SKI'TKMIiKK, 1917 



G L K A N 1 N (i S IN li K K C U L T U R E 



727 



I)rii(l;uil ens, anil tlic fiviKilc is without lioird. Tlip 

 milk jiroduction is less in (;ii;intity t!';in ll:at of 

 tlu> Swiss goats, lut richer in butter fats. Tlie 

 brreders of this goat claim that the buck is prac- 

 tically odorless, the milk of a very superior quality, 

 while another important feature of value is that the 

 kidding age is reached earlier. It would seem, there- 

 fore, that the cross of Anglo-Nubian buck with a 

 Toggcnburg or Saanen doe should bring exception- 

 ally promising results, both for milk and kidding — 

 "a vei'itabl(> pocket edition of the mndci-n milch 

 cow, bound in goatskin," as one of our corresjMind- 

 eT<ts happily phrases it. 



Since the goat is free from tuberculosis, its milk 

 is far more valuable than that of the cow for the 

 nurture of babies and invalids, and it is of first 

 importance also for the manufacture of cheese and 

 fine confectionery. Probably we shall not arrive 

 at a complete understanding of the full worth of 

 this product until it has become more generally 

 available; but it is even now evident that the goat 

 is an important institution. 



It may also be said that it is conceded to have 

 attained a higher degree of perfection on the 

 Pacific Coast than elsewhere in America. 



Mary U Uarrix. 



ill iiimiy oIluM- ways eo-opeialioii h iwoen 

 ll.c l)t'L'kco}ieis of a localily will bo very 

 liolpt'iil. 



The above report also ill:sti;a'es the fact 

 that very different results may bo had from 

 apiaries only three or four mil s apart. 



BEEKEEPING IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA; ALSO 

 SOMETHING IN REGARD TO PRICES 

 FOR HONEY. 

 Mr. Root: — ■ 



My average from palmetto is about 34 pounds per 

 colony. I have secured decidedly the poorest results 

 from my home apiary, and I have concluded to move 

 almost all of the bees in the home apiary to other 

 locations. My Cedar Hammock apiary, less than 

 two miles to the southeast, has given an average of 

 over 50 pounds. 



At Cortez and on this side of the bay I have 60 

 colonies. These locations are not the best for pal- 

 metto, but they have never failed me in giving a 

 good yield of seagrape and mangrove. I w-as at 

 Cortez yesterday, and found the hives filling from 

 seagrape. Mangrove yields till Aug. 1. 



This week I expect to move more bees to these 

 apiaries. It is quite a job to move overflowing 

 colonies with one or two supers, but I think it will 

 pay. 



Last Thursday a movement was set on foot which 

 I believe will result in decided good to the bee- 

 keepers of this section. Mr. Christopher asked me to 

 come to his place and meet other beekeepers with the 

 object of uniting on a uniform, price for our honev. 



The nine beekeepers present represented over 

 1300 colonies of bee~s. At our next meeting we hope 

 to have twice as many present, who will represent 

 many more bees. 



In regard to a uniform price, it was agreed that 

 honey sold in a container less than the 60-pound 

 can should be sold for not less than 10 cents a pound 

 net. That is exclusive of cost of the container. 

 Sixty-pound cans to be sold for not less than $6.25, 

 or $12.50 a case. By the barrel at 10 cents, in- 

 cluding the barrel. T am not sure we can sell at 

 these prices. A. B. Ault. 



Bradentown, Fla., .June 10. 



T heartily indorse the plan of having 

 i eekeepers meet together and agree on prices 

 for honey, and if some one in the vicinity, 

 as often happens, insists on selling at a 

 lower price than agre?d on, let the a.=socia- 

 tion take all of his stock. This is exactly 

 what is done with butter aid eggs and al- 

 most every other staple article of food; and 



DISARMAMENT, AND SINKING TO THE BOT- 

 TOM OP THE SEA THE IMPLEMENTS OK 

 WAR THAT HAVE COST UNTOLD MIL- 

 LIONS, INSTEAD OP THE SHIPLOADS OP 

 GRAIN, THE PRODUCT OF HONEST LABOR. 



After Our Homes for this issue was i^ut in 

 type I came across something in the Pla'.n 

 Dealer for Aug. 9 that hits right along in 

 the same line. I make two extracts below : 



The controlling United States view is that the 

 present world-wide conflict has become a war to end 

 war. 



Officials believe strongly, too, that the hour may 

 be nearer than any one thinks when the warrin-r 

 nations may be able to reach an agreement. 



Disarmament, the dream of statesmen thru the 

 ages, would prove a blessing to mankind immeasur- 

 able in its effects. If it were realized, everybody 

 could feel that the tremendous sacrifices of this war 

 had not been made in vain. 



If I get the correct idea of ''disarmament" 

 as expressed in the above, it means that, 

 instead of continuing to destroy human life 

 and sinking shiploads of grain that have 

 cost here in America no end of hard and 

 severe toil, we should sink to the bottom of 

 the ocean the implements of war that have 

 cost untold millions because no nation on 

 earth has any more need of such creations 

 that must have come from the prince of 

 darkness and from the bottomless pit. Then 

 shall be ushered in the glad time when 

 God's kingdom shall come, and his will be 

 done on earth, instead of that of Satan and 

 his allies. 



NO JIORE GIVING OR RECEIVING TIPS IN TEN- 

 NESSEE. 



The item below I clipped from the corner 

 of a bill of fare on one of the dining-cars 

 while passing thru Tennessee. 



ANTI-TIPPING LAW OF TENNESSEE. 



Under the law of Tennessee, adopted March 24, 

 1915, any person giving to any employee of this com- 

 pany a tip or gratuity; any such employee receiving 

 or accepting a tip or gratuity ; and any officer or 

 agent of the company wilfully permitting the giving 

 and receiving of such tip or gratuity, is subject to a 

 fine of not less than $5, nor more than $25, for each 

 offenre. 



The above, as I understand it, is to pre- 

 vent the waiter, especially the colored wait- 

 er, froiu giving his sole attention to patrons 

 who are liberal in gi\'ing tips, and l^ttinsz' 

 common people, or every one who finds it 

 hard enough to pay the printed prices, to 

 get along as best he can. I for one will re- 

 joice to see this anti-tipping law become not 

 onlv national but world-wide. 



