GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



little thin saw such as is used for sawing 

 metals. You can buy such a saw and frame 

 at any hardware store for from 10 to 25 

 cents. I suppose any tine saw will answer. 

 It is done veiy quickly, and does not seem 

 to trouble the fowls at all. I noticed in the 

 poultry- journals something about the feet 

 of the fowls bleeding; but I have never seen 

 any thing of that kind. Sometimes these 



spurs are very sharp, and, of course, they 

 are of no use at all to jieople like you and 

 me who do not believe in cock-fighting. I 

 presume they could be cut off: with a pair of 

 pruning-shears just about as well ; but I 

 think the saw will probably cause less pain 

 and do a smoother job. I feel sure the eld- 

 erly biddies will thank you for getting these 

 abnormal growths out of their way. 



MEALTH NOTE 



SOMETHING IN REGARD TO GRAPEFRUIT, FROM 

 A. I. ROOT 



Our readers will recall that several times 

 I have mentioned the benefit I get from 

 grapefruit taken daily when I am in Flor- 

 ida. During the past winter our nearest 

 neighbor, Mr. Harrison, has kept me sup- 

 plied with great luscious fruit at only 40 

 cents a dozen. Many of them are so large 

 that I used only half of one with my apple 

 supper. In this connection in my reply to 

 friend Vincent, in Kind Words for April 

 15, I forgot to mention grapefruit. I have 

 several times alluded to the kidney trouble 

 that obliges me to get up in the night. Well, 

 just as soon as I have plenty of grapefruit 

 I sleep until broad daylight, without any 

 disturbance or annoyance whatever. Others 

 have corroborated it. 



The ciuestion has frequently come \\]i, "If 

 it is really true that the grapefruit has such 

 valuable medical qualities, why not have it 

 bottled like grape juice, just now (thank 

 God) on sale in almost every corner grocery 

 from Maine to Florida"? " 



Now, I do not know how much has been 

 done in putting up grapefruit juice so i( 

 will keep; but another near reighbor is al- 

 ready at work on it, and has put it up in 

 bottles such as are used for grape juice, and 

 has kept it successfully for many montlis. 

 The only trouble with it at present is that 

 it is going to be rather more expensive than 

 grape juice. 



Just one thing more about grapefruit. I 

 have not found it easy, when eating either 

 grapefruit or oranges, to avoid getting 

 " mussed up " more or less. If the juice 

 happens to spurt out on your clothing it 

 leaves a bad spot. Now. here is a sugges- 

 tion : Get a straw, or several of them, such 

 as are seen at every soda-fountain, and suck 

 the grapefruit juice through a straw. Just 

 cut a hole in the top and squeeze the juice 

 into the cavity, and there you have it, all 

 nice and clean, without any bitter from the 

 white inside pulp or lining of the fi'uit. By 

 the way, it has been suggested that this 



bitter principle of grapefruit not only tastes 

 like quinine but acts like quinine in warding 

 off and curing chills. 



May the Lord be praised for this beauti- 

 ful fruit that is both food and medicine; 

 and may the time soon come when grape- 

 fruit juice, pure and unadulterated, will be 

 as cheap as grape juice, which I firmly be- 

 lieve is just now (under the stimulus of the 

 temperance wave) taking the place largely 

 of beer and other intoxicants. 



APPENDICITIS, OR SOMETHING ABOUT SURGERV 

 IN GENERAL. 



A good lady at the close of a very kind 

 letter writes as follows : 



I do not think we can improve on God's plans. 

 The medical men (many of them) say there is no 

 use for the appendix in our day. I've yet to see the 

 first one who regained health so as to do the work 

 he might do if he had not undergone the operation. 

 Their nerves are wrecked by the shock and the drugs 

 they are required to take. These temples of ours are 

 to be temples of the Holy Ghost. — I. COR. 3:7. 



Many thanks, my good friend, for your 

 very kind letter. Just a word about ai^pep- 

 dicitis. Our son Huber, while in school, had 

 sudden attacks on and off for two or three 

 years. They kept getting worse and worse, 

 until the doctors said that, if he lived 

 ihrough the last one, as soon as he was 

 strong enough he must have an operation. 

 It was successful, and for ten years he has 

 been well and exceedingly robust. Riglit 

 here is the important point: He has never 

 (since the appendix was removed) had a 

 single twinge of his old trouble that kept 

 coming at intervals for years. — A. I. R. 



A KIND WORD FOR A. J ROOT AND ALSO FOR THE 



r>ASHK''X. 



After the 15th and 30th of the month I am always 

 on the lookout for Gleanings. While I am not at 

 present in the beekeeping line I like to read of the 

 other fellow's efforts. I hope to be keeping a few 

 colonies next year in British Columbia, where the 

 climate is milder, and to which Province I am going 

 this fall. 



I like to read A. I. Root's Home page, an 1 trust he 

 will live to keep up the good work many years yet. 

 What he claims for the dasheen is all right, as I have 

 grown and eaten them in the West Indies. 



Calgary, Can., Mai-ch 31. E. P. Grksham. 



