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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 1 



'■miles" now, Imt revolutions. By getting 

 the number of inc-hes the revolving wheel is 

 in circumference, and dividing the number 

 of inches there is in a mile by it, we can as- 

 certain the number of i-evolutions the wheel 

 would make in going a mile on the road. 

 Then by multiplying this by the number of 

 miles we were allowed to i"un for once oil- 

 ing, we shall have the number of revolutions 

 the jacked-up wheel can make without dan- 

 ger from lack of oil. Now with a speeder 

 find the number of revolutions the drive- 

 wheel is making per minute when the spark- 

 lever is set for different degrees of speed, 

 when it is easily told how many minutes or 

 hours can be safely run on one charge of oil 

 or grease. Where any apiarist lives in a lo- 

 cation where the auto can be run the most 

 of or all of the year, he can well afford to let 

 his horse and wagons go, and purchase an 

 auto; but if in a locality like mine, then it is 

 ijest to ask, "Can 1 and my family afford 

 l)oth, " before buying one? 



I'OULTRY VERSUS BEES, AGAIN: BEES LIKED 

 BETTER. 



Since you have published so many articles 

 on poultry versus bees I feel like adding my 

 experience to that already given. I can not 

 unite fully with Mr. McGlade, neither can I 

 see the rosy side of chicken-raising with Mr. 

 Pearson. I was born on a farm, and I be- 

 gan to help with the chickens at a vei-y early 

 age. Later I took sole chai-ge of the poultry 

 business at our home. I had a good incuba- 

 tor and brooders: also good thoroughbred 

 stock — part of the time Light Brahmas, and 

 afterward the White Wyandottes. I was 

 fairly successful in hatching the chicks, and 

 I think I usually raised 95 per cent of those 

 hatched. My hens laid well, and we had a 

 good market for Ijroilers. I loved mv chick- 

 ens, and I cared for them faithfully' They 

 paid expenses and something more, but I am 

 not sure that I was paid for my labor. 



When Mr. McGlade said he worked hard 

 enough to build seventeen miles of railroad, 

 and spent all his money on feed, oyster- 

 shells, lice-exterminators", etc.. I laughed, 

 and said he was very nearly right. 



Now, my experience witli l)ees has been of 

 very short duration, so that I feel I know 

 nothing about the financial side of the busi- 

 ness: but this much I can say — that, whereas 

 you may have to work hard' over your bees 

 for six months, you must attend to your 

 chickens every day in the vear: and' the 



more inclement the weather, just so much 

 more attention your chickens re(]uii"e. The 

 work for bees is clean and pleasant. Per- 

 haps I need not say how I regard the work 

 for chickens. 



In conclusion I must say that I keep both 

 bees and chickens, and I expect to continue 

 to do so, as I am very fond of the products 

 of each. But if I sliould choose only the 

 work that is agreeable to me I would take 

 bees every time, and I believe I can make 

 them pay quite as well as chickens, if not 

 better. ' Susan E. Williams. 



Moorestown, N. J., March 26. 



putting foundation starters in sec- 

 tions; AN attachment FOR THE 

 DAISY FASTENER. 



The accompanying drawing shows a device 

 I am using to put starters in the bottom of 

 sections. I find that, if I use more than | 

 inch, it will fall over when it gets warmed up 

 in the hive, and then you nave an awful 

 mess. I also find that it is almost impossible 

 to put on less than an inch with the Daisy 

 fastener or any other that I have seen, with- 

 out burning your fingers and getting it on 

 crooked. I took the plate off my Daisy fas- 

 tener, and took it to my blacksmith and had 

 two holes drilled in it so I could fasten my 

 device on with half-inch stove-bolts. 



I use half-sheet starters. I first put the 

 half-sheet in the bottom in the regular way, 

 say in 100 sections, then I fasten on the sheet- 

 iron piece shown at A; put the section in the 

 same position it was in at first; press the 

 parts (of Daisy) together, when the sheet of 

 foundation will be instantly cut off about | 

 inch above the bottom of the section. I go 

 over the 100 this way: take off the device, 

 then put the rest of the half-sheet in the top 



