1894 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



.'51 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



Gleaninos is {jottiiiK bi'tter anil botti'r ; jiuid hick 

 filt, is the wish of youf sul)Sfi'ib('i'. 

 Nt'W Craigliall. Si'oLliiiid, Jiin.n. And'w IJut'iiAN. 



I wish to iidd my vote of thanks for the improve- 

 nu'ut ill Gleamngs since Jan. 1. 

 Millard, Neb., Feb. 8. Mks. A. L. Hallenbeck. 



T received tiie goods ordered of you a sliort time 

 igo. Tliey are tlie finest I ever saw. The sawed 

 ivood se])arators are very nice. Wilton T.wi.ok. 



Onondaga, Mich., Feb. 2. 



1 like Gleanings very much, and would not do 

 .vithoiit it. I have 20 stands of bees in cellar, in 

 <ood condition thus far R. Woodwahd. 



Montfort, Wis., Feb. 6. 



I have seen some hone.v in this market stored in 

 •our g:oods, which surpasses any thing- 1 had known 

 lefore. I am somewhat interested in bees, and 

 jiunikl like a catalog- or price list of your hives and 

 )ther fi.xtures. Solon C. Smith. 



Jackson, Ohio, Oct. 9. 



T am well pleased with Gleanings, and think 

 ■very bee-keeper should take it. There is lots to 

 earn. I always read "Oa the Wheel," but think I 

 vouid rather be where I could help eat some of that 

 •elery than to read about it, as the grasshoppers 

 Lte our celery otT close to the ground. 



South C.iyuga, Out., Nov. 28. O. Fathers, Jr. 



THE COWAN EXTRACTOR A BEAUTY. 



Mj- supplies have come to liand, all in good order, 

 'he Cowan e.xtractor is a beauty, and I consider it 

 ery clieap at the price. The shoe-repairing- outfit 

 s g-ood. It will save disconifoit and expense, and 

 liould be in every household. Please accept my 

 lianks for Gleanings for 1W)4. 



W.M. Muth-Rasmussen. 



Independence, Cal., Feb. 14. 



This is an out-of-the-way place, and cotton is our 

 miy money crop. You can figure it out, and see 

 hat there is not a good living in it. I had 700 lbs. of 

 ■xtracted lioney last year. The most I could get in 

 ■Jew Orleans was iH cts. i)er lb., with freight, com- 

 nission, and drayage deducted. So we u.sed the 

 nost of it oursfh'es, thereby saA"ing- 40 cts. a gallon 

 ;)r syrup, and better health, I believe. Your writ- 

 ngs and poor heallli together liave caused me to 

 luit smoking- (the only way I used' tobacco), and I 

 ind my health improved l)y doing so. 



Clio, La., Feb. 12. Joseph Ryan. 



The goods ordered of j-ou Jan. 18th, and shipped 

 an. 2.5th. were received Jan. 30tli in good order, 

 ""reight charges were moderatt'. I have uni)acked 

 no-t of the goods, and have not found any tliing 

 nissing as jet. I am iileasi>d with the change you 

 iiade in the covers. 1 like the plan of having tliem 

 louhle. I use painted muslin on my flat covers, 

 upported about V4 i'lcli above by strips of wood 

 unnitig crosswise of the cover, and extending- about 

 n inch on either side, giving a chance for tlw- aii- to 

 ■irculate under tlip muslin. S. F.vuhington. 



Corunna, Ind., Feb. 3. 



OUR FOOT-WARMKR. 

 My foot-sto\-(' has now been put to the test three 

 inies. and the first Sunday I used it I have niinis- 

 eted toacountij- congregation about seven miles 

 lut from here for over thirty years- I put in two 

 ticks of fuel. and. though the weather was e.xceed- 

 ngly cold I i-ode out in i-oinfort with wai-ni feet, 



ml I left the slove under the robe while thi' sei-\it-es 

 I'erein proirress; and on my return the fire was out 



nd a good \i]<i- hole had been burned in the robe. I 

 oncluded it was my fault in giving too mncli air; 



the ne.vt time! shut otf the most of the air. and, 

 leingawarm day. one si ick of fuel kept me warm 

 intil m\ reiurn at night. Last Sunday I did the 



ime. and came home wilh waini fi-et. and very 

 )m fort able otherwise. I And t h-it one st ick of fuel, 



1 ordinary winter weather, is all T iiei'd. and that, 

 ith a very ni'iderate dra ft, it will burn about si.x 



hours, and keep one comfortabl.v wjirm; so you can 

 set me down as a convert U) the foot-stove as ad- 

 miiably adai)tid to the wants or clergymen with 

 couiiliy pai-ishes which they art 

 private conveyance. 

 Perrysl)urg, O., Jan. 31. 



iiliged to visit Ity 

 (J. A. Akams. 



