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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar. 1 



(about 150) more than that for it later. 

 Now, the man who has this wonderful new 

 potato should not only read the above, but 

 he had better build a greenhouse, roll up 

 his sleeves, and go to work. I may say to 

 our readers that friend Pike, who sends 

 the above, is "the chap" who sends out 

 rooted cuttings of all kinds of greenhouse- 

 plants at a price ridiculously low. Send 

 for his catalog if you want some nice plants 

 to set in the window. 



JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT IN CALIFORNIA. 



We extract the following from Farm and 

 Fireside: 



It is reported that Yolo County, California, will 

 make an exhibit of Japanese buckwheat at the St. 

 l,ouis Exposition. It was planted Aug. 1 and harvest- 

 ed September 16, and yirlded about thirty-six bushels 

 to the acre. The first distribution of this variety was 

 made hy the United States Department of Agriculture 

 in 1888 The annual reports of the department for 

 1889 and 1890 show that the yield was one-third greater 

 than the Silverhull or other varieties. Seed from such 

 crops as that grown in Yolo County would prove of 

 great value in the eastern section of the United States, 

 as this variety resists drouth better than the common 

 ones, and is adapted to all localities, from the Great 

 I,akes to the Gulf of Mexico. 



The above intimates that the crop was se- 

 cured in 47 days after sowing. If there is 

 no mistake about it, I think it is a little re- 

 markable. The best crop we ever had — 

 over 50 bushels per acre — was harvested in 

 65 days after sowing. Another thing, this 

 is the first report I have seen of successful 

 buckwheat-growing in California. At the 

 present price of buckwheat for seed, there 

 ought to be "big money" where one takes 

 pains in preparing the ground and putting 

 it in so as to get a good crop. 



HUMBUGS AND SWINDLES. 



A good many people think I am queer for 

 insisting that the editors of home papers 

 should consider themselves somewhat re- 

 sponsible for the character of the advertise- 

 ments they admit to their columns. From 

 a medical journal for the home, we copy the 

 following as a sample of the kind of adver- 

 tising a good many of these home papers 

 seem to think are all right for the family 

 circle: 



SELF-HYPNOTIC HEALING. 



I have made a late discovery that enables all to induce the 

 hypnotic sleep in themselves instantly at first trial, awaken 

 at any desired time, and thereby cure all known diseases and 

 bad habits, control your " dream self, ' become a true som- 

 nambulist, pass into a wonderful clairvoyant sleep, see in 

 visions things which are going on all over the world, travel 

 in spirit to visit any home, and see just what is transpiring ; 

 trace up lost and stolen articles, find buried or hidden trea- 

 sures ; unravel the secrets of criminals ; read the minds of 

 frienas and enemies ; locate minerals and valuable mines ; 

 make finds and discoveries of untold value; read the very 

 thoughts, life-history, and character of any person from the 

 cradle to the grave ; tell past, present, and future events ; 

 solve hard questions and problems in the sleep, and remem- 

 ber all when awake ; produce the great telepathic function 

 of the soul in a normal state, and develop your psychic fac- 

 ulties. Thih so-called mental-vision lesson will be sent ab- 

 solutely free to everybody, positively guaranteed to enable 

 you to do the above betore any charge whatever. 



Pkof. K. E. D. 



Why, it fairly takes one's breath away 

 to read it; and I confess it gives me a sort 

 of feeling that my next youngest grand 

 child expressed a few days ago. He is get- 

 ting to be very much interested in electrici- 

 ty, and I gave him a second-hand 25- cent 



dry- cell battery with two copper wires, 

 and showed him how it would ring a door- 

 bell. It was a great wonder to him, and 

 he plied me with a great many questions. 

 In order to explain it I told him the little 

 battery contained lightning such as we see 

 in the clouds when it thunders. Then I 

 touched one of the wires to the coil on the 

 bell, and showed him the electric flashes 

 on a small scale. But it seems my explana- 

 tions were almost too vivid and real; for he 

 became frightened at the bottled- up light- 

 ning, and, backing away from it, said, 

 "Take it away, grandpa — take it away." 

 Now, I have something the same feeling 

 that four-year-old Wynne had toward the 

 electrical apparatus. If I had any faith in 

 the professor's ability to do all he tells, 

 "without stopping to catch breath," I 

 think I too, would say, " Take it away, 

 take it away — I do not want any such terri- 

 ble power." 



We sent for the wonderful secrets, and 

 received a great amount of printed matter; 

 but after the professor has declared over 

 and over again that you are not to pay a 

 cent until you do all he says, he wants 

 $5 00 before he starts in. His regular fee 

 is $50; but if you send him five he trusts 

 you for the balance. If he does not dem- 

 onstrate himself to be the "boss" liar of 

 the universe, he comes pretty near it in 

 his advertisement; and yet I suppose there 

 are persons who will send him the $5.00. 



^EEDiS 



A.lxnost every one is tHinKing 

 of planting garden no'%v. To 

 Have tHe best g'arden you must 

 plant tHe best seeds. I^et us 

 start you on tlie road to suc- 

 cess. 



C"Vire are successors to tHe 

 seed business of Mr. A. I. Root. 

 "THe best seed at tHe lo^vest 

 prices'* -was His motto and tHe 

 one Mre are follo^ving. 

 CLHave you seen our catalog? 

 "Write us a postal, mentioning 

 Cleaning's, and -we -will send 

 you a copy, and include a trial 

 pacKag'e of our improved 

 FordHooK Fancy tomato. 



E. C. Green ®, »Son, 



Seedsmen, 



Medina, - - Oliio. 



