June, 1920 



G L E A N T K G S I N U K E C U L T U U K 



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lion very poor. Plants good. If drouth continues, 

 prospects very poor. — Adams & Meyers. 



NEW YOKK. — Loss about 20 pea- cent. Colony 

 condition poor. Plants good. Prospects good. — F. 

 W. Lesser. 



NEBRASKA. — Loss 50 per cent. Colony con- 

 dition poor. Plants good. Prospects good. — F. J. 

 Harris. 



OHIO. — Ix)ss 50 per cent. Colony condition 

 poor. Plants fairly good. Prospects fair. — Fred 

 Leininger. 



OKLAHOMA. — Loss 15 per cent. Colony con- 

 dition poor. Plants good. Prospects fair. — C. F. 

 Stiles. 



ONTARIO. — Loss between 20 and 30 per cent. 

 Colony condition poor. Plants generally good. Pros- 

 pects "ceiierallv good. — F. Eric Millen. 



PENNSYLVANI.\. — Loss 50 per cent. Colony 

 condition poor. Plants backward. Prospects fair. 

 — Harry \V. Beaver. 



UTAH. — Loss 50 per cent downward in Du- 

 chesne County. Colony condition bad. — W. J. 

 Harvev. 



WASHINGTON. — Loss 3 to 5 per cent. Colony 

 condition good. Plants normal. Prospects good. 

 Geo. W. B. Saxton. 



WISCONSIN. — Loss 20 to 25 per cent. Colony 

 condition poor. Plants very good. Prospects good. 

 — H. P. Wilson. 



The questions sent to producers in Cali- 

 fornia and Florida were different from those 

 sent to the other States, and are as follows: 



1. How does the present condition of colo- 

 nies compare with the usual condition 

 at this time of the year? Please report 

 as very poor, poor, normal, good, or 

 very good. 



2. What is the condition of honey plants 

 in your State? 



3. About what per cent of the crop is al- 

 ready harvested? 



4. Has as much honey been harvested as 

 usual at this time of the year? 



The answers are as follows: 



CALIFORNIA. — Colony condition about normal. 

 Plants, small crop. About 50 per cent of honey 

 crop harvested. Up to date bees have done well. — 

 R. E. Lusher. 



CALIFORNIA. — Colony condition very poor. 

 Plants only fair. None of the crop harvested. — 

 M. H. ^fendleson. 



C.VLIFORNIA. — Colony condition normal. Plants 

 good. Ten per cent of crop already harvested, 

 which is as much as usual. — L. L. Andrews. 



FLORIDA.— Colony condition normal. Plants 

 poor. Ten per cent of honey already harvested, 

 which is not as much as usual. — Ward Lamkin. 



Advertisements Received too Late to Classify. 



FOR SALE. — Bees, 2-lb. packages. $4.50; un- 

 tested queens (Gleanings Code), $1.50. No foul 

 brood known within 100 miles. 



S. T. prawford, R. D. No. 1, Glendale, Ariz. 



IT PAYS BIG to advertise right. How is your 

 Bill Board .Service? Let me give you estimates on 

 9'xl8' Bill Board sketches and drawing in miniature 

 or full size. Paint on yourself, or comes ready to 

 nail in position. If interested, write for prices and 

 particulars. Henry A. Schaefer, Osseo, Wise. 



FOR S.VLK. — 20 10-fr. dovetailed hive bodies 

 with H. frames, good condition, $25.00; 10 gable 

 covers, cjinvas covered and inner covers, 10-fr., 

 $8.00; 10 rp^•o^sible 10-fr. bottoms, $7.00; 10 10- 

 fr. Root 4xo.\l% comb supers with sections, new, 

 never used. $21.00; 10 Root queen-mating nuclei, 

 $15.00; 50 10-fr. wood bound zinc excluders, 

 $15.00; 1 Alexander honev strainer, new, never 

 used, $6.00; 500 4x5x1% sections, $4.50; 15 lbs. 

 thin super fdn. for 4x5 sections, $11.00; 1 Root 

 section press, new, $1.75; 2 10-in. Root uncapping 

 knives, new, $2.00; 1 Peterson capping melter, little 

 used, painted. $14.00; 1 separating can good as 



new, $3.00; 150 lbs. Dadant medium brood fdn. in 

 50-11). boxes, per box, $34.00 ; 1 good pick-up cart, 

 $5.00; 10 Miller feeders in good condition, $3.50. 

