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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



White Leghorn pullets in confinement- 

 R. A. Morrison, a 200-colon}- beekeeper. 



-an experimental pen belonging to the poultry ranch managed by 



others Lave waked up, and are intent on 

 watching- tlie photographers, while the most 

 timid ones liave left their roosts and liidden 

 themselves away in the dark shadows under 

 the roosts. Also note their worn tails and 

 large combs; the worn and dilapidated tails 

 come from two causes — wearing in the 



nest-boxes, and moulting; the large combs, 

 from careful breeding. In this condition 

 they laid 30 eggs on this day, Aug. 31. 



Cataraqui, Out. 



[Mr. Morrison is also an extensive bee- 

 keeper. A picture of liis apiaiy appeared 

 on our Sept. 15 cover. — Ed.] 



THE LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY 



BY PH. J. BALDEN.SPERGER 



When the Hebrews, after more than forty 

 years' suffering in the barren wilderness, 

 approached the more fertile country of 

 Canaan they very much resembled the 

 modern Tayaha and Tarabeen — Bedouin 

 tribes who delight themselves with the 

 products of the land of promise. Sour 

 milk and dahctsh are the two great staple 

 articles of the nomad; and southern and 

 eastern Palestine have changed but little 

 in manners and customs, products aliid 

 language, since the days of the Perizzites 

 and the Amalekites. Since the Egyptian 

 revolution of the 18th century, the passage 

 of Bonaparte, and the last upheaval in 



1883, firearuLs have been introduced into 

 the peninsula of Sinai ; yet a Bedouin or a 

 '•' fellah " " bows " his rifle instead of shoot- 

 ing it. The bow is an ancient weapon, while 

 the rifle is comparatively new. When a 

 weary Bedouin or a tired " fellah " arrives 

 at some settlement a wooden bowl of labhan, 

 or wholesome sour milk, is i^resented to him. 

 This same halb Avas promised to the weary 

 Hebrews in the desert. Fresh milk is never 

 presented, and to some extent it is con- 

 sidered unwholesome. The labban is milk 

 which has undergone a slight fermentation, 

 and is to be found in every house or tent 

 where sheep and goats are found. 



