CI.KAMNliS IN UVA<: ( ri^TIIlK. 



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cumlis ilial wi'ii' uulsidc ilic (livisioii-lioard. 

 Tlu'sc hci's sciMUt'd (lead w Iwii foiiiui: luit if Ihc 

 h(>('s well' let almic. ami a w arm spell w as not 

 too loMi; in comiiiir. I tliinU tlicv w ai'mcd u|) and 

 cfawli'd i)aid< into tlic iiivc a;xaiti,.jnst as I lia\i' 

 socn hers do \\ lien 1 liavi' fi'd them out of doors 

 more syi-iip lliaii lliry i-onid carfv in hdoir it 

 btH'aiiic too I'ooi in the I'vcninii. Tlicy would l)c 

 seen sittintr afouml upon the feeder, as if deail : 

 t>nt if. next day. the warm sun shone upon tliem 

 they w tiuld all or nearly all re\ ive and llv lilaeU 

 to their hive. Hut I liaxi' an idea tliat sui-li ex- 

 posure sliortens tlieir Mncs. 



Evanirelist .1. H. \\'o!f. who is editoiof John 

 7'/i /■(■('->'(. i7(C/(. sa\s, in the Xo\(Mnl)er number. 

 "Mr. Harry haliirop. of lirowtown. Wis., sent 

 us ah(Mit 40 il)s. of the linest liom-y it ha;' l)een 

 ourprivileiie to test for a lony:time." I suppose 

 it is Unown that Uro. Wolf is. witii other lielp- 

 ers. oarryiusr on an Indian orplianaiie and train- 

 ing-school in \'iiiita. Indian 'I'erritory. 'I'he 

 funds tliat sustain them are siven in answer t,o 

 prayer, and by friends of tlie mission. .lust now 

 the little orphans, aged from S lo Ki years, aiv 

 in need of shoes and stockings, as winter is com- 

 ing on. There are a thousand other ways in 

 wliich help would he appreciated Just now. 

 Will not many more iirol hers and sisters remem- 

 ber IJro. \\()\f and his large family of orphan 

 children, with substantial aid now as the holi- 

 days draw near".' Remember the words of the 

 Lord .lesus. " It is more blessed to give than to 

 receive.'" I will send yon two pictures of the 

 older orphan children. Mns. L. ('. Axtkt.l. 



Hoseville. 111.. Dec. V.K 



POULTRY-RAISING. 



now Nor TO IIAVK FAIIATKES; BY .\ BKK- 



ke?:per. 



Ever since reading Mrs. Stnith's letter in 

 Gi>EANiXGs about raising poultry. I have felt 

 like telling a little of my experience. WMiile 

 whati have to tell may be nothing exactly new, 

 still there may be something that may be a help 

 to her. 



We generally have pretty good success with 

 our poultry, and raise a good many chickens, 

 ducks, turkeys, geese, and guineas. The first 

 thing to be looked out for is the parent birds, 

 which shonld be two years old. to have the best 

 success. If tiiey are younger, the offspring are 

 apt to be weak and delicate. 



The next thing is food. Perhaps some people 

 can feed all other poultry the same as they 

 would little chickens, and have good luck with 

 them, but I can't: for while little chickens 

 will thrive and do well if fed plenty of corn 

 meal, no other kind of poultry will, for me 

 at least. When they are small, the best food 

 for them is bread and milk, or cheese made 

 from thick sour milk, and seasoned with a little 

 pepper and salt, just tlu; same as though it 

 were to be eaten by boys and girls in i)lace of 

 baby turkeys and geese. As they grow older, 

 scraps from the table, and almost any thing ex- 

 cept raw corn meal, will do for them, and they 

 will pick a great part of tlicir living if allowed 

 to run. 



