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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Sept. 15. 



be sent free on application to the Secretary of 

 Agriculture, Washington. I was particularly 

 interested in the article on purslane (or " pus- 

 ley "), first, because it can he used for food ; 

 and, secondly, that it is valuable to plow un- 

 der. Our early potatoes were all planted to- 

 gether in order that they might give us the 

 ground for something else all in one piece. 

 The first to ripen were the Triumphs. I do 

 not think they ripened, however. They 

 blighted on account of the excessive heat ; but 

 just as soon as the ground was clear, pusley 

 came up and grew wonderfully. Before I 

 knew it, one could hardly tell where the pota- 

 to-rows were. But the other kinds that cover- 

 ed the ground with green foliage kept the pus- 

 ley down. However, it kept coming as fast 

 as the potato-vines died. Now, I do not like 

 to dig potatoes during hot we .ther in August — 

 that is, where they are to be kept over for seed; 

 neither do I like to have my ground seeded so 

 tremendously with pusley; therefore I told our 

 people we would have to dig the potatoes and 

 put them in the cellar. The Dowden digger, 

 somewhat to tnv surprise, laid the potatoes on 

 the ground all right in spite of the loads of pus- 

 ley that were on top. In some places a boy had 

 to walk ahead of the digger to show the man 

 where to drive. In picking the potatoes up 

 we had to kick the great clumps of vines to 

 one side. As soon as the potatoes were all 

 dug we turned the pusley under, and we are 

 going to keep the ground harrowed every few 

 days until time to sow the wheat. It is so 

 early I wa*; almost inclined to try sowing Can- 

 ada peas with buckwheat and crimson clover, 

 letting the clover come up through the peas 

 and buckwheat after the frost has killed them 

 down. I am almost afraid, however, to risk 

 crimson clover any more in September, even if 

 protected by buckwheat or something of that 

 sort ; and T certainly want my ground covered 

 with sotiiethhig gTQQYi all winter — every foot of 

 it 



BELGIAN HARES. 

 By scanning our agricultural press I find the 

 reports are very conflicting in regard to Bel- 

 gian hares ; but the general impression is cer- 

 tainly not in favor of the fancy prices at which 

 they are at present held. And may I suggest 

 another very important fact that people seem 

 to lose sight of ? Granting that their meat is 

 equal to chicken, and that they can be raised 

 as cheaply, pound for pound, please do not 

 forget, friends, that Belgian hares do not lay 

 eggs. Possibly we could afford to raise chick- 

 ens, even if they were all roosters, simply for 

 broilers ; but I tell you there is no other in- 

 dustry in the whole wide world that furnishes 

 wholesome food at so small a price as the egg 

 industry. The great bulk of the eggs in mar- 

 ket come from fowls that ? oam at large. There 

 are many reasons why Belgian hares can never 

 roam at large as chickens do. 



ARE THEY AS GOOD AS CHICKENS? 



From an article on the subject in the Ruj'al 

 New Yorker we extract the following: 



We kill and eat them at any time of year, just as 

 we do chickens or any other farm stock, and we have 



never kept any thing that has given less trouble and 

 more profit. . . The meat is very much better than 

 that of" wild rabbits, and many consider it better than 

 chicken. 



INDI \ RELIEF FUND. 



E. Pickup, Ka.sbeer, 111 U 00 



O. L. Sawyer. Gardiner, Me 1 00 



T. 13 5 00 



E. J E-iton, Genoa, Neh 40 



Eliza Baker. Parkers Prairie, Minn 1 00 



\V P. Dunlap. .\palachicola, Fla 5 00 



E. 1,'Honimedieu, Colo, Iowa J 00 



Edw. Iv. B.imp, Uelavan, N. Y 50 



Books for Bee=keepers and Others. 



Any of these books on which postage is not given 

 will be forwarded by mail, postpaid on receipt of price. 



In buying books, as every t,hing else, we are liable 

 to disappointment if we make a purchase without see- 

 ing the article. Admitting that the liook-seller could 

 read all the books he offers, as he has them for sale, it 

 were hardly to be expected he would be the one to 

 mention all the faults, as well as good things about 

 a book. We verv' much desire that those who favor us 

 with their patronage shall not be disappointed and 

 therefore we are gi-ing to trj'to prevent it by mention- 

 ing all the faults, .so far as we can, that the purchaser 

 may know what he is getting. In the following list, 

 books that we approve we have marked with a *; 

 those we especially approve, ** ; tho.se that are not up 

 to times, t ; books that contain but little matter for 

 the price, large type, and much space between the 

 lines, X • foreign, §. The bee-books are all good. 



As many of the bee-books are .sent with other goods 

 by freight or express, incurring no postage, we give 

 prices separately. You will notice that you can judge 

 of the size of the books very well by the amount re- 

 quired for postage on each. 



BIBLES, HYMN-BOOKS, AND OTHER GOOD BOOKS. 



Postage.] [Price without postage. 



Bible, good print, neatly bound 20 



Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress** 40 



Christian's Secret of a Happy I,ife,** 50c; cloth 1 00 

 3 I John Ploughman's Talks and Pictures, by Rev. 



C. H. Spurgeon* 10 



1 I Gospel Hymns, consolidated, Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4, 



words only; cloth, 10c; paper 5 



Same, board covers 20 



Same, words and music, small type, board cov. 4.5 



Same, words and music, board covers 75 



New Testament in pretty fle.xible covers 05 



New Testament, new version, paper covers 10 



Stepping Heavenward** 18 



Tobacco Manual** 45 



This is a nice book that will be sure to be read, if left 

 around where the boys get hold of it, and any boy who 

 reads it will be pretty safe from the tobacco habit. 



10 



BOOKS ESPECIALLY FOR BEE-KEEPERS. 



A B C of Bee Culture, cloth 1 00 



Advanced Bee Culture, by W. Z. Hutchinson ... 50 



Amateur Bee-keeper, by J. W. Rouse 22 



Bees and Bee-keeping, by Frank Che.shire, 



England, Vol. I., § 2 36 



21 I .Same, Vol. II., § 2 79 



.Same, Vols. I. and II., postpaid 5 25 



10 I Bees and Honey, by T. G. Newman 65 



10 I Cook's Manual, cloth 1 15 



5 Doolittle on Queen-rearing 95 



2 I Dzierzon Theory 10 



3 I Foul Brood; Its Natural History and Rational 



Treatment 22 



1 I Honey as Food and Medicine 05 



10 I Langstroth Revised, by Chas. Dadant & Son 1 10 



15 I Quinby's New Bee-keeping 90 



I British Bee-keeper's Guide-book, by Thomas 



William Cowan, England ? 40 



I The Honey-bee, bv I'hos William Cowan 95 



3 I Merrybanks and His Neighbor, by A. I. Root... 15 



I Biene'nzucht und Honiggewintiung 50 



Or "Bee Culture andthe .Securing of Honey," a Ger- 

 man bee-book by J. F.Eggers, of Grand Island, Neb. 

 Postage free. 



MISCELLANEOUS HANH- BOOKS. 



5 I A B C of Carp Culture, bv Geo. Finlev 25 



5 I A B C of Strawberry Culture,** by T. B. Terry.. 35 

 Probably the leading book of the world on straw- 

 qerries. 



