September, 1920 



C T. K A N I N S T N B K K C U T. T U R E 



III" pot :i toes on one aere; ;nitl if you do not 

 i)elieve it, you I'an eoiiie aiul see tlieui. The 

 jiolatoes are in boxes just as we picked 

 tlieni up, and then we got a pole and meas- 

 ured off an acre. They want you to come 

 and look at it and see if we have made any 

 mistake." 



Tlie four acres yielded pretty nuicli the 

 same; and as the variety was Maule's 

 Thoiou_iiiil)red, just then being introduced, 

 we got .+1.50 a bushel for firsts and $1.00 

 for secoiuls. This one crojt of potatoes jiaid 

 for the tiles, uuinure, and work. The year 

 after these i»otatoes w'eie grown we put in 

 strawberries in accordance with Terry's 

 teachings in his book, and people came for 

 miles around to see the biggest croj) of 

 sti-awberries, and not only the finest ber- 

 ries but a heavier yield than anybody ever 

 saw or heard of. 



If you wish to know moie about Profes- 

 sor Chamberlain and what be accomplished 

 during his busy life j'ou will find accounts 

 of it in the Ohio Farmer and tiie 

 l-'armer and Stockman. All three of 

 these men were active Christians, reg- 

 ular in attendance at church and 

 Sunday school. Professor (^hamberlain 

 occupied manv important offices in Ohio. 1 

 see the lettei's "A.M." and "LL.D." fol- 

 lowing his name in many of tlie papers. My 

 last visit to his place was in 191.3 when he 

 was preparing a new edition of the work on 

 tile drainage. I remember T said at the 

 time I rather enjoyed growing old because 

 1 was getting rid of so many responsibili- 

 ties. He laugliingly replied by mentioning 

 the important office that had i-ecently been 



jdaced (»n liis slioulders, and remai'ked tiu>t 

 In his case it did not look very much like 

 relief. He then asked us to walk over a 

 little further to his home where the town 

 of Hudson had commenced the erection of 

 a great college or seminary ; and while we 

 were looking at the immense structure un- 

 der way he suggested that the people of 

 the region absolutely insisted that he 

 should supervise the undertaking. Some- 

 body, years ago, made the remark that he 

 who had been the means of making two 

 blades of grass grow where only one grew 

 l)efore, was a benefactor to the human 

 race. Well, the three great and good men 

 that 1 liave been wi'iting about this morn- 

 ing not only made two blades of grass 

 grow, but perhaps they weie the means of 

 uuiking untold miUions grow where almost 

 )i(>)ie grew befoi'e. 



Once more I want to thank the Lord fi'om 

 the bottom of my heart that it has been my 

 privilege to be in close touch with such men 

 as Cook, Terry, and Chamberlain; and it 

 has been my privilege, too, to give to the 

 world a wider publicity to the discoveries 

 and achievements that these good men ac- 

 complished. It was ehai'aeteristic of each 

 and every one of the three tliat his work 

 and labors were not for self, but for hu- 

 manity, and for the unborn humanity that 

 is to follow after he is gone. Truly 

 their works do follow them; and we may 

 say, as has so often been said at funeral ser- 

 vices: "Blessed are the dead who die in 

 the Lord. Yea, saith the Spiiit, that they 

 may rest from their labors, and tlieir works 

 do follow them." 



THK NEW ANNUAL SWEET CLOVER. REPORTS FROM FAR ANT) WIDE. 



>I\ KKKT HKiH IN" ABOCT XINKTV DAVS. 



I purcliiised a piK-kagp of tliat wonderful luinuiil 

 wvct rliiver (of Field, prob.Hbly) nnd sowed it in 

 lilai-k waxy soil the' last of April. I limed the 

 gioiind before sowins, and harrowed the seed in. 

 r also sowed the biennial with it. The annual is 

 riiinini; in bloom six feet hish. 



Piitaskala. O., Ausj. 2, 1920. Henry Zinn. 



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RTANIUNG THUl' THE WIXTKR I.V .SOUTH CAROLINA. 



The sweet elover grew 3 feet hitjh last fall, but 

 died down and came right out again from the roots. 

 -Mtho it never bloomed the first year, it has been in 

 Mooni now five weeks, and the bees are still humming 

 over it. I have started gathering the seed, and I 

 hope to gather enough to plant H acre in Septe.ni- 

 lier. I want to try planting thi.s time in the fall 

 and see if it will bloom the following year. 



h. -J. Davison. 



York. S. r., .Tuly 12. 1920. 



".(OHXXY APPLE.SEED." 



I am taking advantage of your kind offer of a 

 few seeds of the new annual sweet clover as men- 



tioned by you in Gleanings in Bee Culture, and 

 enclosing a stamped envelope for the same if you 

 have any to .spare. .\s you may guess, I am a 

 beekeeper, farmer, and sweet-clover fan. The bi- 

 ennial variety doubled my crops of light honey, 

 and made beekeeping profitable in a rather poor 

 location. T think the New Annual has very great 

 possibilities, and you, by distributing it far and 

 wide, are truly the ".Tohnny Appleseed" of beedom. 

 Nassau, N. Y., Aug. 1, 1920. Walter E. Bain. 

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SEVEN FEET HIGH IN 3 V^ MONTH.S. 



I planted two rows of the annual white sweet 

 clover in my garde«n about fifty feet long. It came 

 up a fairly good stand, and I worked it right well. 

 Was planted on the eighth of .April, and now on 

 the 20th of this month it is over seven feet tall. All 

 the stalks are not that tall, b\it it will average over 

 six feet, the entire lot. 



The bees are working it fine. It has put on 

 seeds wonderfully, and keeps blooming. I think I 

 made one mistake in planting some black-eyed peas 

 close to it. for the i)oas are trying to climb over it. 

 and I have liad In cut I lie vines loose. So far I 



