticism of dealers of the success of 

 his plan he began to market his product direct to buyers, and has continued 

 that policy since, although at this time wire fencing may be had from any 

 hardware or implement dealer. Poultry fencing is said to be much more satis- 

 factory than the old-style netting; in fact, wire fencing is made for all sorts of 

 special purposes, and the right kind may be depended upon to do the work. 



