DECEMBER 1, 1914 



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but in that way one 

 can find tlie people 

 wlio lilie lioney, and 

 wlio usually buy it as 

 long as the crop lasts. 

 Our extracting- 

 house is 8 X 8 ft. — • 

 not very large. It is 

 to the left of the bees, 

 so it is just a step to 

 carry the supei's back 

 and forth. The bee- 

 escape boards are all 

 made with galvanized 

 screen wire on them. 

 They work fine, and 

 the honey stays nice 

 and warm. We have 

 a Cowan No. 15 two- 

 frame extractor 

 which holds either 



two full or two half -depth frames. If I were 

 buying another extractor I would get it a 

 size larger, so that I could put two half- 

 depth frames in each pocket. We use a 

 cold knife for uncapping, and keep it sharp 

 with an emery stick. We have two small 



Apiary of Robert Peschko, Danbury, Ct. 



galvanized wash-tubs for uncapping. One 

 rests on the other, the upper one being 

 punched full of %,-inch holes for the cap- 

 pings to drain. 



Danbury, Lt., Aug, 22. 



BIENNIAL YELLOW SWEET CLOVEM AHEAD OF THE WHITE 



BY P. W. VAN DE MARK 



The engraving shows a three-acre field of 

 yellow biennial sweet clover that I have 

 adjoining me here in town. I have found 

 that it is far easier to get a stand of the 

 yellow than of the white, one year with 

 another. It makes a finer hay, stands pas- 

 turing better, and will make seed where the 

 white will blast, as it has done here this year. 

 It also gave my bees something to work on 



wlien every one else was feeding. It has 

 paid for this alone; but I have thrashed by 

 hand 553, lbs. of good seed from the three 

 acres. I shall not get any from six acres 

 of white. I have thoroughly tried the 

 annual yellow here, but for this locality it 

 is a failure. 



Stillwater, Okla., July 21. 



Three acres of the biennial yellow sweet clover in Stillwater, Oklahoma. 



