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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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sown ill the open g-ioiuul. where it rains ciJerj/ 

 d/fiy nothing wouhl be required but a border of 

 a few inches around the elevated seed-bed. to 

 keep the seed from washing away. In a place 

 where the seed-bed miglit get very dry, liow- 

 ever, a coarse fabric, say a coveiing made of 

 bran-sacks', should be us(>d. Vov the Hi-st few 

 days, until the seed germinates, lay it flat on 

 the ground, and it will keep the soil and seed 

 from being disturbed while using the sprinkler, 

 and guard against too heavy rains, and to give, 

 partly, sun and shade. The bed is also warmed 

 better by the sun, whei'e thus covei-ed. I have 

 observed that a great amount of seed, money, 

 time, and work, is annually lost because seeds 

 <lo not iicnniiKite. even though the seed is good. 

 The tiine is thereby irretrievably lost. While 

 the seed is germinating, small sti'ips of wood 

 should be nailed on the frame, near enough to 

 keep the cover a few inches above the bed. 

 The cloth should be nailed to the frame, with 

 laths at one side. It should be fastened with 

 loops on the other sides, in order to open quick- 

 ly and give Lhe full sun if need be. 



Closer attention is requii'ed by delicate and 

 small flower seed. We sift on the seed about ^ 

 of an inch of sandy loam, and press it down 

 with boards, in the fashion of using snow-shoes. 

 Tlie smallest seed does not require any cover- 

 ing, but only some pressure, and a shade for 

 some days with a piece of cheese-cloth. Of 

 course, the nature of the flower must be known 

 — some, require almost a full sun. and others 

 nearly full shade. If the seed is sown in neai'ly 

 dry soil it should not be immediately drenched. 

 Better wait 12 or 2-i houi-s. In wateiing wv 

 should imitate nature— water only when re- 

 quired, but then thoroughly. Imitate, dew, 

 with a syringe. Suppose seed is sown in damp 

 soil, and pi-essed down, and the bed is allowed 

 to become dry afterward: then a iiai'tial failure 

 is sure to follow. The seed will swell immedi- 

 ately; and, if allowed to dry. will shrink again. 

 The germinating power is then checked or de- 

 stroyed. The lesult is, feeble plants, or none at 

 all. Again, when seed is kept too wet at the 

 start, it will burst open, and the same results 

 follow. Theodore Lohf. 



Denvei-, Col.. ^NlaiTli 11. 



RAISING POl'COKN— A NEW IXDl'STRV FOR 

 THE BOYS. 



Mr. H. K. Wright says: " We are hearing from 

 our advertisement fi'om every (piarter." In- 

 closed with the above was the following, which 

 we presume is in answer to inciuiries brought 

 out by his advertisement: 



Dear Sir:— We bought last season .50 carloads 

 of popping-corn of all varieties, and found the 

 " eight-rowed " (or " vShaker "" ) variety gave best 

 satisfaction in every way, matniing earlier and 

 yielding more i)er acre, and, having long ears 

 and no nubbins, husks easier. Having a very 

 small cob, i tennis quicker and yields more shell- 

 ed corn than any other variety. It has a large 

 round kernel, and pops larger than any other. 

 It is very white when iiopped. as all popping- 

 corn should be. for no yellow, red. or any color- 

 ed corn looks well when popped. If this variety 

 of corn is properly cultivated it will yield per 

 acre equal to common corn, and we never 

 bought any less than ;3^; to 3'.; cts. per lb., 

 which is about three times as much as coinmon 

 corn sells at. We buy all varieties, and will 

 make a price at any time on receipt of sample. 

 We want 100 carloads next season, at least. To 

 make a sure success of growing it, procure the 

 best possible seed. Plant early, and not near any 

 other coi-n. Leave in the field on stalk as long 

 as possible. Do not shock nor allow it to sweat 

 in husk or an v where else. Weather-cnre as 



much as possible, and don't kiln-dry or force 

 dry by any heat. The only proper way to cui'e 

 corn is by freezing weather in a cril), or in an 

 open btiilding. spread out. It will always be 

 ready to pop satisfactorily by .January or Feb- 

 ruary. You can't plant too much. AVe will 

 buy all you raise, at good prices. We will se- 

 lect seed ears of any variety you wish, and send 

 you, on receipt of 10 cts. pia- lb. for any amount 

 you may want nnder .50 lbs., or 8 cts. for over 

 that amount. H. R. Wright. 



Albany. N. Y.. March 21. 



[Now, boys, here is a chance for yon: and I 

 suppose the "new discovery " (pruning off the 

 tassels) will work as well with popcorn as with 

 any thing else. Why shouldn't it'?] 



RECIPE FOR CANNING PUMPKIN. 



I have canned them successfully for two 

 years, and used a niixtuic of Held ijumpkins. 

 Cook till tender, i)ut through a sieve, cook again 

 as long as there is water in them. The secret 

 lies in thorough cooking. I used tin cans, and 

 .sealed them with sealing-wax. 



Mrs. J. K. McCeury. 



Lima. Allen Co.. Ohio. 



PYgELF ni^D PY ]\[EI6PB0]^^. 



Feed my lumlis.— John 21 : 1."). 



Yesterday I had the toothache. I suppose it 

 is a good thing to have the toothache once in a 

 while. There are seveial lessons it teaches us. 

 One is, to be thankful when we do not have it. 

 Another is. to resist with all our might the 

 temptation to be impatient and hasty when 

 writhing under pain we can not escape. Anoth- 

 er is, it bids us have sympathy for others when 

 they are suffering. When it first came on I 

 stopped it with Porter's Cure of Pain. Now, it 

 has been so fashionable lately to go on about 

 drugs and patent medicines, and the like, I do 

 not know but I needed a little lesson of charity 

 in that direction. The above remedy I do think 

 a boon to mankind. It relieves pain almost in- 

 stantly — that is. in the majority of cases. Fi- 

 nally, during the severe attack yesterday, how- 

 ever, even my old remedy did not suffice. I 

 bathed my face until the tears ran from my 

 eyes, and my mouth smarted so from the hot 

 liniment that I could only walk the floor and 

 IJi'ay for patience. 



"But. why didn't you have the tooth pulled, 

 Bro. Root?" 



Well, I did not want to spare the tooth: and. 

 besides. I remembered how fearfully it hurt me 

 A\ hen I had just one tooth pulled, perhaps 

 twenty-live years ago. I had been staying in a 

 wai'm room, and keeping my face up by the 

 steam-pipes, for many times I have found re.- 

 lief in that way. I happened to look out of the 

 window, however, while suffering, and saw 

 something in the new hot-bed that needed my 

 attention. I jjut on my overcoat and rushed 

 out. and got so busy directing the boys that I 

 either foi'got the toothache, or else the tooth- 

 ache forgot me; and then I discovered that I 

 felt better out in the open air than I did in a 

 warm rooin. How many things there are to 

 learn in caring for these bodies of ours I and 

 liow often we blunder before we find out what 

 nature wants 1 I did not have any more of the 

 toothache until meeting-time. Revival meet- 

 ings are going on at one of our churches: but 

 as there was a cold damp east wind, my wife 

 urged that I had better stay at home. Some 

 way my conscience seemed to tell me, however, 

 that I ought to be there. So I started. It is a 



