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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



" THE YOrTHFlTTi MOTHER." 



The above Eglantine pullet laid her first egg when she was four months and eight days old; and, surpris- 

 ing to relate, she continued laying nn egg every day, or almost every day, until she had laid eighteen or twenty 

 eggs, when she wanted to sit; and jusr for the novelty of the thing I gave her thirtteen eggs and let her go 

 ahead. Only nine eggs proved to he fertile; and from those she hatched seven chicks which you see above. 

 The picture was taken when she was only a little over 0V2 months old. 



of it. When I wanted tO' sell off some of my 

 old hens I could tell by the Hogan system 

 which were laying at the time and which 

 were not. It's simply measuring with your 

 fingers the distance between the pelvic bones. 



When a hen is laying right along regularly 

 the points will be separated the width of 

 two or three fingers. When she hasn't been 

 laying for some time the points of the pel- 

 vic bones come almost up together. 



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TEMPERANCE 



SALOONKEEPERS AND THE AUTOMOBILE IN- 

 DUSTRY. 



. We clip the following from the Plain 

 Dealer. It is dated Toledo, October 23. 



Nine saloonkeepers who have enjoyed patronage 

 from Overland Automobile Co. employes are under 

 the ban of Ohio Anti-saloon League agents. A pe- 

 tition to oust the nine saloons from a district em- 

 bracing the Overland factory was filed in common 

 pleas court today. Overland officials are said to 

 favor the ousting of the saloons. 



I suppose every automobile factory, and 

 I might almost say every other factory in 

 the world, feels as the Overland people do 

 about saloons; and yet, as I understand it, 

 our United States of America legalizes or 

 authorizes these fellows to go ahead and 



say to the factory owners in substance, if" 

 not verbally, " Help yourself if you can." 



GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS. 



From the Methodist Board of Temperance- 

 we clip the following: 



The Virginia prohibition law which goes into- 

 effect November 1 forbids liquor advertising in all' 

 periodicals published within the state. 



" god's kingdom coming." 

 Mr. A. I. Root: — I am very sure you will rejoice- 

 with me and many others because our state voted' 

 dry. Just think! a solid body of eight states all 

 dry I Isn't it glorious ? How little you and I' 

 thought when I began taking Gleanings Tnany years 

 ago that such a thing could come about in the life- 

 time of you and me ! Our town voted dry two to* 

 one ; the county gave a dry majority of 1700. 

 Falls City, Neb., Nov. 10. G. "W. Schock. 



