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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 1 



ed that his terms be complied with, because the know- 

 ledge of what he is doing would be worth, as one eX' 

 pert has estimated it, SIO.000,000 a year to the dairy in- 

 terests of the country. The secretary has the matter 

 under consideration. It is understood that Mr. Det- 

 rich would be expected to allow his farm to become 

 a model farm, where other farmers could go and see 

 how he does things, and he would be able to make 

 just as much as he does now from his crops and his 

 milk, and receive J2000 a year for having had the 

 braitis and the sense to work out a problem that 

 millions of the best farmers of the country have atone 

 time or another had in mind but have not overcome. 



Since the above was received, friend Sel- 

 ser has sent us the following clipping: 



REV. MR. DETRICH'S NEW FIELD. 



Rev. J. D. Detrich, of Flourtown, for thirty years 

 pastor of St. L,uke's Reformed Church, North Wales, 

 and widely known as a " model farmer," has decided 

 to resign his charge and devote his energy to farming. 

 Rev. Mr. Detrich has become widely known for his 

 success on his fifteen-acre farm in Flourtown. This 

 he recently sold for |75,000. He will superintend a 

 340-acre farm at Frazer, on the Pennsylvania Rail- 

 road, the farm to be conducted on the same lines as 

 the Flourtown farm. 



From this last item it would appear that 

 this celebrated 15-acre farming is for the 

 present ended so far as the skillful agricul- 

 tural pastor is concerned. Two things now 

 confront us. First, can the man who has 

 purchased the 15 acres keep up the "high 

 pressure"? My opinion is, he can not. 

 Perhaps there is not another man living 

 who can do it unless the former owner stays 

 there (at least a spell) and superintends. 

 He might, however, take a class of boys 

 from an agricultural college, and I should 

 think likely one or more of them might be 

 taught the "trade" so as to manage almost 

 or quite as well as the teacher. 



The second one of the two things I had in 

 mind is, "Can Bro. Detrich handle 340 

 acres in the same way, or any thing like 

 it?" Candidly, I am very much afraid it 

 will be a failure. If he had 40 acres, in- 

 stead of 340, I should have more faith in 

 the venture. 



In closing I would say that the most com- 

 plete report of this wonderful work is given 

 in two numbers of the American Agricultu- 

 rist for December 6 and 13, 1902. At one 

 time I thought of getting permission to print 

 the whole in pamphlet form; and if the 

 government does not issue a bulletin to cov- 

 er the ground, I may, perhaps, do so. The 

 Agriculturist sent a reporter who asked no 

 end of questions, and the answers were ta- 

 ken down in full. If the farmers of the 

 world would profit by this wonderful ob- 

 ject-lesson, I have not a doubt that it would 

 be worth to them the forty millions. In 

 fact, agriculture oiiglit to be doing some- 

 thing while the scientific world is exploit- 

 ing radium, wireless telegraphy, etc. We 

 are just told in Electricity that Marconi has 

 been offered $50 a day to print a daily news- 

 paper on board the Cunard line of steam- 

 ers, so that passengers, when they get up 

 in the morning, can read of the happenings 

 in both England and America (in an ab- 

 breviated form of course), instead of wait- 

 ing for the news until they reach port. 



Now, friends, is the agricultural, horti- 

 cultural, and floricultural world, and mar- 

 ket-gardening, going to keep pace with 



these other wonderful strides in the scien- 

 tific world? 



THE MICHIGAN SILK INDUSTRY. 



Some time ago I asked the question 

 whether the raw material for these great 

 factories at Belding was produced in our 

 own country. The following, from the 

 Grand Rapids Herald, seems to answer the 

 question. The clipping was sent us by A. 

 H. Dines, Cedar Springs, Michigan. 



The Russo-Japanese war has a peculiar significance 

 for Belding, in which the principal industry is silk- 

 manufacturing. The silk-factories employ hundreds 

 of men and women, and a long continuance of the war 

 would mean that they would have to shut down for a 

 lack of raw material. Over half the silk used in the 

 mills comes from Japan, and the remainder comes from. 

 China, the firms of the Richardson Silk Co. and the 

 Belding Brothers using only the finest silks, which 

 come from the countries named. At present enough 

 stock is on hand and under shipment to run the mills 

 for several months yet, but not later than long enough 

 to fill the spring orders, the fall sales being extra 

 large. 



Convention Notice. 



MEETING OF TEXAS BEE-KEEKERS' ASSOCIATION, JULY 

 5 TO 8, 1904. 

 PROGRAM. 



Tuesday, July 5, 10 a m. 

 Opening exercises, president's address, secretary's 

 report, etc. 



Tuesday, 2 p. m. 

 What are the essential qualities for making a suc- 

 cessful bee-keeper ?—L. Stachelhausen, Converse, Tex. 

 Present standing of foul-brood in Texas. — I,ouis H. 

 Scholl, College Station, Tex. The 4x5 section super, 

 and its advantages.— Dr. J. B. Treon, Floresville, Tex. 

 Tuesday, 8 p. m. 

 Natural or artificial increase; which is the better? — 

 W. O. Victor, Wharton, Tex. The shallow or divisi- 

 ble, or the regular I,angstroth; which? — W. H. Laws, 

 Beeville, Tex. 



Wednesday, 9 a. m. 

 Production and proper grading of section honey. — 

 W. v.. Crandall, Floresville, Tex. Importance of uni- 

 form standard cans for Texas. — Udo Toepperwein, 

 San Antonio, Tex. 



Wednesday, 2 p m. 

 Criticism of the Laws baby -nuclei for mating 

 queens — Discussion led by O. P. Hyde, Floresville, 

 Tex. The St. Louis convention, and when and how 

 to go.— H. H. Hjde, Floresville, Tex. 

 Wednesday, 8 p. m. 

 How many colonies will a good range support, and 

 what should a bee-keeper pay for such location ? J. 

 K. Hill, Uvalde, Tex. Successful management of out- 

 apiaries. — Carl Wurth, Floresville, Tex. 

 Thursday, 9 a. m. 

 Discussion. 



Thursday, 2 p. m. 

 Convention will open at time named. Come early, 

 and take part. Louis H. Scholl, 



Sec'y-Treas. Texas Bee-keepers' Association, 

 College Station, Tex. 

 O. P. Hyde, 

 Committee on Progratn. 



Red Clover Itafian Queens. 



Fine Northern bred, originated from best long- 

 tongued Red Clover breeders in United States ; three- 

 banded strain work on red clover, bred for business in 

 full colonies under swarming influence; gentleness, 

 honey-gathering, and wintering qualities are prime 

 object. Untested, |1.00: six, $5.00; tested, |2.C0 six, 

 $10.00; select tested, $3.00. After July 1st deduct 25 per 

 cent. Satisfaction guaranteed. Remit by money-or- 

 der. Isaac F. Miller, Knoacdale, Pa. 