The next, and perhaps a still moi-e important 

 point, is to keep them '7/-i/ and ii'dnii. It will 

 not do to provide them with good coops and 

 think they will tiike care of themselves, no 

 matter w'hether they have hen - mothers (jr 

 mothers of their own kind. A run through the 

 wet grass in the early morning, or a cold driz- 

 zling rain, will put an (effectual damper on the 

 enthusiasm of almost any poultry man. or 

 woman either. Although water- fowls, little 

 goslings and ducklings Ix-come chilled, and die. 



just the same as littli' turkeys, if they get wet. 

 e\en when I hey are uearls' half grown: so we 

 make a yard around their coops. .\ hoard on<; 

 foot w ide is high enough to keep them in in the 

 morning till the grass is di"y, or on days when it 

 is rainy. 



Last s|)ring. about tin- middle of May we had 

 over lifty little turkeys, and some ducklings 

 and goslings, when there came a colfl rainy 

 spell that lasted for three or four days. The 

 ground, and every thing ontsich^ was thorough- 

 ly wet and chilled. I put the little fellows in 

 some liifge boxes, and brought them intf) the 

 hous(> and kept them by the lire (the mothers 

 wei'e left outside), till the storm was over. A 

 few of them died: but over twenty of the tur- 

 keys went to marked, for Thanksgiving, and 

 there are some more to go for Christmas. They 

 brought a good price, as they were early, and so 

 were larg(! and well grow n. 



Mi;s. A. L. Hali.enbeck. 



Millard. .Neb.. Dec. 1891. 



A NUT FOli I)K. .Mir.LEK TO CliACK. 



Please ask Dr. C. C. Miller what he meaiis by 

 the expr(>ssion, "Pretty good for Missouri."' 

 Did he not know that lie would stir up a hor- 

 net's nest'.' Why should not Missouri, with an 

 area nearly equal to all of New England, be up 

 with most of "em".' Where is the State that has 

 great(M' natural advantages in bonify Mora, cli- 

 mate, and all that goes toward making success- 

 ful bee- keepers? And then to have one of the 

 liig doctors say, '" Pretty good for Missouri," as 

 though we were some out-of-the-way corner, 

 when in reality we are the very heart of this 

 great United States! Now let him rise and ex- 

 plain. Miis. .1. M. NuLi,. 



Miami. Mo. 



Heads of Grain 



FROM DIFFERENT FIELDS 



THE NEW frame; A REVKRSIBI.E HOFFMAN. 



I am glad that bee-men are coming to reason 

 as to frames being spaced. What an idea, to do 

 a thing at guess as one has to with a loose 

 frame! — no room in one place and too much in 

 another. Again, what a sad blunder it was to 

 use a 9h top- bar — sad unless we i-eversed often. 



The cuts of your frame in last Gleanings 

 show some very excellent frames. I shouldn't 

 like the narrow bottom-bar, for it is a loafing- 

 place for bees. I mean to use all the room to 

 good advantag(!: and to fill the frame, I will 

 reverse. I have a rcn'crsible wire- of my own, 

 and I'm now workMng on a hive to n^vei'se. and 

 use the regular Hoffman frame. It is a wonder 

 to me how a frame closed the whole h'ligth. and 

 close to the hive-ends, can please one. I bought 

 one such this fall, and it was impossible to get 

 a frame out^perfectly glued everywhere. I 

 shall ti'ansfei' them in tlu; spring. 



I can haidly see the need of a follower in your 

 hive. Why not wedg(^ the ends of frame, and 

 save so much extra? Make a wedge one way M' 

 wide, one way %, and you can make one width 

 answer. I know t hat extra board makes more 

 work and cost, and takes up valuabh^ room. 



Hallowell, ]\I(!., D(!c. 21. E. P. Churchill. 



[All that is necessary to make a hive of Hoff- 

 man frames reversible is to wedge or key up the 

 frames. Lay a cou[)le of sticks X-i'it*^' square 

 across the frames, and at each end. Put a bot- 

 tom-board on, turn the hive over, replact; the 

 cover, and the work is done. Leave the hive 



