GLEAN I.N GS IN BEE CULTURE 



April, 1917 



Make Ready NOW for 

 YOUR BIRD Neighbors 



Have YOU ever enjoyed having the friendly 

 Wrens and Bluebirds for neighbors? The little 

 fellows will gladly live near you if you will pro- 

 vide homes for them. And they are such jolly 

 neighbors, singing their songs, keeping your 

 garden and trees free from destructive bugs and 

 worms, raising tlieir hungry families and gener- 

 ally enjoying life. You will find much pleasure 

 in watching these friendly birds. The children, 

 too, will take a keen interest in these Nature 

 folk, unconsciously learning the lessons of gentle- 

 ness, consideration and tlie love and appreciation 

 of all things in Nature. 



Help save the birds by putting up, about your 

 home, 



"Dad" Hubbard's Bird Houses 



These are the houses the birds like. Made 

 according to the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture speci- 

 fications, of Cypress, " the wood everlasting." 

 Natural green color. Easy to clean. Hang 

 from any tree or roof. This special house can 

 be used for either Wrens or Bluebirds, there is 

 a hole for each size. The hole not in use is closed. 



Special Bargain Offer 7° ^^"^i^t your aid 



r D 111 helping the birds 



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I make this special bargain offer. I will send 

 you two of my bird houses, express paid, for only 

 $.3, and I guaiantee jou'll be satisfied. If you 

 are not, return the houses at m^ expense and I 

 will lefund the $3. NOW 

 IS the time to put the 

 houses up, so that 

 they will get a little 

 •weather-beaten be- 

 for the birds 

 come. 



I have about 



100 houses I 



have made this 



They will 



lie gore .soon, so send 



\ oui order now. 



DAD" HUBBARD 



121 South St., Battle Creek, Mich. 



intei. 



More from Your Garden at Half 

 the Labor-- Use a Barker 



Weeder, Mulcher, and Cultivator 



Cuts the weeils under ground and forms tlie 

 haidest crust into a moisture- 

 ri tainins' mulch — Intensive 



OWA cultivation. "Best Weed Killer 

 \fti. Jm\ F\ei Used." Requires no skill 

 - liiS!.->i] t" operate. A boy with a 



3 Vl 



garden 5Bl»|w^— ' W^f ' '^' ^^^ l^eata ten men with 



tools vy/i'iffiJU? "^'V Sy '^"'"' H"-^ leaf - gruards, also 



■t,,^_^^ ~ ^' £j shovels for deeper cultivation 



in one ^^^^s^<^'' self adjusting-, inexpensive. 



Write for free catalog: and Factory-to-User offer. 

 BARKER MFC. CO. Dept. 10, DAVID CITY. NEB. 



ORNAMENTAL FENCE 





KITSELMAN BROTHERS, 



Attractive, Strontc. Durable, 

 all steel, for Lawns, Churches 

 or Cemeteries. Costs less than 

 wood. DIRECT TO YOU at 

 Manufacturers Prices. (Cat- 

 alogue Free. Write today. 

 Box 403 MUNCIE, INDIANA. 



aSGRAPE-YINES 



69 varieties. Also Small Fruits, Trees, etc. Hest rootc<i stock. 

 Genuine, cheap. 2 sample vines mailed for 10c. Descrip- 

 tive catalog free. LEWIS ROESCH, Box H, Fredonia, N. Y. 



MAKING THE WORK COUNT 

 Continued from page 260 



that the wires almost instantly sink to the 

 center of the foundation; then when the cur- 

 rent is cut off and the wire has cooled it is 

 almost impossible to tell from wliich side it 

 went in. The full current can not be used, 

 of course. A small transformer, such as is 

 used for choking the ordinary lighting cur- 

 rent down tO' about five or six volts for run- 

 ning children's toys, is just about right. 

 Or, as mentioned by E. L. Sechrist, p. 316, 

 April 15, 1916, the current may first be run 

 thru an electrical flat-iron to reduce it to the 

 projjer amount. With neither at hand, 

 enough heavy wire may be coiled up for re- 

 sistance to give the desired amount of re- 

 duction. 



If there is no electric current from a 

 lighting circuit, electricity may still be us- 

 ed. G. Herman Peterson, of Deerwood, 

 Minn., a few weeks ago sent in the imbed- 

 ding-clevice shown in Fig. 10. Four dry 

 cells are used to heat a single strand of wire. 

 The current enters thru the prong at one 

 end of the device, and out thru the one at 

 the other end. The two prongs in the cen- 

 ter are merely to press the wire into the 

 wax. The device is held in position with 

 the two outside prongs both resting on the 

 wire. The button is pushed, and the wire 

 immediately heats and melts its way into the 

 foundation. In 1903 and '04 The A. I. Root 

 Company sold an outfit almost identical 

 with this, but it was found that the dry 

 cells deteriorated very rapidly under tlie 

 heavy strain imjaosed on tiiem. I find (hat 

 four dry cells, testing 20 amperes each, after 

 fastening all four wires in 100 frames de- 

 teriorate in strength to 15 amperes each. 

 However, as a matter of fact, dry cells are 

 much more efficient than they were ten or 

 twelve years ago. By this plan, heating a 

 s'ligle strand of wire at a time, it takes only 

 three minutes for imbedding the wires in ten 

 frames. 



Continued from page 264 



ized farming, and only by specializing have 

 people been successful as a rule. 



In conclusion it is but fair to say that 

 beekeepers, fruitmen, dairymen, and others 

 can and are making a living, or a little 

 more, depending upon their ability and 

 knowledge of their business; and that there 

 is room for many more people of the right 

 kind in all lines right here in this valley. 

 But money does not grow on trees and 

 bushes, nor in hives, here, any more than it 

 does in the eastern states. The San Joaquin 

 Valley will stand on her own merits without 



