1905 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



391 



print. I .=uppose friend Terry is as good authority on 

 potatoes as any man living. ]n fact, 1 do not kno^v of 

 arother man who has ever done as much to make pota- 

 to-growing a suciess Well, this special number is po- 

 tatoes from beginning to end. There are 18 or 20 pages 

 containing letters f i om those who have made a success 

 with potatoes. Then there is a summary at the end of 

 it all. Now, it would be a splendid thing for every po- 

 tato-grower to subscribe for the Practical Farmer: 

 but if you do not do that you can certainly send five 

 cents for this special potato number. It ought to be 

 worth a dollar to every man who grows an acre or more 

 of potatoes. Address the Practical Farmer Co., Phila- 

 delphia. 



Besides the above, the O. Judd Co. has just gotten out 

 a new potato-book of 200 pages, fully illustrated, called 

 " The Potato." This book is more of a scientific treatise 

 than our own by T. B. Terry. It is largely a report of 

 the results arrived at by our various experiment sta- 

 tions, by Samuel Fraser, Assistant Agronomist, Cornell 

 University. In our own A B C of Potato Culture, T. B. 

 Terry and your humble servant tell what they have 

 done and what they have seen. There is a good deal of 

 "l" about it. This new book has so little of the "I" 

 that it is hard to tell what the author has ever done or 

 ever seen in the way of potatoes. He simply makes 

 statements. Here is one of them: " Plowing under rye 

 does not diminish scab, as has been stated." For his 

 authority in the above statement he quotes the Geneva, 

 N. Y., Bulletin. Now, I think it would have been very 

 much better for Prof. Fraser and the Geneva people 

 also to have said rye was of no benefit in diminishing 

 scab in their locality, or so far as their experiments 

 extended. I have made experiments of my own, cover- 

 ing a period of years, and I have visited large potato- 

 growers in our own vicinity who have tested plots re- 

 peatedly side by side where rye was plowed under. The 

 results were, in quality and quantity, such as hardly to 

 admit of discussion. The experiment stations are splen- 

 did institutions, and they may settle questions pretty 

 well for their own localities. The book also states that 

 sulphur is of little use on infected lands. Here 1 can 

 entirely agree with them, for I purchased a whole bar- 

 rel of sulphur on the recommendation of the Rural 

 Neiv -Yorker: but I would not for a moment think of 

 saying that sulphur does no good with other people just 

 because it failed on our land. I am satisfied sulphur is 

 sometimes a benefit just from what other people say, 

 even though it does us no good here. This book gives a 

 vast amount of valuable information not found in any 

 other potato-book, and I think every potato-grower 

 ought to have both books and study them thoroughly, 

 year after year. 



The above book is furnished by the O. Judd Co., or it 

 may be mailed from our office. It is a very nice book 

 for the i-easonable price of 75 cts., postpaid. 



FLYING-MACHINES UP TO DATE ; WRIGHT BROTHERS 

 STILL AHEAD. 



Since my write-up of this invention a great amount 

 of correspondence has come in, and many newspaper 

 sketches, extracts from magazines, etc., for which I am 

 exceedingly obliged. But .some of the friends seem to 

 have overlooked the fact that this flying-machine I am 

 talking about flies of itself without any balloon to sus- 

 tain it. Flying-machines held aloft by the aid of a bal- 

 loon are comparatively old. Such experiments are being 

 made across the ocean, in California, and all the world 

 for all I know. 



It was recently stated through the papers that a man 

 in California, with a flying-machine that weighed only 

 42 pounds, had ascended 2000 feet by its own power. 

 Investigation reveals, however, that it was a gliding- 

 machine instead of a flying-machine that 'made the trip; 

 and in order to make it a hot air baloon lifted the 

 machine 2000 feet in the air and then let it drop. The 

 operator managed it so as to sail like a bird, and was 18 

 minutes in coming down. No doubt some credit is due 

 him for operating successfully a gliding-machine: but 

 the Wright Brothers stand alone, I believe, in having a 

 machine that flies like a bird, and may go with the 

 speed of a bird, without anything like the expense of 

 the balloon or air- ships. So far none of my correspon- 

 dence has revealed that anybody ever before made a 

 machine that would fly a single rod and cari-y a man to 

 manage it. If such a thing has been done before, let us 

 have the documents to show it. 



