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I said that the eastern part of the 

 State would have a good yield, and that 

 it would not be good in the West ; but I 

 did not say there would be a failure in 

 any part of the State. I said it would 

 be the worst failure in Mills, Cass, 

 Guthrie, Dallas and Polk counties of 

 any part of the State, but I did not say 

 it would be a failure there. Mr. John- 

 son says it has been one of the best of 

 honey-flows. 



I think that Mr. Frank Coverdale, of 

 Welton, some three or four years ago, 

 averaged close to 140 pounds to the 

 colony, and I think doubled his colonies, 

 and he had about 80, spring count, as 

 near as I remember. According to 

 that, Mr. Johnson did not get one-third 

 of a crop. I do not see how he can call 

 that a good yield. 



I stated in my predictions that I did 

 not have as good a chance this year, as 

 I had last, to show that I could tell what 

 I claimed I could ; but when the right 

 time comes, which surely will come, I 

 will convince you that I can tell what I 

 profess to tell, beyond a doubt. If the 

 weather had been favorable, there would 

 have been double the honey this year 

 that there was last year. It was in the 

 flowers, but the bees could not get out 

 to gather it. 



I do not know that I would have given 

 out my predictions for this year, but bee- 

 men kept writing me from every part of 

 the country, for my predictions. I know 

 I did not have a good chance to prove 

 that I could tell what the honey-flow 

 would be. 



I am glad that bee-keepers are inter- 

 ested in my predictions, and I will prove 

 to them that I can tell of any coming 

 failure of honey, caused by the non- 

 secretion of nectar when it prevails over 

 any great portion of country the same 

 year. 



I have not taken a single pound of 

 honey yet. I think, though, that I will 

 get some yet, as I think we will have a 

 good fall flow from asters, if it does not 

 get too hot and dry. It is very dry now, 

 and has been so for a long time. Corn 

 is cut short by half in this part of the 

 country. Sam Wilson. 



Cosby, Tenn., Aug. 27, 1892. 



[We think it is about time that Mr. 

 Wilson should begin to give his proof (if 

 he has any) that he can foretell whether 

 there will be a honey-flow or not, and 

 not keep on saying that he can "show 

 that he could tell what he claimed he 

 could." If he has anything of value 



along the line of prophecy, it is quite 

 time he was giving some "reasons for 

 the faith that is in him," or he will soon 

 be put down as a " false prophet." — 

 Eds.] 



W&MB&B 



Combed and Extracted. 



Beautiful May — That Didn't Come. 



MRS. A. L. HALLENBECK. 



All through the long dreary April 



We longed for the lovely May, 

 With her sunshine and birds and flowers 



That come with the soft spring day. 

 But we watched her birth in the morning, 



Through teardrops of falling rain ; 

 For Nature was grieved for her darling, 



And wept that she came thus in pain. 



We hoped 6he would smile on the morrow, 



And watched through each dreary day 

 For the flowers, the birds, and the sunshine, 



To welcome the lovely May. 

 But the winds grieved with mournful sighing 



And the clouds wept their tears of pain, 

 Till all of her sad days were ended, 



And she died in the sobbing rain. 



JtJNE. 



But June came, and with it the sunshine ; 



It came as if meaning to stay ; 

 The clover-blooms nod to the breezes ; 



The busy bees, working away. 

 Bring joy to the hearts of their keepers, 



And teach us to never despair ; 

 For He who gives all of our blessings 



Knows how to, and when to, and where. 



Millard, Neb. —Gleanings. 



Japanese Buckwheat. 



This foreigner has been tried by many 

 and is well liked, the seed being larger 

 than other well known varieties. Where 

 the corn was drowned out by floods, it 

 might have been sown. Years ago I 

 frequently drove by a farm where near 

 the road was a low, rich piece of ground 

 yearly yielding an immense growth of 

 iron-weed and useless plants. It changed 

 hands one spring. It was before the 

 advent of tiling, but when the low, rich 

 piece of ground had dried out, it was 

 ploughed up, pulverized and sowed to 



