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GLEANINGvS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Aug. 1. 



ed " by Prof. C, you're but telling where he 

 has stood all along ; but it seems to me he 

 ought to change that standing now. The old 

 Union has overwhelmingly said that it did not 

 want to spend its money in that kind of work, 

 and I don't believe it's right and honest for 

 the Advisory Board to disregard its wishes. 



There is room for both societies. Let each 

 attend to its special line of work, and all will 

 be well. 



I voted to have the old Union with its old 

 and experienced staff of officers do just what 

 the new has been organized for ; but the ma- 

 jority said "no," and I hope the Advisory 

 Board wll be as conscientious in the matter as 

 is General Manager Newman, and heed the 

 Union's voice. Piit me down "no" as re- 

 gards the professor's plan. It would be nmch 

 more difficult now to unite the two Unions, 

 with their two sets of officers, than it would 

 have been to unite the National L'nion and the 

 North American. 



I am glad Prof. Cook believes in doing the 

 work the United States Bee-keepers' Union is 

 doing and intends to do ; and if he will turn 

 his energies and money to building up the 

 new Union, instead of trj-ing to divert the 

 course of the old into new channels, he can do 

 nmch toward accomplishing what the old was 

 not intended to undertake. 



I know this article is getting to be rather 

 lengthy ; but I've tried to be brief, and I have 

 much more I'd like to say ; but I'll mention 

 only one more matter. In the American Bee 

 Joiirnal for July 1st, Prof. Cook says he " was 

 opposed to changing an organization . . . un- 

 less the members were pretty unanimous in 

 the desire for such change ; ' ' and now in the 

 last issue of GlE.-vnings he is not sure but the 

 Board should disregard such a vote. Where is 

 Prof. C. at? Don't " disregard " the wishes of 

 the old Union's members, professor, and we'll 

 feel as kindlv toward vou as we always have. 



Station B, Toledo, o!, July h, 1897. 



[A. I. R. has stood right along just where 

 your humble servant has stood. It was I who 

 suggested to him, a member of the Advis- 

 ory' Board, the propriety of favoring the 

 scheme proposed by Prof. Cook. I thought it 

 would do no harm, and viight in a measure 

 help to soothe the soreness of those who can 

 see no need of the new Union. Then, again, 

 it seemed to me that we should place no ob- 

 stacles in the way of the old Union's taking 

 up the fight against adulteration, providing it 

 should see fit to do so. There is a very big 

 field along this line for both Unions, and they 

 will not step on each other's toes even if they 

 do fight the same enemy. However, whatever 

 energies I have (and I am siire A. I. R. feels 

 the same way ) should be devoted toward help- 

 ing the youngster that is now making such a 

 sprightly growth. In this connection it is 

 really painful to see how bitter Mr. Newman 

 feels toward some of his old-time friends be- 

 cause they venture to offer honest criticisms 

 on certain policies that he has seen fit to carry 

 out. He has construed these criticisms as re- 

 flections upon his integrity and honor. No 

 such idea, I am sure, entered the head of Mr. 

 York or Dr. Mason, or of anybody else. — Ed.] 



NOTES BY THE WAY. 



BY J. T. CALVERT. 



My first day's journey brought me to Indi- 

 anapolis. All along the way I was most for- 

 cibly impressed witli the abundance of white- 

 clover bloom. Through all the pasture lots it 

 spread like a white carpet. The grazing cattle 

 and horses seemed to leave the blossoms, and 

 eat the leaves and other grasses. After pass- 

 ing over one or two States, and seeing the very 

 abundant white-clover bloom, I no longer won- 

 dered that all the dealers and manufacturers 

 of bee-keepers' supplies were crowded to their 

 utmost, and somewhat behind on orders. It 

 has been years since white clover has been so 

 abundant and so general. 



At the depot to meet me was our genial 

 friend Walter S. Pouder, of Indianapolis, with 

 whom I spent a very pleasant half-day. He is 

 very conveniently located at 162 Massachusetts 

 Ave., the store reaching back to New Jersey 

 St. Mr. Pouder has been developing the trade 

 in honey and beeswax in Indianapolis till he 

 has built up a very nice trade. He sells all 

 the beeswax he receives, right at home. Quite 

 a little for the drug trade is put up in I-ounce 

 cakes, 4U cakes to the box, and sold at fl.OO a 

 box. Honey is sold largely in square jars ; 

 and if it becomes candied before the retailer 

 sells it, it is exchanged for that which is liquid. 

 With the abundant crop of honey tliat we are 

 sure to harvest this season, there is all the 

 more need of developing tlie home market. 

 By fair and liberal dealing, and being careful 

 to sell only choice well-ripened honey of uni- 

 form quality, many have built tip a demand in 

 their own neighborhood, which continues 

 from year to year, and increases with the 

 years. What many have done many more 

 can do. 



As Mr. Pouder has but one hive of bees he 

 has to buy his supply of honey from bee- 

 keepers who have a surplus. Much of it he 

 takes in exchange for supplies, for he is also 

 the principal supply-dealer of Indiana, and is 

 prepared to supply the wants of bee-keepers 

 throughout his .State. 



As I journeyed westward across the States 

 of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, 

 and Colorado I noticed the crops more and 

 more advanced. The wheat which was still 

 green in Northern Ohio was golden in Indiana, 

 and being harvested in Illinois. In Kansas 

 the fields were already stripped ; and, such 

 extensive fields ! We have been hearing for 

 the past few years of poverty-stricken Kansas. 

 If the most of the State compares with what 

 we passed through from Kansas City west 

 over the .Santa Fe^R. R., they should have no 

 reason to complain, especialh- if wheat con- 

 tinues to bring the good price it has during 

 the past year. It is no doubt having a reac- 

 tion from the feverish booms of past years, 

 but is bound to have a steadj' permanent 

 growth in the years to come. 



The plains of Western Kansas and Eastern 

 Colorado are for the most part a barren waste, 

 with verj' scanty vegetation. As we near the 

 Rockies, where water is available for irrig?- 