THE TOMATO-BOOK; CANNING TOMATOES, ETC. 



Wc have been engaged quite extensively in grow- 

 ing-tomatoes for local and other markets, and think 

 your hook, "Tomato Culture," is by tar the best 

 that has ever been introduced. Voui- information 

 in the hook has been very valuable to me; but I 

 liave one fault to (ind you .x'ep too soon. Nearly 

 every year there is a lime when the markets are 

 full, and i>rices too low for us to slii|) for a few days 

 or weeks, and our fruit- lies on the gi-ound, and rots. 

 Will you kindly write me where 1 can purchase a 

 book, or get instructions for canning-, or making 

 ketchup from tomatoes? 



Now you Intve told us how to raise tomatoes, I 

 think you ought to tell us how to take care of them. 

 Evpii ii thousand liiisliels that go to waste nearly 

 evei-y year would, if properly ciiiined, make a pi-ot1t 

 of itself. c. A. Turner. 



Macon, 111., Jan 2:!. 



[In our issue of June 1, last year, you will find an 

 article covering- the i|uestion you ask, friend T.] 



FRO.M PRESIDENT ABBOTT. 



Mjj Dear Mr. Runt:— I want to congratulati- you on 

 the many good points in your reply to Mr. Fiirriiig- 

 ton's letter. You have struck the keynote of suc- 

 cess, in my opinion. You have also stated clearly 

 the leason why a large number of people tire out of 

 emi»loyment. There are too many in this counti-y 

 working- only for the wcKjeg they receive, with no 

 thought of doing the very best they know how for the 

 one who employs them. Then there .seems to be so 

 little knvw how in the world. We often say peoiile 

 are not to blame for what they do not know; but 

 the.y are all the same when thej- coj/W know just as 

 well as not. OiU' miin can not know every thing-; 

 but many of them could knt)w more than they do if 

 they would only think so and make the effort. I 

 mean, they eould know more about how to do things 

 as they should be done. If this little sermon of 

 yours could be preached from every pulpit in the 

 country, or put in pamphlet form and spretid broad- 

 cast over the land, it could not fail to do a deal-of 

 good. I am sure it would be more itrotitable reading 

 than the sentimental, paternal, socialistic trash that 

 fills the columnsof many so-called ''reform " papers. 



St. Joseph, Mo., Feb. 20. Emerson T. Abbott. 



terry's new book, "our farm," etc. 

 We clip the following fiom the Rural New-Yorhcr: 



OCR F'RM: XVe i-eg-ard this Ijoott as the most interesting antt 

 instructive volume that has ever been written about .Viiieri- 

 • an faim life. In faet there is nothinjr .inst like it in the 

 Enprlish language. It is a story, an agricultural treatise, and 

 »n ai-gument for a higher and better faiming all in one. 

 Those who have ever read Mr. Terry's articles know that'he 

 writes with a breezv eionestness that makes -' easy reading," 

 and carries conviction along vrith it. They will find the 

 thought and argument in the book high-grade, soluble, and 

 easy to iiigest and assimilate. Ml. Teriy has long I een la- 

 iiioiis for his ethoils of growiug clover, wheat, and potatoes, 

 lie has no ti:uie-sccrftf_;he wholi' thing is de-cribed and 

 laid liaic tor us in tliis \ iiluinc. Tile cii-.iinage and the use of 

 muck, skillful ^avinj; of manures -nil the machinery of nature 

 that man can oil and oveiliaul— are well treated in this book, 

 which is. we repeat, the most inleresting farm record we have 

 ever read 



Now. I believe every Avord the Ru7a1 says; but T 

 Mil .1 little surpiised to see they give such extrava- 

 gant praise to a bo ik i hat does not agree witli them 

 at all in the use of chemical fei tili'/.ei-s. In fact, I 

 sometimes feel troubled tosee the Runil.-nevk after 

 week, give sucli tremendous putt's to these things, 

 and perhaps I might confess that 1 also feel trou- 

 bled to see the results of Terry's experiments, year 

 after year, indicate so clearly that every chemical 

 fertilizer he undertakes to use does just no good .-it 

 all. I really wi.-^h we could put'l'eriyon some sort 

 of soil where fertilizers )coul<l avail. But I am 

 jifrtiid that, even then, Ik; would get such tremen- 

 dous crops of clover that the feriilizer would be 

 thrown inti> the shade or into nothingness. And 

 then the tiling that t roubles me again is, he would 

 not use anv sort of ferliiizer togret the clover start- 

 ed. Now. T. B.Terry is certainly ii great teacher: 

 and the Ritnit Neii -Y'nilar is also tmother great 

 teachei-. flow in the world can it be tluit their 

 teachings, or. rather, their experiences, should dif- 

 fer so treincitfloiiflji .' 



