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is all the name I know for him) should 

 use his eyes to loolf beyond the horizon 

 of Presidio county, and not be content 

 to reconcile himself to the mistaken. idea 

 that Presidio county is all of southwest 

 Texas. I am perfectly willing to be- 

 lieve, with him, that in his county peo- 

 ple may live on beef and beans at times, 

 but he may have a shiftless people, as 

 such are usually content to use a rock 

 for a pillow, and use the open canopy of 

 heaven for a covering ; but this is not 

 the kind of people we have here, nor is 

 it the kind we are wanting. We need 

 people that are willing to work for a 

 living, and not to be a burden upon the 

 community in which they live. If such 

 people that are without homes, or those 

 wishing to come to aflne Southern coun- 

 try, I am not ashamed to invite you to 

 this part; and if ever you find a single 

 family living on jerked beef and beans 

 alone, then tell me I have overdrawn 

 this country, and I will take it all back. 

 In fact, we have not got them ! 



But, on the contrary, we have a peo- 

 ple that are doing well and making 

 money at farming, and money is easier 

 to-day in our county than in Chicago. 

 No business failures, of 20 or 25 mer- 

 chants here ; our banks have plenty of 

 money, and let the people have it at 10 

 per cent, per annum, and confidence is 

 good, as they are pleased with the future 

 of the surrounding country. 



I had a bee-keeper visit me yesterday 

 — Mr. P. M. Roby, of Chanute, Kans. — 

 and I took him to an orange orchard, 

 and he plucked oranges — not from paper, 

 but from the trees — and says I have not 

 nearly pictured this country as large as 

 I ought. Others have been here and 

 looked out locations, and are making ar- 

 rangements to bring their bees and their 

 all to this county. 



You know I have been very careful 

 about giving my advice to those wishing 

 to come ; but I feel it my duty to tell a 

 brother bee-keeper all about the country 

 when he asks me to do so, and any time 

 our readers are tired of such reading let 

 me know, and I will stop. But I must 

 tell you that this is the finest bee-coun- 

 try I ever saw, and I have seen a good 

 many different places. I am now, in 

 this letter, giving both sides, as there 

 are thorns here along with the roses, and 

 you need not expect to find the honey 

 pond and the fritter tree here, but you 

 can produce the honey and the fritters 

 if you are willing to work ; otherwise 

 you would better stay where you are. 

 Jennie Atchley. 



Railroads, and Demand for Honey. 



Mks. Atchley : — Will you tell me if 

 you have good railroad facilities at Bee- 

 ville ? Is there a demand for honey in 

 your country ? I would like to go to a 

 place where there is not so much drouth 

 and dust as we have here in Illinois, and 

 where I can sell my honey, and where it 

 is a better place for bees than here. 



John A. Wilmont. 



La Prairie Centre, Ills. 



Friend Wilmont, I do not know 

 whether you would benefit yourself or 

 not by coming to this part, but we have 

 two railroads that lead out to all parts 

 of the world, and we have what we call 

 a good honey market at home. Ex- 

 tracted sells here at 10 cents per pound, 

 and comb honey at 123^ to 15 cents, in 

 sections. I feel satisfied that this is a 

 fine honey country, and the honey of 

 this particular part of Texas will rank 

 along side of any honey in the United 

 States. 



But we have some drouths here, too, 

 but it does not hurt bee-keepers like it 

 does in countries where the honey is 

 mostly gathered from plants, clovers, 

 weeds, etc. Our honey comes from trees 

 and shrubs, and is not aflfected by drouth 

 as weeds are, consequently we get some 

 honey every year, as Nature has placed 

 trees and plants here that can withstand 

 the drouths. We actually need dry 

 weather in this country in the fall and 

 early vs^inter, as we do not have any cold 

 weather to check the growth of vegeta- 

 tion, and run the sap down in trees, etc., 

 and the dry falls serve for the same pur- 

 pose here as winter does north of us, and 

 we must have it. But we seldom have 

 a drouth until all farm crops are made, 

 so the farmers have a delightful time to 

 harvest. Jennie Atchley. 



Honey as Food and ]?Iedicine. 



THIS Is a little 32-page pamphlet that Is 

 just the thing needed to create a demand. 

 for HONEY at home. Honey - producers 

 should scatter it freely, as it shows the valu- 

 able uses ol Honey for Food as well as for 

 Medicine. It contains recipes for making 

 Honey-Cakes, Cookies, Puddings, Foam, Wines 

 etc. It is intended for consumers, and will be 

 a great help in popularizing honey among the 

 people everywhere, if the pamphlet is liberal- 

 ly distributed. 



Prices, prepaid— Single copy, 5 cts. ; 1 cop- 

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 for $5.50; 500 for $10.00; or 1000 for $15.00. 



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