ArcjL'ST, 1917 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



597 



with a heavy eane and a resounding whack ; 

 and the dust flew. 



He also had eertain unpublishable words 

 (hat scorched the air as they flew, even as 

 do lightning bolts, and evil was the sm/3ll 

 thereof, relative to the doings of men of 

 meat who sold great sales thereof to the 

 allies at a price, and in the vacancy thus 

 created found argumslit for jacking up the 

 price of what was left to their own folk. 

 " These men first make a scarcity and then 

 exploit it; and no man goeth to market in 

 hope of getting food for his little ones at 

 a price thalt he hath money wherewith to 

 pay. What shall be their portion when for 

 them at last comes eternity?" 



He also was unable to find voice at all 

 for many moments; and when he found it 

 the neighbors round about regretted great- 

 ly, on learning that his wife had been un- 

 able to buy more than 10 pounds of sugar at 

 one time at the grocery, and for that must 

 pay 10 cts. or even more per pound for it, 

 which one time had cost but four and a 

 half, and the rise in price did not i^roduce 

 to 'the common people one pound more in 

 quantity, and but added one more brick to 

 the burden of dead weight that already they 

 were carrying, and which was slowly crush- 

 ing them to earth. 



Then that certain man hied him to his 

 apiary and figured long and earnestly over 

 t'he products thereof whe'reby he might 

 lighten the burden of those sugarless folk 

 and of their foodless children"? Oh, no! 

 How much he might add to Ms price at 

 which he sold to them — and get away with 

 it. John Preston True. 



Boston, Mass. 



any beekeepers in the way we have suggest- 

 ed. 



Peoria, 111. Ciias. L. Turner, 



Garage Good Place to Advertise 



Altho I am not a beekeeper, still I have 

 taken Gleanings for a number of yeais, 

 being especially interested in the " Hom^i 

 Department." 



In our garag'e business we are often 

 asked concerning some good place to go, 

 for the city folks love |to drive fifteen or 

 twenty miles into the country if they only 

 have some object in view. So on reading 

 E. R. Root's article, " Stalling Honey by the 

 Roadside," it occurred to us that there are 

 any numbn* of garage men who would be 

 pleased to have a neat little sign hung up in 

 their garage stating that honey may be ob- 

 tairied of John Jones at Pleasant View 

 Farm, fifteen miles out on the Farrington 

 read. 



The average garage man likes to cater 

 to the wishes of his customers, and we be^ 

 lieve he would be glad to co-operate with 



Proving the Food Value of Honey 



My sister's little girl is two years old. 

 She eats honey before, at, and after meals. 

 She calls it honey pie. She is as strong 

 and healthy as any baby in Iron County. 

 She will walk from flower to flower ti-ying 

 to catch the bees. If one stings her she 

 will cry for a few minutes, then try to catch 

 another one. 



A youthful but convincing honey " saleslady." 



When Gleanings comes to the house we 

 have to let her look at every picture before 

 slie is satisfied. People ask what we give 

 her to make her so strong and healthy. We 

 answer: " Plentj^ of pure air, sunshine, 

 and all the honey she wants and when she 

 wants it." Then we sell a ton of honey for 

 some other baby. Slie is not only our honey 

 girl, but she is our sales lady. 



M. L. & E. F. Skougard. 



Parowan, Utah. 



My idea is to have bees in excellent con- 

 dition, and of course the flora is necessary 

 for a good crop. In this section (South- 

 west Missouri) we are going to ask 20 cents 

 for comb and 15 cents a pound for extrac't- 

 ed. Claude Barker. 



Avilla, Mo, 