From a letter just received from the Wright Brothers 

 we are pleased to learn they are planning a machine for 

 1905 that will carry a passenger besides the operator. 

 They did not say the passenger might possibly be A. I. 

 Root (for, say, "one trip "), but my imagination caught 

 on to it nevertheless. 



Convention Notices. 



The Western Illinois Bee-keepers' Association will 

 hold their spring meeting at Galesburg, on April 5, all 

 day, in the county couit room. Our meetings are more 

 interesting each time, and with the aid of bee-keepers 

 in this vicinity we will continue having profitable meet- 

 ings, and all who are interested in bee-keeping are 

 invited to come and help and be helped. 



Galesburg, Ills. E. D. Woods, Sec. 



The annual convention of the Northern Michigan 

 Bte keepers' Association will be held in L,ady Macca- 

 bees Hall, at Central L,ake, on Wednesday and Thurs- 

 day, April 5 and ti. Central L,akeis centrally located, 

 easily accessible from all directions, and we expect a 

 good attendance of bee-keepers. Hotel rates will be, 

 The Tavern, |1 50 per day. 



As officers of the Bee-keepers' Association, we ear- 

 nestly solicit your attendance, and if it be impossible 

 for you to be present, please consider whether it is 

 not in your interest to become a member by sending 

 your dollar. This payment makes you a member for 

 one year of both the Northern Michigan Association 

 and the National Bee-keepers' Association giving you 

 a chance to participate in any benefits these associa- 

 tions may confer on their members 



Editors A. I. Root, Medina, O., and W. Z. Hutchin- 

 son, Flint, Mich., will be present; also E. D. Town- 

 send, Remus, Mich., Geo. E. Hilton, Fremont, Mich., 

 and a number of p actical apiarists of Northern Michi- 

 gan. If you have Jiever attended a convention let us 

 suggest that you try it for once, and you will have a 

 higher opinion of your calling. "In union theie is 

 -Strength " is as true with bee-keepers as others, and 

 if we can get a good strong association we can ac- 

 complish man5' tilings which are at present not possi- 

 ble. Trusting that you will become one of our mem- 

 bers, and that we may meet you at Central L,ake April 

 5 and 6, we remain j'ours truly, 



Geo. H. Kirkpatrick, Pres., 

 W. MOHRMANN, Sec'y, 

 Northern Michigan Bee-keepers' Ass'n. 



The National Bee-Keepers' 

 Association. 



Objects of The Association. 



To promote and protect the interests of its membefs. 

 To prevent the adulteration of honey. 



Annual Membership, $1.00. 



Send dues to the Treasurer. 



Officers: 



J. U. Harris, Grand Junction, Col., President. 



C. P. D.ADANT, Hamilton. Ill , Vice-president. 



W. Z. HuiCHiNSON, Flint, Michigan, Secretary. 



N. E. France, Platteville, Wis., Gen. Mgr. and Treas. 



Board of Directors : 



E. Whitcomb, Friend, Nebraska. 

 W. Z. Hutchinson. Flint, Michigan. 

 W. A. Selser, 10 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

 R. C. AiKiN, Loveland, Colorado. 

 P. H. Elwood. Starkville, N. Y. 

 Udo Toepperwkin, San Antonio, Texas. 

 G. M. DooLiTTLE, Borodino, N. Y. 

 W. F. Marks, Chapinville, N. Y. 

 J. M. Hambaugh, Escondido, Cal. 

 C. A. Hatch, Richland Center, Wis. 

 C. C. Miller. Marengo, Illinois. 

 Wm. McEvoy, Woodstock, Ont. 



PEACH 



TREES.-No. 1 at 3 cts.; medium size, 21/4 cts., 

 and No. 2 at ] V'. ct.s. each. Tieew kept dormant 

 until after May ]5th. Circular free. 



E. S. Johnston, Box 43, Stookley, Del. 



pURE MAPLE SYRUP.-90 cts. gallon, f. o.b. Bruns- 

 * wick, Ohio; sample if desired. 



Perry C. Kellogg, R. F. D. 2, Brunswick, Ohio. 



pOR 



SALE. — Bees, honey, land, and timber. 



Tho. Worthington, Leota, Miss. 



