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(It now remains with the producer whether we have a crop report 

 issued from Washington, or not. The "or not" feature would be 

 that producers would not appreciate the importance of this crop re- 

 port and not let their wants be known. The officials are now willing 

 to help us; will we do our part? Our part to do at the present time 

 is for every one of us to write President Gates immediately, answer- 

 ing the questions submitted. If President Gates could report several 

 thousand names of producers who request this report, it would be a 

 foregone conclusion that we would get it, otherwise if there should be 

 no response, it will die for want of support. In answering the differ- 

 ent numbers, it will not be necessary or advisable to repeat the whole 

 sentence, simply answer by number. For the convenience of Presi- 

 dent Gates, and others who may have this matter in advisement, 

 kindly use as few words as possible to express your meaning and do 

 nol zuritc a single zvord on the sheet about any thing else. If you want 

 to write Dr. Gates a letter, do it on a separate sheet, and take the 

 editor's word for it he will thank you. The National has gained a 

 signal victory in this case, and should not allow the opportunity to go 

 by default. Kindly do your duty, TODAY.— Ed.). 



Field Notes From Tennessee. 

 J. M. BUCHANAN, Franklin, Tenn. 

 P. C. Chadwick, in Gleanings for October 1st, insists that honey 

 from one source, as alfalfa for instance, will always have the same 

 color, regardless of soil, season, or climate. In this I cannot agree 

 with him. I have seen considerable variation in the color of pure 

 white clover honey, from one season to another, as well as in samples 

 from different localities. In fact, the white clover honey produced in 

 this state the present season was several degrees lighter in shade than 

 usual. Also I know that orange honey from Florida is considerably 

 darker than that from California. Soil, climatic and weather condi- 

 tions all seem to have an influence on the color, as well as the densit}' 

 of the honey. 



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In this state the bees are always wintered out-of-doors, and 

 rarely given any extra protection, few bee-keepers even going so far 

 as to contract the entrance of the hive. There is hardly ever more 

 than a week at a time that the bees cannot fly. The principal thing 

 now is to see that there is plenty of honey in the hive to last till 

 spring flowers bloom. We find it best to take off the supers and 

 winter in one story, although this is not always done. If the supers 

 are left on, it will be best to remove the queen-excluders, or the bees 

 might go into the super and leave the queen. Should this occur, she 

 would be likely to freeze in very cold weather. 