 Goods sold only as listed, f. o. b. here, 10 per cent 

 with order, balance on arrival. Hive parts listed 

 are set up and painted. All goods guaranteed as 

 advertised. Absolutely no disease. 



Wm. Gabriel, Scribner, R. D. No. 3, Nebr. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root 



I-.\TK.ST FROM THE FLORIDA ANNUAL SWEET CLOVER. 

 On page 362 I tried to give you a picture of my 

 little clover plants. Well, a second photo, taken 

 onln 17 datjs later, shows the little plant almost up 

 to the top of the yardstick, and branching out ac- 

 cordingly, having made the enormous growth of iull 

 •^0 tiirlirx in this short time. Picture in next issue. 



THE ROVAL PALM NURSERIES, ONECO, FLA. 



Should you make a trip to Florida, especially if 

 yon plan to visit the southwest coast, don't fail to 

 take in the Reasoner nurseries. Even if you don't 

 take the trip, but are curious to know what can be 

 gi-own in Florida, not only out in the open air, but 

 also with proper protection, you had better send 

 for their beautiful new catalog. The part of the 

 catalog devoted to new and up-to-date Florida fruits, 

 was of especial interest to me, in several ways. 



•' DAILY BREAD." 



The article on page 365 was intended for the 

 May Gleanings, but room was not found for it. 

 However, this same process can often be used to 

 advantage in the month of June. If you have some 

 ground that is not yet ready for potatoes, or some 

 ground that will be" ready after another crop has 

 been cleared off, start your potatoes in a bed of very 

 rich soil as I have described, and have them in such 

 shape that when the ground is ready they will just 

 start out under " high-pressure gardening." 



SEED OF THE NEW ANNUAL WHITE SWEET CLOVEE. 



On page 236. April issue, I said I did not know 

 of any one in the whole wide world who had any 

 of this seed that could be furnished, except one, and 

 that was the Henry Field Seed Co. ; but they inform 

 ns. May 1, that they are completely sold out. Now, 

 I do not know whether the station at Ames, Iowa, 

 is still sending out small packets or not. In this 

 issue you will notice they have been having a tre- 

 ,mendo"us call. Well, at the present writing, May 12, 

 we have enough for 500 or 600 packets, giving 

 each applicant a packet of perhaps 15 or 20 seeds. 

 These will be sent to any one who will send an ad 

 dressed stamped envelope, so long as the seeds last. 

 .Vfter that we vinll hold your envelope for seeds that 

 I expect will be ready to be gathered in Florida some 

 time in .Tune or July. 



(nUR 1,000 BU.SHELS OP POTATOES FROM ONE ACRE 

 OF L.\ND GROWN LAST SEASON. 

 The man who performed this wonderful feat in 

 agriculture is C. Norgate of Dryden, Ont., Canada. 

 He is a beekeeper; and, by the way, he is a success- 

 ful beekeeper, and so, of course, he is a good man, 

 and his statement is straight and honest. Further- 

 more, he sent me two photographs of the potatoes 

 as they lay in the field at the time of digging. The 

 variety is a type of the Green Mountain that he has 

 developed by careful work for years past. He sent 

 me liist fall a couple of pounds by mail, and in my 

 Florida home I grew over two bushels from the two 

 pounds, and got the first premium (something over 

 $5.00) at the Manatee County Fair. They were 

 certainlv the most beautiful potatoes I ever saw. In 

 fact, a "basketful looked like a basket of newly laid 

 eggs, they were so white and smooth and clean — 

 not a sign of blight, fungus, or anything until the 

 frost came and cut off my crop. I think Mr. Nor- 

 gate makes a business of growing seed potatoes that 

 in a remarkable manner resist blight, fungus, and 

 disease of every sort. I do not know his prices, but 

 probably you can get them by writing him. We 

 expect to give, in onr next issue, a valuable letter 

 from him in regard to the success he has had with 

 his bees as well as potatoes. 



