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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



April 15. 



pork, and others report similar results in feeding them 

 to sheep. 



The Experiment Station has no seed of these beans 

 for distribution, but it may be procured of most of the 

 principal seedsmen. — Press Bulletin No. 206 of the Ohio 

 Agricultural Experiment Station. H-^ooster, Ohio, Apr. 

 16, JC/OO. 



DAMAGE TO WHEAT, ETC., BY FROST. 



As we go to press, much complaint is made 

 of wheat being killed by the heav}' freezes in 

 the fore part of this month. Somewhat to my 

 surprise I find my own wheat almost unharm- 

 ed. It stands as does our crimson clowr, 

 bright and green, and firmly rooted, and the 

 only explanation I can give is that the under- 

 drained ground, fertilized by plowing under 

 green crops (with a heavy coating of manure 

 years past, to help to get the ground into good 

 condition) has enabled both wheat and clo- 

 ver to get so well rooted that even severe 

 freezes at night, with hot sun during the day, 

 do practically no injury. 



CONTRIBUTION TO THE INDIA SUFFERERS. 



Although I did not expect contributions for 

 the starving people of India, as we go to press 

 the following have sent in the money to me, 

 to be forwarded as I think best: 



I, R. Hillard, Canova, S. Dak., $1.00. 



G. R. Noren, Waverlv, la., S5 00. 



Jos. Miller, Archibald, O., 115,00. 



J. R. Hillin, Salt I^ake City. Utah, SI 2 00. 



Friend Hillin says with the above remit- 

 tance, " It was collected among workingmen." 



Now, while I think it would get to our 

 starving friends quicker by sending it to 

 Frank H. Wiggin, 14 Beacon St., Boston, 

 Mass. (the address I gave in our last issue), 

 you can, any of you, send it to me if you wish. 

 I will try to get it off within 24 hours. 



Just as we go to press we find the following 

 in the Practical Farmer: 



Governor Stanley, of Kansas, has given his endorse- 

 ment to Rev. Charles M. Sheldon's propo.sal to send a 

 million bushels of Kansas corn to the starving people 

 of India. 



May God be praised for such men as Shel- 

 don, and for such a governor to back him, 

 and for such a State as Kansas. And why 

 not? If they continue to keep out the sa- 

 loons they can send off to their starving 

 brethren a million bushels of corn, and do it 

 easily. Yes, and here is something else about 

 a single county in Kansas: 



Governor Stanley, of Kansas, in speaking of the 

 prosperity of that State, said recently that in Finley 

 County tliere is but one pauper, yet the county has a 

 p or farm which cost $23,000, and is now maintained 

 ior the single inmate. 



THE NATDRAL-HEN INCUBATOR, ETC. 



Tilr. Root .•—About the hen incubator jou speak of, I 

 have used the .same thing, only larger, quite success- 

 fully for ten or more years. Where I could get no sit- 

 ters only from nests where several laid, I could use 

 them, and the biddy would proceed right to business. 



Henrietta, Mich.. Apr. 3. E Holling. 



We are very glad indeed, friend H., to know 

 that the arrangement does certainly succeed, 

 but you tell us it is an old idea. Perhaps Mr. 

 Seims has, however, made some improvements 

 that make it more practicable. If so, let him 



give us a reasonable- sized book on the subject, 

 instead of a single sheet of paper for the dol- 

 lar, and Gleanings will give the book a big 

 advertisement free of charge. By the way, 

 our friends who have read the " New Egg- 

 Farm " have perhaps noticed that Stoddard 

 recommends a similar arrangement, only rath- 

 er more complicated. Stoddard uses a natural 

 hen, hut he gives her abundant room and plen- 

 ty of exercise. But Stoddard's whole book 

 does not cost even a dollar, to the readers of 

 Gleanings. 



The Practical Farmer., of Philadelphia gives 

 in its issue for Feb. 14 a drawing and descrip- 

 tion of the natural-hen incubator. Instead of 

 asking each person to pay a dollar for the in- 

 formation, they give it to all their subscribers 

 free of charge. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



We are still sending samples of jadoo fiber free of 

 charge. Just say on a postal, '-Send me a sample of 

 jadoo," and you will not need to write any more un- 

 less y.iu wish to. If you put in some stamps for post- 

 age you will get more jadoo, that is all. 



PLANT-BOXES, SUCH AS ARK FIGURED ON PAGE 320. 



We can furnish these little boxes in the flat, ready to 

 nail, nails included, for S2.00 per 100. The slats are 

 made mostly of white basswood, which gives the box 

 a very clean and pretty appearance, especially when 

 new. Boxes nailed up will be h cents each, or 40 cents 

 for 10. 



SOJA OR SOY BEANS. 



Perhaps I may mention that we have furnished our 

 Ohio Experiment Station with most of the seed beans 

 they have u.sed — see pag^ 321, and we can .still furnish 

 these at the following prices : Quart, 10 cts. (by mail, 

 15 cents extra); peck, 60cts.: bushel. S2.00. Fortwoor 

 more bushels shipped from Richmond, Va., we can 

 make a special price of :?1. 60 per bushel. The freight 

 from Richmond to your place can be ascertained very 

 nearly by 5'our local freight agent. We can furnish a 

 leaflet on application in regard to these beans. 



SWEET POTATOES FOR PLANTING. 



We can furnish Nansemon 1 or Jersej' Yellow sweet 

 potatoes, speciallv for growing plants, at 10 cts. per 

 lb.; peck, .50 cts.; bushel, $1..50; barrel, $3.00. Also two" 

 varieties of the Vineless sweet potatoes, namely, 

 bunch yam and General Grant. These latter will be 

 a half more than the Jersey Yellow. If wanted by 

 mail, add 8 cts. per lb. for postage. We mention this 

 in order that the friends may, when ordering Irish 

 potatoes, have a few sweet potatoes included with the 

 shipment if they wish. The little book, " Forty Years 

 with Sweet Potatoes," to every one who buys 50 cents' 

 worth or more, or sent postpaid for 10 cents. 



SEED POTATOES. 



At present writing we have a supply of nearly every 

 thing in our list, with the exception of Burpee's Ex- 

 tra Early. We were .sold out on the Early Ohio, 

 Triumph, and Bovee, but have found .some excellent 

 stock grown by a professional potato-seed grower in 

 Michigan. In consequence of the cold March and 

 April, at least up to the middle part of April, our po- 

 tatoes have kept .so far almost without sprouting, and 

 we hope to have clean unsprouted seed clear up to the 

 middle of June by opening up our cellar cool nights 

 and closing it whenever it is warm, keeping out light 

 during the middle of the day. As the cellar is lighted 

 bv electric lights we can do this quite readily. Our 

 Sir Walter Raleighs at $2 50 per barrel I should con- 

 sider a bargain, even for table use ; and we have quite 

 a few seconds at only $1 25 per barrel. Many of these 

 are, in size and shape, firsts, but are put among the 

 seconds because they are just a little scabby. These 

 are certainly a bargain for table use ; or if treated 

 with corrosive sublimate they are probably just as 

 good to plant as the firsts. Better send on your orders 

 quick, if you want them. We still have a good supply, 



