1900 



GIvEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



what his enemies have said about him, and in- 

 quire if there be not at least ^o;;/^ partial truth 

 in their statements.. The real Christian — one 

 who is lilted out of the miry clay, willi his 

 feet on the solid rock — need not be troubled 

 about enemies. Tliej' will only do him good, 

 and crowd him up closer to his Savior, where 

 he may take a more firm hold on that strong 

 arm that first lifted him out of sin. I am sure 

 I need enemies. I need obstacles thrown in 

 my way, especially if I wish to continue mak- 

 ing progress in the straight and narrow path 

 that leads from earth to heaven. Now, if you 

 are worried about what people may say about 

 you, remember your old friend A. I. Root says 

 it is most likely it is because you are out of 

 the straight and narrow path, and standing in 

 the miry clay. Put out your hand to the dear 

 Savior, and let him lift you up, and then when 

 your feet are on the rock of Christ Jesus, not 

 only will you not be troubled, but you will 

 find it is not such a very hard thing, after all, 

 to " /oz'^ your enemies, bless them that curse 

 you, do good to those who hate you, and pray 

 for them who despitefuU}' use you." 



GOOD FOR THE STATE OF VERMONT. 



We copy the following from a recent issue of 

 the Rural Neiv- Yorker. It looks as if the mil- 

 lennium were on the way to our United States 

 — at least part of them. The Vermont State 

 Fair managers printed this notice in large type 

 right in their premium list pamphlet : 



Now, then, three-card moiite and shell-game men ; 

 snides, gamtilers, fakes, and bun s of every .sort, kind, 

 and docriptioii, take notice ! That gambling of every 

 sort and form, and the sale of beer, ale, wine, or other 

 intoxicating liqii ir.*;, will be excluded from and about 

 the grounds. If, as y u say, we can not run without 

 you and your goods, we will close our gates. We nei- 

 ther want nor will we tolerate >ou; and bv this we 

 serve notice upon you that, if you come, prison-doors 

 yawn for you. 



THE LIQUOR BUSINESS IN OUR NEW POSSESSIONS, ETC. 



It makes our heart ache to know that American 

 liquor is being sent to our new po.-se.ssions in iminen.'-e 

 quantities, and that those islands are having disgrace- 

 ful examples set to them bj' our .soldiers. That the 

 highest officers of our government cater to the liquor 

 element grows more and more apparent, and the ma- 

 jority of our daily papers are owned body and .>-ouI by 

 that element, and I feel that such publications as 

 yours are doing a blessed work in helping to make 

 known the truth in regard to this matter. 



Newhall, Cal., Jan. 17. A. M. "Ward. 



My good friend, some of the dailies are tak- 

 ing a pretty strong stand for temperance, es- 

 pecially in the enforcement of law. In answer 

 to a direct question, the Cleveland News and 

 Herald lately replied that the intemperance in 

 the Philippines was almost altogether among 

 the American soldiers, and that the natives 

 had very little to do with it, and were much 

 more temperate than the Americans, as they 

 always have been. Now they seem to insinu- 

 ate that, so long as these new saloons that our 

 people are planting are patronized almost en- 

 tirely by American soldiers only, it was not 

 so very bad ; but, oh dear me ! can an Ameri- 

 can saloon, patronized by American soldiers, 

 be planted in any spot on the face of the earth, 

 where its example is not going to bring ruin 

 and death sooner or later? 



GOOD NEWS FROM CALIFORNIA, THE CITY OF THE 

 ANGELS INCLUDED 



Friend A. I. Root :—\ note what you sav under the 

 head of Home Talks about our beautiful' City of the 

 Angels, and you ask if the city is up to date "with re- 

 forms Yes, this city adopted the anti spit ordinance 

 some lime ago. I think it was among the fir.-,t to adopt. 

 I don't know that there have been any an e.sts ; but 

 the knowledge of the o dinance is sufficient to make all 

 self-respecting people, and even others, respect the 

 law ; and, as a consequence, our sidewalks present a 

 tidy appearance nearly all the time. 



Then for several blocks in the business portion of the 

 city, and on three of our principal streets, they have 

 discarded the street-sweeping machine and substituted 

 hand sweeping. These sweepers are dressed in white 

 duck .suits, and they are very appropriatelv called the 

 " while angels." Tin boxes that will ho:d'a bu.shel or 

 more, and three or four to a block, are set on the curb- 

 ing, and the sweepings aie all put into these boxes, so 

 there is no manure on the streets, or pieces of paper or 

 any filth. As our streets are asphalt, they are almost 

 as clean as the sidewalks. You will, therel'ore, see that 

 the city is fully up to date as to the matter of cleanli- 

 ness. 



Upon this western coast there is the utmost relig- 

 ious toleration, and there are probably moie religions 

 here than anywhere else in the United States. We had 

 a Brahmin lecturing here a few nights ago, and he was 

 accorded a good audience. 



Well, this is a very good day for Southern California, 

 for it is raining steadily. We had a fine rain in the 

 middle of October, then in the middle of November, 

 and now this fine rain is coming just right to keep veg- 

 etation booming. In the northern portion of the Slate 

 there has been too much rain, and the ground is too soft 

 for farm work. We have great faith that this will be a 

 good honey season, with plenty of rain all through the 

 winter. J. h. Martin. 



Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 16. 



ALSIKE clover, SOME VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS IN 



GROWING it: a success with both ALSIKE 



AND MEDIUM RED CLOVER SOWN IN 



THE MIDDLE OF JULY. 



I have 4^4 acres of land in the corp-^rate limits of our 

 village. The springof 1897 I planted it to corn and on 

 July Itith 1 sowed alsike and timothy, about half and 

 half, on possibly a little over an acre, and on half of 

 the rest I sowed flat turnip seed thinly; then I took 

 the end sections off my Breed weeder, and went once 

 between the rows both ways. I had a fine stand of 

 clover and timothy, and 100 bushels of turnips, and 75 

 of fine com, per acre. The summerof 1898 1 cut 4 tons 

 of fine hay. first crop, and 2 tons second crop ; and 

 July lOlh, 1898, 1 seeded the rest of my ground (which 

 was planted to corn) with medium red clover, with a 

 few flat-turnip seed mixed in, and had a fine stand of 

 clover and lOObuhelsof fine turnipsand75of corn per 

 acre. I^ast spring 1 plowed the red clover under, which 

 was a foot in height, and again I planted tu corn, and 

 July 5th I seeded the whole to alsike and timothy, half 

 and half, and again mixed in a few flat turnip seed, 

 and went over with the weeder as before. L,ast fall 

 I had a fine stand of clover and timothy, 125 bushels of 

 turnips, and 75 of corn, per acre I shall let the grass 

 stand next season ; and if you care to know the result, 

 I will let you know in the fall, if Providence is favora- 

 ble. I also cut 5 tons of fine hay from first .seeding I 

 cut it quite late, so I did not cut a second : hut there 

 was sufficient growth to have pasturtd my team all 

 fall had the situation been favorable, aside from the 

 above. I built a hoiie3-house and bee-yard on this 

 acre, which made .'•ome less to cut from last year. 



I mention the weeder, and corn and turnip crop 

 merely to show what can be done in the way of culti- 

 vating and growing crops. If all farmers would follow 

 this method of seeding their corn ground with some 

 kind of clover at last cultivating, it would not only 

 be a source of em idling the .soil, if plowed under, but 

 also furnish fine fall pasture for calves and sheep. It 

 is cheaper to grow clover than weeds. 



Hillsboro, Wis.. Jan. 22. Elia*; Fox. 



In conclusion I would say that the bees worked the 



