JUNE 15, 1912 



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by the bees." Thus it vvill be seen that the complete 

 pTOcess of the making of extracted honey is i>ifto- 

 lially explained. This is a res>ilt Avhich has long 

 hotn sought, to correct the popular impression as to 

 the manufacture of extracted honey by some artifi- 

 cial process. 



Under the heading of "Food Value of Honey" an 

 ir.troductory of sevon or eight pages appears, with 

 a discussion of the subjects, "What is Honey f 

 "Different Flavois oi Homy;" "Why Use Honey in 

 Cooking;" "Where to Keep Honey " "Honey reci- 

 pes;" "Caution Regarding the. Use of Honey in 

 Cooking." 



The recipes are set in ten-point type of pla.n and 

 refidable face, and the booklet is printed on paper 

 of very line quality, with paper cover. There are 

 64 pages in all. While there will be a great demanl 

 for single copies of this booklet from our readers 

 and friends throughout the world a'^ the price of 10 

 cents per copy, we anticipate a still larger demand 

 from beekeepers, who will appreciate the advantage 

 of using advertising matter of this high class in 

 their honey-selling campaigns. We have printed 

 copies of "The Use of Honey in Cooking" in con- 

 siderable quantities, and the back cover page has 

 been left blank so that the advertisement of the local 

 dealer or honey-distributor may be placed thereon. 

 It is our desire to offer these booklets for sale in 

 quantities, as desired, at the following prices, which 

 ir elude the printing of an advertisement or price 

 list, with name and addi'ess upon the back cover. 

 No other address will be given in your booklet. 

 100 copies of "The Use of Honey in Cook- 

 ing," printed with your advertisement. .$ 4.50 



150 ditto, 6.00 



200 ditto 7.75 



250 ditto 9.25 



500 ditto, 17.25 



1000 ditto, 25.00 



Quotations on larger quantities upon request. 



A. I. ROOT 



TUilKEY SECRETS. 



The above is the title of one more of the bright little 

 books given to the world by our enterprising friends 

 of the Philadelphia Farm Journal. The book tells 

 all about raising turkeys and getting them ready 

 for the market in much the old-fas^hioned way; and 

 it may be that this is the best way; but I looked 

 over the pages in vain for something ribout hatching 

 turkeys with incubators, and I could not find it 

 even mentioned. Once more, I have been led to be- 

 lieve, through the various poultry journals, that 

 turkeys can be successfully reared in confinement, 

 OI- perhaps in moderate confinement. This book has 

 little or nothing to say on this matter. I am well 

 Rware that it is their nature to roam over "all crea- 

 tion," for they are ''or recently have been) a wild 

 bird. I hope, however, a way will be discovered, 

 if it has not already been done, either through a 

 different breed or otherwise, to grow turkeys in 

 moderate confinement; and, if I am correctly in- 

 formed, the only way of domesticating the wild tur- 

 key (and to a considerable extent its crosses with 

 tame turkeys) is to keep them in a covered yard — 

 that is, one covered with three of four inch poultry- 

 netting. Of course, such covered yards could not 

 very well be large, on account of the expense. 



STRAWBERRY SECRETS. 



I was somewhat disappointed to find this book 

 is devoted principally to fall-bearing strawberries; 

 but I was pleasantly surprised to discover that with 

 the aid of new varieties and special treatment fall- 

 hearing strawbeiries are now grown bj' the acre. 

 Of course, this refers to strawberries here in the 

 North. In Florida all strawberries are fall-bearing, 

 a« I have explained. They begin to put them on the 

 market about Thanksgiving day, and this continues 

 all winter and well on till April and May. The sur- 

 prising part of it is that good strong plants set out 

 in August and September begin to furnish fruit in 

 December, and largely in January. I was a little 

 surprised that the book does not seem to mention 

 strawberry-growing in Florida. Not only are special 

 rarieties needed for securing a fall crop, but the 



blossoms must be kept clipped off carefully to pre- 

 vent fruit-bearing in the spring and summer; and it 

 just now occurs to me that my good friend, Jay 

 Palmer, of Traverse City, Mich., has invented a 

 machine something like a pair of scissors with very 

 long handles, and with this simple machine the 

 JDlossoms or runners can be clipped without stoop- 

 ing down. I think I have also heard mention of an 

 arrangement on the end of a stick, something like 

 a hoe-handle, that is operated by pulling a string. 

 These machines may be in the market for sale ; but 

 I do not remember having come across them as yet. 

 The price of these two books is 25 cts. each ; but 

 subscribers to that spicy and breezy Farm Journal 

 get them free of charge. 



WILBUR WRIGHT ; WHAT OUR PRESIDENT AND 

 ARMY OFFICERS HAVE TO SAY IN RE- 

 GARD TO HIS UNTIMELY DEATH. 



After Our Homes was in type I came 

 across the following, which I clip from the 

 Bangor (Maine) Weekly Commercial: 



DESERVES TO STAND WITH FULTON, STEPHENSON, 

 AND BELL. 



Washington, May 30. — President Taft, who pre- 

 sented the medals granted by Congress to Wilbur 

 Wright and his brother Orville, and who had fre- 

 quently seen Mr. Wright fly, Thursday dictated the 

 following statement : 



"I am very sorry that the father of the great 

 new science of aeronautics is dead, and that he has 

 not been permitted to live to see the wonderful de- 

 velopment that is sure to follow along the primary 

 lines which he laid down. He deserves to stand 

 with Pulton, Stephenson, and Bell." 



Secretary Stimson said : 



"Besides being probably the foremost exponent 

 of aviation on this side of the Atlantic, Mr. Wright 

 was a citizen of whom America may be proud for 

 his manly qualities, his perseverance, modesty, skill, 

 and attention to his profession." 



Major General Leonard Wood, chief of staff of 

 the army, said: 



"The death of Wilbur Wright removes the fore- 

 most figure in aviation in America. The man has 

 done more for the practical development of aviation 

 along safe and well-thought-out lines than any one 

 else ; was a citizen of the best type, and the army 

 has lost a man who taught it most of what it knows 

 of aviation." 



If I am correct, it is almost without prec- 

 edent to have the President of the United 

 States take notice or make public mention 

 of the death of a comi3aratively humble cit- 

 izen. 



The following premiums will be offered at the Ore- 

 gon State Fair, Salem, Oregon, Sept. 2-9. 

 Specimen of comb honey, not less than 

 24 pounds, quality and manner of 



putting up to be considered $ 5 00 $3 00 



Most attractive display of comb honey. 10 00 5 00 

 Specimen of extracted honey, not less 

 than 24 pounds, quality and man- 

 ner of putting up for market to 



be considered 5 00 3 00 



Most attractive display of extracted 



honey 10 00 5 00 



Specimen of beeswax, not less than 10 

 pounds, soft bright yellow wax to 



be given preference 4 GO 2 00 



Most attractive display beeswax 6 00 3 00 



Honey vinegar, not less than one gal- 

 lon shown in glass 3 00 2 00 



Single-comb nucleus three-banded 



Italian bees 5 00 3 00 



Single-comb nucleus golden Italian 



bees 5 00 3 00 



Single-comb nucleus black bees 5 00 3 00 



Single-comb nucleus Carniolan bees. . 5 00 3 00 

 Single-comb nucleus Caucasian bees . . 5 00 3 00 

 The largest, best, most interesting, attractive, 

 and instructive exhibition in this depart- 

 ment, all things considered $15 00 



Frank Meredith, Sec, Salem. 



