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Jsiiiiaica Exiiibitlon in 1»91.— 



Mr. C. O. Magnan, of Kingston, Jamaica, 

 Britisli AVest Indies, Secretary of the 

 Jamaica Bee-Keepers' Association, lias 

 sent us a copy of the Regulations and 

 Forms of Application for Space at the Ex- 

 hibition to be held on the Island of Jamaica 

 in 1891. Accompanying it, was the fol- 

 lowing letter, which gives information 

 about the exhibit to be made by bee-keep- 

 ers interested in that project, which doubt- 

 less will be an excellent showing of the 

 progress made by the various industries of 

 the world : 



Kingston, Jamaica, B. W. I. 

 I wish to draw the attention of American 

 supply dealers, to an Exhibition to be held 

 in Jaiuaiea, in January, 1891; and to in- 

 form them that a special pavilion has been 

 set apart for the exhibition of bees and 

 bee-keeping appliances. 



As the Exhibition will be held in the 

 middle of our honey season, and as the 

 managers hope to attract many visitors, 

 not only from Europe and the United 

 States and Canada, but also from Central 

 and South America, and the other West 

 Indian Islands, it would appear to be a 

 capital opportunity for showing up modern 

 bee keeping appliances in this part of the 

 world. 



The Jamaica Bee-Keepers' Association 

 have been asked by the Exhibition Commis- 

 sioners to work up the Bee-Keeping De- 

 partment, and they will be happy to furnish 

 bees for any hives, etc., which dealers 

 might wish to show working, and to do all 

 in their power to show off exhibits to the 

 best advantage. 



Should any readers of the valuable 

 Amerilax Bee Journal feel inclined to 

 send exhibits, if they will communicate 

 with me on the subject, I will procure and 

 forward to them copies of the Regulations 

 and Forms of Application for Space, and 

 any other particulars that they may re- 

 quii-e. Applications for space must be 

 sent iu not later than July 1, 1890. 



C. O. Magnan, 

 Sec'1-y Jmnalca Bee-Keepers' Association. 



Xlie ■*VIiite. «r Miitcli, Clover.— 



In " The Agricultural Grasses and Forage 

 Plants of the United States," issued by the 

 Department of Agriculture, considerable 

 space is devoted to descriptions of the na- 

 ture and general usefulness of the various 

 kinds of clover, prominent among which is 

 the little white clover—" the king of honey- 

 plants," as Mr. G. W. Demaree calls it, on 

 page 89. 



The pamphlet refen-ed to, says that this 

 clover is a small, perennial species, with 

 prostrate stems which take root strongly at 

 the joints. It is said to be the shamrock of 

 Ireland. It is a native of Europe and 

 Northern Asia, and has been introduced 

 into, and naturalized in, many other coun- 

 tries. It is said that, although indigenous 

 in England, it only began to be cultivated 

 at the iieginningof the Eighteenth Century. 

 On account of its creeping habit, when once 

 established, it soon covers the ground and 

 spreads extensively. 



An English writer has this to say about 

 its cultivation and value as pasturage for 

 farm stock : 



It prospers on mellow land containing 

 lime, and on all soOs rich in humus, from 

 marl to gi-avelly clay. It does better in 

 poor laud than red clover. In earlj' spring 

 it produces very little food, and the plant is 

 so dwarfed that it is practically useless for 

 cutting for a crop of hay. Still, perennial 

 white clover forms an essential constituent 

 of every good pasture. All cattle eat it 

 with relish, but it is of less use for the pro- 

 duction of milk than of flesh, and is of 

 special service in fattening sheep. It is not 

 suitable for culture by itself, and its herb- 

 age is better for cattle when mingled with 

 other grasses, especially with perennial 

 rye-grass. 



A correspondent in an agricultural peri- 

 odical gives his testimony iu favor of 

 growing white clover in pasture-lands, as 

 follows : 



Every pasture should contain some white 

 clover. It will afford more feed at certain 

 times of the year than grass or any other 

 kind of clover. It will not flourish in damp 

 soils, or those that are very poor. It will 

 do well in a partial shade, as a grove or 

 orchard, but to make the highest excellence 

 it should have the advantage of full sun- 

 light. It is easy to secure patches of white 

 clover in a pasture by scattering seed in 

 early spring on bare places, and brushing 

 it in. One pound of seed is enough to start 

 Avhite clover in a hundred places. The dis- 

 position of this clover is to spread by means 

 of the branches that run along the gi-ound 

 and take root. 



Prof. "W. J. Beal, of Agricultural College, 

 Mich., who is a well-known authority on 

 farm matters, says this about the "bee- 

 keeper's favorite:" 



An old, hard road, once abandoned, is 

 likely to send up white clover in advance of 

 the grasses. It is a well-known and highly- 

 prized bee-plant. It is often sown with 

 some of the finer grasses for lawns. 



