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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Aug. 15. 



THAT WHEAT WHICH DID NOT WINTER-KILI,, 

 AND WAS NOT AFFECTED BY THE FLY. 



Our yield was pretty nearly 40 bushels to 

 the acre, and nearly two tons of straw to 

 the acre. The rye straw brought .$.t.00 a ton, 

 baled, and the wheat straw .?4.50. I received 

 for tl e wheat 81 cts. per bushel, and 62 for 

 tbe rye. You may remember that I ascribed 

 my success to underdraining, and enriching 

 tbe ground by turning under clover — that is, 

 the clovt-r was turned under for potatoes, and 

 the wheat was grown after the potatoes. It 

 has been suggested, however, that the immu- 

 nity I enjoyed from the fly might be owing to 

 the fact that there is no wheat grown very 

 near my own. Many farmers called it the 

 best wheat in the county, and I did not see 

 any that was better on my wheel-rides 

 throughout the State. The variety was the 

 Fultz. The seed was furnished me by a deal- 

 er in seed wheat. The crop was grown for 

 him. 



HOW TO KEEP NEW POTATOES FOR TABLE 



USE, ETC. 

 Mr. A. I. Root : — Will you kindly inform me in re- 

 gard to the best methods for keeping new Irish pota- 

 toes — thnt is. those dug in July ana August? 

 St. Elizabeth, D. C. W. W. Conner. 



If you are not needing the ground where 

 the potatoes giew, I do not believe there is 

 any better way than to dig them just as fast as 

 you use them, and no faster. If the ground is 

 cracked, or any of the potatoes are exposed, 

 shovel dirt over them to keep the sun from 

 greening them. If, however, you want to use 

 the ground, put them in the coolest, dampest, 

 and darkest cellar. If you have no cellar, 

 put them in some sort of box or room that can 

 be opened cool nights and closed and shaded 

 perfectly during hot days. They must be 

 kept damp to keep them from wilting, and 

 they must be kept in the dark to keep them 

 from getting green ; and they must be kept 

 as cool as possible to prevent them from dry- 

 ing up by the heat. Almost any cellar will 

 do if you put the potatoes right on the ground, 

 and cover them with something so they will 

 be perfectly in the dark ; then open the cellar 

 cool nights, and close it during the daytime 

 and during hot nights. 



WHAT TO PLANT IN THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST. 

 Wax beans will still be all right, also all of 

 the onion-sets mentioned in our July 15th issue. 

 Turnips will probably get large enough for 

 table use ; in fact, they are very much better 

 where they are not too large. Scarlet clover 

 will be all right if we have rain ; buckwheat 

 will make honey, even if it does not ripen the 

 grain. For prices of all the above see page 

 554 of our July 15th issue. This is just about 

 the right time to sow the new forage-plant, 

 dwarf Essex rape. Here is what Wm. Henry 

 Maule says about it in his advertisement : 



A forage plant of the very highest value. It makes 

 quick and large growth (about three feet) smothering 

 out all weeds and objectionable grasses. It may also 

 be plowed under as green manure. In six weeks from 

 time of sowing, sheep, hogs, or cattle can be turned 

 on it. An acre of rape will pasture 12 to 15 sheep six 

 to eight weeks. In the North it can be sown anytime 

 from May to vSeptember, but in the .South it should not 

 be sown until September or October for fall pasturage. 

 It is perfectly hardy, withstanding drouth, and a sure 

 cropper on all kinds of soil. Sow 5 lbs. to the acre 

 broadcast or 3 lbs. in drills. 



I do not know but the above is rather strong, 

 although I have seen it do all he claims, under 

 favorable conditions. The demand for the 

 seed seems to increase every year. 



MULCHING TOMATOES WITH STRAW. 



Yes, I have practiced mulching tomatoes with straw 

 for years, for two reasons — to keep the fruit clean, and 

 to keey) the plants from drying up in the hot summer 

 weather, A neighbor of mipe says she does the same. 

 I use straw or grass cut out of my apiary. I place it 

 around the vines when they begin to fall over. Trel- 

 lising tomatoes is recommended to keep the fruit from 

 rotting. Several years ago, when tomatoes rotted so 

 badly all over the country, I had two rows, side by 

 side. The one, I trellised ;" the other lay on the ground. 

 I do not remember now whether I put straw under 

 the vines on the ground that year or not ; but this I 

 do remember distinctly, that those on the trellis rot- 

 ted just as badh^ as those on the ground, and I have 

 had them rot, too, when tied to stakes. Neither of 

 these methods was a preventive with me. Nothing 

 suits me as well as the straw mulch. 



Macedon, N. Y., June 23. A. Jennie Wilson. 



Humbugs and Swindles. 



We have just received a press bulletin from 

 the Ohio Experiment Station, which reads as 

 follows : 



A warning against fraud. 



The Ohio Experiment Station has just received the 

 following letter from Marion County : 



" There is a company of men canvassing this terri- 

 tory for fruit-trees. They are putting in what they 

 call a ' model orchard.' The 3' claim to be working di- 

 rectly for and in the interest of your station, which 

 gives them quite a leverage with a great many farm- 

 ers." 



To this letter we reply that this Station sells no 

 fruit-trees of any description ; and all persons who 

 claim to represent it in the manner indicated are 

 swindlers, and should be arrested for obtaining mon- 

 ey under false pretenses. 



Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, 



Chas. E. Thorne, Director. 



This is not the first time that un.scrupulous 

 rascals have used the names of different ex- 

 periment stations to further their frauds. 

 Will everybody who gets track of this thing 

 assist in having them arrested, and punished 

 to the full extent of the law ? 



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SPECIAbiNOSl 



CES BY 



BUSINE'SS rvlANAGER 



Do not forget that we are in the market for honey. 

 Let us know what you have to offer. 



DISPLAY CARDS. 



Did you see our announcement of these in la.st 

 issue ? Ten cards, 6^x8^. just right to put in every 

 stofe where your honey is sold, sent postpaid for 10c. 

 Not less than ten furnished. 



