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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



July, 1917 



cause of tlie way the eliildren are brought 

 up. They are permitted to be wasteful. 

 Years ago, in that little log house in the 

 woods (where I was born) my older broth- 

 er dropped part of a slice of bread on the 

 wiell-scrubbcd floor of the kitchen. The 

 good mother assured him it was not hurt 

 at all by falling on the floor (buttered side 

 up) ; but, like many another child, my 

 brother was contrary. My mother finally 

 lold him that he would have to eat that 

 piece of bread, and that he could not have 

 another bit of food until he did eat it. He 

 got into a sulk and went without his dinner. 

 At supper time she offered him the same 

 piece of bread; but he was contrary and 

 stubborn still. I cannot exactly remember, 

 but he finally became so liungTy that he was 

 willing (o eat the bread, after the good 

 mother had volunteered to eat half of it 



herself. Bless the memory of that good old 

 mother! She knew that the settlement of 

 that question would have a marked effect 

 on the character of the four other children 

 who were looking on. We want, mothers of 

 that stripe just now, especially wliile this 

 wicked war confronts us. 



In conclusion, dear friends, shall we not 

 all use that part of that wonderful prayer, 

 "Give us this day our daily bread"? and 

 shall we not remember, too, that to be con- 

 sistent we must also remember that other 

 injunction about gathering up the frag- 

 ments; and let us, like Joseph, improve this 

 growing season, and let the product of our 

 farms and gardens be carefully preserved 

 for the time of need; and let us not forget 

 the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the 

 air, that the great Father in his loving 

 kindness has provided for us. 



HIGH - PRESSURE GARDENING 



POTATO-GROWING IN FLORIDA; OVER A MIL- 

 LION DOLLARS PAID FOR FLORIDA-GROWN 

 POTATOES AT ONE SHIPPING-POINT. 



Just as soon as the price of potatoes be- 

 gan to run away up last fall, I declared, as 

 you may remember, that we would have to 

 depend on Florida to help us out ; and to 

 demonstrate that potatoes could be grown 

 there at a profit all winter long I secured 

 two crops from the same patch of land in 

 just one winter. Below is a clipping from 

 the Jacksonville Times-Union that indicates 

 what has been done, but not what it is pos- 

 sible to do while we up here in the North are 

 frozen up. 



HASTINGS POTATO HARVEST EXCEEDS ALL 

 EXPECTATIONS. 



FOURTEEN HUNDRED CARS HAVE ALREADY MOVED 

 OUT; SHIPMENTS AVERAGE 150 CARS DAILY. 



Hastings, May 5. — Hastings, with the potato- 

 shipping season at its height, is probably the busiest 

 little town in the United States. The crop has ex- 

 ceeded the wildest expectations, and sixty-barrel 

 averages arc common, and many growers have ex- 

 ceeded this average considerably. The crop has so 

 far exceeded all anticipations that enough barrels 

 to hold the crop cannot be procured, and much of 

 the stock is being shipped in hampers, crates, and 

 sacks. The supply of these is hardly adequate to 

 meet the demand, and the entire output of bag- 

 factories is being shipped to Hastings and is being 

 snapped up immediately upon arrival. 



Everybody is busy. The days are not long 

 enough, and work is kept up far into the night. In 

 many instances hauling is being done long after 

 dark. 



One hundred and thirty cars per day is about 

 the average sliipmrnt, and at this writing more than 

 fourteen hundi-cd cars have been shipped. It is 

 estimated that about half the crop has been moved. 



Dozens of motor trucks have been purchased by 

 llie growers to move the crop to the station, and 

 many more trucks from Jacksonville, St. Augustine, 

 Daytona, and other points are here with every one 

 doing all the business he can handle. Notwith- 

 .standing the tremendous output of " spuds " the 

 prices continue high, $7.50 per 11-peck barrel and 

 $6.50 per 150-lb. sack for number ones, f. o. b. 

 Hastings being the prevailing price. 



The Bank of Hastings has more than doubled its 

 force, but still work is kept up until midnight or 

 later. The total deposits of the bank have reached 

 the one-million mark. 



Last Saturday more than $40,000 was paid out 

 for payrolls and other expenses incidental to the 

 harvesting of the crop. In common with everything 

 else the postoffice is almost overwhelmed with busi- 

 ness, particularly on Saturday afternoons, after the 

 field hands have been paid. 



It is then almost impossible to get at the delivery 

 and money-order windows. The storekeepers are 

 sharing in the general prosperity, and have all 

 been compelled to increase their forces. 



The potato is king, and all forms of activity not 

 connected directly or indirectly with the potato deal 

 are practically at a standstill. Sleeping room is at 

 a premium, and in some cases tents have been re- 

 sorted to, to accommodate the overflow. 



POTATO - GROWING IN FLORIDA, SOMETHING 

 IMORE ABOUT IT. 



We clip tlie following from the Manatee 

 Biver Journal. Please notice while you 

 read it the amounts mentioned were gTown 

 over a small part of Florida. 



Tlie potato growers of the Hastings district, in- 

 cluding Elkton, Spuds, Hastings, Byrd, Orange Mills, 

 and other points to East Palatka have practically 

 finished digging and selling the vast crop of spuds, 

 there remaining only a few pickups which, after this 

 date, will be handled in carload lots, and the great 

 potato specials will now bo discontinued over the 

 Florida East Coast railway. While complete crop 