The foregoing paragraphs regarding the 

 great importance of sowing white clover 

 for other purposes than its nectar- secreting 

 abilities, should lead bee-keepers to culti- 

 vate this plaut more extensively hereafter, 

 than they have ever done before. While 

 sowing it for its excellent use as pasturage 

 for farm stock generally, yet the honey 

 which it yields for the bees will be no small 

 item, when compared with other nectar- 

 bearing plants. 



The seed can be obtained at this office, at 

 these prices : Per bushel, $10.00 ; per peck, 

 ?2.75; and per pound, by mail, postpaid, 

 40 cents. 



Home, School and Nation, is an 



illustrated magazine of patriotism, issued 

 under the "American Society of Patriotic 

 Knowledge." It is published at 93 Adams 

 Street, Chicago, and is edited by the Right 

 Rev. Samuel Fallows, D. D., and the Rev. 

 M. L. Williston, M. A. It is a •18-page 

 monthly, and is published at SI. 50 a year. 

 It is intended to awake a patriotic impulse 

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 the great men whose birthdays occur in the 

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 zine. It is beautifully printed, edited in a 

 style both instructive and highly interest- 

 ing, and will, uo doubt, do its part to per- 

 petuate the patriotic memory of those 

 grand minds, who gave to this Nation its 

 existence and free institutions. 



Sweet Clover.— Some desire a further 

 description of 3IeUlotus alba, commonly 

 called " sweet clover." Darlington gives 

 this description of it by which it may be 

 recognized : 



"Root biennial. Stem at first ascending 

 or oblique, finally erect three to five feet 

 high, stout, striate-ribbed, smooth, panic- 

 ulately branded. Leaflets one to one and 

 one-half inches long ; common pelicles, one 

 to two inches long; ramaces, two to four 

 inches long, on auxilliary peduncles, one to 

 two inches in length. Flowers retrorsely 

 imbricated before opening." It is a native 

 of Europe, but now naturalized extensively 

 in America. The plant, in the latitude of 

 40 degrees north, flowers from June to 

 August, and fruits from August to Sept. 



■tees and Fruit.— Mr. W. A.Webster, 

 of Bakersfield, Calif., writes thus to the 

 Pacific Rural Press, on the subject of bees 

 and fruit: 



It is the candid opinion of the writer that 

 the injury to fruit which is charged to bees, 

 begins with decay, birds, yellow- jackets and 

 other pilferers, and the offices of the bee 

 are such as are only beneficial iu the econ 

 omy of nature. The province of the honey 

 bee is to fertilize the lilossom and save the 

 nectar from it and from decaying fruit. A 

 bee is guided to its legitimate plunder by 

 the sense of smell, and, I believe, never 

 punctures the skin. 



I%evv Catalog:"*^* and Price-Lists for 

 1890 are received from— 



C. H. Dibbern c& Son, Milan, Ills.— 8 pages 

 —Specialties in Bee-Keeping. 



Walter S. Pouder, 175 East Walnut St., 

 Indianapolis, Ind.— 8 pages— Bees and Api- 

 arian Supplies. 



A. D. Ellingwood, Milan, N. H.— 36 pages 

 —Bees and Apiarian Supplies. 



J. B. Kline, Topeka, Kans.— 8 pages— 

 Carniolan Bees, etc. 



C. Aultman & Co., Canton, 0.-24 pages 

 —Threshers and Engines. 



Charles A. Green, Rochester, N. Y.— 80 

 pages— Fruit Nursery. 



Jas. Heddon, Dowagiac, Mich.— 40 pages 

 —The New Hive and System, and Apiarian 

 Supplies. 



Convention Notices. 



H^^l'rul.e., in CUerr. VaUey, ins., on May mb. 



rg- The next regular meeting of the gouthwe^ 

 torS Wisconsin Bee-Keepers' Association will be 



BeTKje''p''eA^'is^Slo^!^^i?.rh'eTef|t-.^fe|f- 

 ?me Hu?it Co.. TexaB, on May 7 ""dNlM*.. All in- 

 terested are invited. J- N. Hunter, sec. 



ff:»-Tbe Rnrinc meeting of the Missouri State Bee- 

 K^^eTs*! ASoc°St"n! will be held at Marshajl, Salme 

 Co.." "'.-.-.. J. 



„u Wednesday and Thursday. April 16 and 

 17 i«9(i in the C.iunty Court Room. Reduced rates 

 at the hotel f . .r l.ei-kcepers, have been secured, and 

 a commmee is at work to secure rates on the rail- 

 mldf A cordial invitation is extended to bee-keep- 

 ers evertwhore and especially to those of Missouri 

 A number "fes«'5-s from prominent bee-men are 

 expecTedTand an interesting time i8^°^'„=;P3''jte^;, 



