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EDITOR. 



Vol, XXIX, Jan, 15, m No, 3. 



Editorial Buzzings. 



Not ITet the "race unto the swift ;" 

 Not yet the '" battle to the strong ;" 



But for the world a grand uplift, 

 To tremhling right, from powerful wrong. 



Not yet all glory to the bold ; 



Not yet a war witli God and fate ; 

 But stop and read thi.s legend old— 



•'They also serve, who stand and wait." 



L,et it be Remembered, says 



Julia Allyn, that the more bees there 

 are on farms, the greater will be the 

 product of the farms ; for the bees dis- 

 tribute pollen and fertilize flowers more 

 thoroughly than they can otherwise be 

 fertilized. 



Xhe Indiana State Convention 

 was held at Indianapolis last Friday and 

 Saturday. We shall give a report of 

 the proceedings as soon as they come to 

 hand. 



Sprayingf fruit trees when not in 

 bloom Is no doubt a very desirable 

 thing. Last week, on page 39, we 

 noted the action of the Loudon authori- 

 ties on American apples. They were in 

 error as to the effect of spraying apple 

 trees with London purple to prevent 

 ravages of the codling moth or apple 

 worm. This is well Illustrated by the 

 experience of Mr. Lupton, of Virginia, 

 as stated in a recent issue of Insect Life. 

 The work of spraying was undertaken 

 in Mr. Lupton's orchard, but "was dis- 

 continued when less than one-third of 

 the trees had been sprayed. From these 

 trees 1,000 barrels of apples, nearly 

 free from worms, were gathered ; while 

 from the remaining two-thirds of the 

 orchard, only 888 barrels of sound fruit 

 were obtained ; quite one-fifth of the 

 apples from the unsprayed trees being 

 wormy, and unfit for use. Mr. Lupton 

 estimates that his returns from the 

 orchard would have been increased 

 $2,500, had all the trees been sprayed. 



"We are sorry to learn that the Rev. 

 S. Roese is quite ill with "chills and 

 fever," accompanied with La Orippe. 

 In fact,^the indispositions are so gen- 

 eral, that it is quite difficult to state 

 who are among those in perfect health. 

 The present "cold snap" will probably 

 stop for a time the fearful ravages of 

 that Russian plague. 



Xhie Canadian Bee Journal says 

 farming for years has not paid as well 

 in proportion to the amount invested as 

 bee-keeping. That may be true in 

 some localities, but in others the oppo- 

 site is true. North America is a large 

 continent, and its climate and atmos- 

 pheric conditions are varied. While 

 some few report large crops of honey, 

 the great majority reported almost an 

 entire failure. 



If Bees were not of great value 

 they would not have been provided with 

 the sting. — Iowa Homestead. 



