470 



etc. I 



Kodak. 



refresh 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 15. 



covered the top of the pipe with my sparkling water applied right in the middle of 



and anticipated giving you something January. We saw the astonishing growth of 



ing and beautiful in the way of a picture; fruit-trees, and witnessed the manner in 



which a fruit-orchard can 

 . . • . be got under full head- 



way in less than half the 

 time we do it here in Me- 

 dina. 



While on the subject of 

 artesian wells, I will give 

 you a Kodak view of one 

 taken on the farm of C. E. 

 Hinds, at Woonsocket, S. 

 D. The pipe comes up 

 in the middle of a res- 

 ervoir, which you will 

 find fully described on 

 page 9(30 of last year. 

 When this reservoir is 

 full of water, to get to 

 the pipe it is necessary 

 to go out over the water 

 on a raised walk. At the 

 time of ray visit the res- 

 ervoir was empty, and 

 the ground covered with 

 snow. The valve was 

 opened, and the full vol- 

 ume turned on. You will 

 notice the immense ici- 

 cles hanging down by the 

 walk close to the pipe 

 that comes out of the 

 well. As it was freezing 

 weather, it was a rather 

 difficult matter to get the 

 cap screwed over the 

 large tube. Could we 

 -^^ "" ■* ^ have done so, the water 



^^ ~ "l^^ would have been thrown 



- ^Bfim .^^ yp jjj ^he small pipe more 



ARTESIAX WELL AND RESEKVOIK AT WOUNSOCKET, .S. I). than 100 feet high. 



but rill my anxiety I 

 placed the instrument 

 too near to the water (so 

 Ernest says) and it did 

 not work. On the pre- 

 vious page, however, I 

 give you something sim- 

 ilar. 



When the water pours 

 over the top of the iron 

 pipe, if the top is square 

 and level it looks like an 

 inverted glass vase or a 

 bell-glass, and is about 

 as handsome as any 

 thing that can be imag- 

 ined. Mr. Elmer Scott, 

 who has been drilling 

 the wells around San Ja- 

 cinto, left Medina only 

 two or three years ago: 

 now he has a beautiful 

 little home of his own, 

 garden full of fruit, and, 

 of course, an artesian 

 well with a bubbling 

 brook of pure soft water 

 flowing out among his 

 plants. It was in the 

 evening, after dark, when 

 we made hiin a call; 

 but the children were so 

 animated about the gar- 

 den that we went out by 

 lamplight and saw the 

 lettuce, radishes, and 

 other things just coming 

 through the ground un- 

 der the influence of that 



POLE CANYON FALLl 



NEAK THE RESIDENCE OF T. F. AIIUNDELL, 

 FII-LMORE, CAL. 



