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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUKE 



Portable extractiug-house used by A. G. Anderson, Beaver, Utali. 



crop should hs let go until all is in bloom. 

 If the third crop is cut too soon it will be 

 washy, and not good hay. From tests I 

 have found that the hay begins to lose in 

 feeding and fattening properties after it 

 has passed the half-bloom stage. 



Another great mistake alfalfa-raisers 

 make is to let their hay get too dry before 

 raking and stacking, thereby losing a large 

 per cent of the leaves, which contain the 

 I'arge per cent of food value. I do not know 

 it all when it comes to the care of alfalfa; 

 but I learned of a good many instances 

 where much money and time could have 

 been saved in caring for the crop. 



When it comes to stacking hay, the one 

 who uses a wagon is much behind the times. 



I use frames and nets witli a swinging-arm 

 derrick which put the hay up in better 

 shape than any rig I have ever used. By 

 using buck-rakes and a Jackson or Fleming 

 stacker, you can put up more hay with the 

 same number of men; but the quality of the 

 hay will be in favor of the frame and nets. 

 The frame is built just like a barn-door, of 

 1x6 boards 14 or 16 ft. long and 8 ft. wide. 

 I crossed the boards at each end with 2x4's, 

 and 2 1x6 through the cleats. At each 

 end is a staff to bolt the net rings — a cable 

 and ring to hitch to completes the frame. 

 One will readily see that the frame will ride 

 on top of the stubble, and go right across 

 ditches without any trouble whatever. 

 Pendleton, Oregon. 



A POMTABLE EXTRACTING = OUTFIT 



BY A. G. ANDERSON 



The accompanying engraving shows my 

 portable extraeting-outflt. The honey-house, 

 as shown, is on a wagon with sjorings to 

 make the riding easy. The room is 8 x 12 

 feet, inside measurement, which gives plenty 

 of space for extracting. I keep a two-ton 



honey-tank at each yard, which is station- 

 ary. The house remains on the wagon all 

 the time during the honey season (this pic- 

 ture was taken when we were extracting for 

 the public during our " home-coming 

 week"). 



