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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



All the measurements are in thou- 

 sandths of an inch. Dr. Beal writes that 

 the measurements are correct; but that too 

 nmch sti'ess ought not to be put on them 

 on account of the variations in the thick- 

 ness of the bases; and I agree that they 

 are not to be relied upon unless there is 

 assurance that they are taken at points 

 not affected by the junction of the side 

 walls. 



The following salient points in this ex- 

 periment are to be noted: i. The average 

 of all the foundations tested, exclusive of 

 the drawn foundation, appear by the 

 measurements to have bases about eleven 

 per cent thinner than those of the natu- 

 ral comb tested; which had every appear- 

 ance of being an average specimen. 2. 

 In point of thinness the Bingham founda- 

 tion decidedly surpassed all others. 3. 

 Making due allowance for the Root 

 "thin," as suggested, the base of thejdrawn 

 foundation was much the heaviest of any ; 

 exceeding that of the natural comb thirty 

 seven per cent; indeed the difference was 

 clearly perceptible to the naked eye on 

 comparing the cut edges of the several 

 septa. 



It will be remembered that two or three 

 years since I made some incidental ex- 

 periments with foul brood, one by intro- 

 ducing a queen from a badly diseased col- 

 ony to a healthy one, and another by giving 

 a healthy colony a comb of honey from a 

 diseased colony. The comb was the out- 

 side one in the brood chamber, and prob- 

 ably had never contained brood; at least no 

 di.seased brood. The colonies thus experi- 

 mented upon continued to be healthy up 

 to and through the season of '97 and it is 

 safe to say that no disease was conveyed by 

 the operation in either case. But thougli 

 it proved harndess in these cases, it is not 

 to be understood that it is to be recom- 

 mended as a safe thing to do in the i)resent 

 state of our knowledge. The experi- 

 ments were made as a step in the direc- 

 tion of increased knowledge of the pow- 

 ers and limitations of the foul brood 

 scourge. 



L.\PEER, Mich, Feb. 16, IS98. 



SWEET CLOVER. 



When to sow it and how Cattle may be led to 

 eat it. 



DAVID BERTSCH. 



T H. WE had six years" experience with 

 ^ sweet clover, and find that it will 

 flourish in any place where alsike or 

 white clover will thrive; but it will not 

 grow on "blow-sand." 



I begin sowing it in the fall at the 

 time that the seed is ripe, and continue 

 until corn-planting time; sowing on the 

 high land first and finishing up on low 

 swamp land. I sow it in waste-places, 

 old slashings and pasture lots. In the fall 

 of 1894 I seeded down ten acres of land 

 that had just been cleared and burned 

 over. I sowed timothy, alsike and sweet 

 clover and went over it lightly with a 

 drag. The following )-ear I turned in 

 seven cows. They did not touch the 

 sweet clover until it was about two feet 

 high, picking out the other gra.ss that 

 grew among it, then, as the hot dry 

 weather came on, thej' took to the sweet 

 clover and ate it to the ground, allowing 

 the other grass to grow up and blossom. 

 The cows remained in good health and 

 gave good messes of rich milk. 



HoLi.AND, Mich. Dec. 11, icSgj. 



SWEET CLOVER. 



It Makes j^ood I'asture, Esiieci.illy in a dry 

 Time, and can be EasiU Eradicated. 



A. .\. .\LVER.S()X. 



IH.W'E sowed sweet clover upon pas- 

 tures and waste places for the last si.x 

 years, and can say that it has filled the 

 bill for stock; especially in dry seasons 

 when other clovers and grasses are liter- 

 ally dried up. It is a mistake to say that 

 stock will not eat it; as, after tasting it a 



