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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 15 



friend Rood; and Mrs. Root and I are plan- 

 ning to spend our winters in tlie future in 

 tiiat locality, about twenty miles distant 

 from our island home where we have been 

 for the past two winters. 



KILLING WEEDS WITH CHEMICALS. 



Most of you have probably heard the won- 

 derful things that are going to be or have 

 been accomplished by the use of secret prep- 

 arations that kill the weeds, especially char- 

 lock, wild mustard, etc. This is not partic- 

 ulaj'ly new. Some time ago T. B. Terry told 

 us in the Practical Farmer ?ihout destroying 

 weeds on his gravel walks, drives, etc., by 

 using copperas — using 7 to 9 lbs. to the bar- 

 rel of water. Just now chemical weed-kill- 

 ers are being extensively advertised, with 

 big claims, and at a big price for material. 

 The Pennsylvania Experiment Station has 

 made careful tests, and analyzed the secret 

 compounds. It is ordinaiy green vitriol, 

 worth from $2.75 to $3.00 per 100 lbs , in 

 quantity, roasted until a good deal of the 

 water is expelled, 'leaving it in shape of a 

 white powder. This roasting process does 

 really make it more effective as a weed-kill- 

 er, and no doubt it may prove to be an im- 

 portant aid in growing many crops. If it 

 would only kill dandelions as well as mus- 

 tard and other things it would certainly be 

 a boon for use on our lawns. 



KILLING DANDELIONS — SPECIAL TREAT- 

 MENT. 



Since dictating the above I learn from the 

 Oem State Bural that the Idaho Experiment 

 Station has succeeded in killing the dande- 

 lions by the use of 3 lbs. of copperas to a gal- 

 lon of water, with the addition of 2. J lbs. of 

 sulphuric acid. This certainly ought to kill 

 the dandelions, and they leave us to infer 

 that it will not kill the grass on the lawn. 

 If it is true, it is probably the cheapest way to 

 get the dandelions out of your lawn — in fact, 

 about the only way if I am correct. 



T. W. BRYAN, OF FICKLIN, ILL. 



It looks just now as if we should have to 

 keep a standing warning against this man 

 swindling those who are interested in bee 

 culture. The following letter is a sample of 

 the ones we are getting right along, and be- 

 low are some extracts from the papers that 

 Bryan is sending out: 



Mr. A. I. i?oo;;.'— Enclosed please And T, W. Bryan's 

 letter and circular, of which I wish your opinion. 

 I am an old customer of yours, and I believe you will 

 tell me the truth. I doubt what Mr. Bryan says, and 

 surely if he has such a good thing- you have heard 

 sornpthing about it. E. Bausebman. 



Edinburg, Va. 



BEES! BEES! BEES! 



Do you love nice golden honey! Then let me teach you how 



to attract and rati-li lar^e swarms of bees which will make 



you $15.00 to «■;(). (Id a swarm this season. 



I want every man. wdiiiaji. Imy, and girl in this country to 

 know that my lin(.Ulct, which was copyrighted in 1904. will 

 teach them just how to jirepare and fit uj) empty bee-hives 

 packed in your own dooryard, which will attract large swarms 

 ot bees for miles, and then catch all the bees you may want, 

 for nothing. 



My plan of handling bees is entirely new and complete; does 

 away with the old-fogy way of waiting and watching for your 

 bees to swarm. Please remember that empty bee-hives fitted 

 up according to Instructions in my booklet always attract and 

 catch the swarms, therefore they will hive themselves, which 

 cuts out all possibility of any one getting stung by the bees. 



Tlie early bird catclies the worm. Just so In catching bee- 

 swarms. Send one dollar for booklet entitled " The Art and 

 Secret of Attracting and Catching Swarms of Bees." 



Address T. W. Bryak, 



Copyright 1904. Flckliu, 111. 



Let me repeat what I have said on these 

 pages over and over again. Mr Bryan's 

 secret is no secret at all. His dollar book is 

 a little bit of paper pamphlet, and his great 

 secret occupies only a part of one of the 

 small pages. First you are to hitch a red 

 rag to the hive you want the bees to come 

 into. Second, you are to scent it with anise. 

 Well, any bee-keeper will tell you that run- 

 away swarms go into empty hives without 

 the red Hag, or the scent of anise, more or 

 less, every season, and it is, therefore, not at 

 all strange they get into his "decoy" hives 

 occasionally, and from these people he gets 

 his testimonials. He is very careful not to 

 advertise in any of the bee-journals. Our 

 bee-papers, and agricultural journals also, 

 will do the public a great service by warn- 

 ing their I'eaders against this swindle. It is 

 high time that the Department forbid this 

 man the use of the ulails. The "early birti 

 that catches the worni" is Mr. Bryan him- 

 self in getting dollars from unsuspecting 

 people who are not posted. 



SALOONS OR SPEAKEASIES — AVHICH DO THE 

 MORE MISCHIEF? 



I suppose you are aware there are a lot of 

 people who argue that we had better have 

 open saloons, and get a revenue (?) from 

 them than to have blind tigers, etc. Dr. 

 Young, the celebrated orator (the Henry 

 Clay of Kentucky), recently said in a tem- 

 perance address: 



Who can get liquor from a saloon? Anybody, al- 

 most, and all he can pay for. True, the saloon-keeper 

 has sworn not to sell to minors nor to persons of 

 known intemperate habits; but, all the same, they 

 get it. But who can get liquor from a blind tiger? 

 Only persons whom the keeper believes to be those 

 who would swear to a lie before a jury. 



The above clipping comes from the Ala- 

 bama Citizen, the organ of the Alabama 

 Anti-saloon League. A blind^ tiger is bad 

 enough; but a tiger with his eyes wide open, 

 and licensed by the government of the Unit- 

 ed States to kitl, is ever so much worse. 



PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ADDRESSES THE 

 MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE ON 

 THE OCCASION OF ITS RECENT SEMI- 

 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 



We make the following brief extracts from 

 his talk: 



"No growth of cities and no growth of work can 

 make up for loss in number and character of farming 

 population.'. 



"The bulk of people should work with both head 

 and hand." 



"Progress can not permanently consist in aban- 

 donment of physical labor, but in the development of 

 physical labor so that it shall represent the work of 

 the trained mind in the trained body." 



" We must have a higher plane of efficiency and re- 

 ward with consequent increased growth of dignity for 

 the wage-worker." 



"We must develop a system under which each cit- 

 izen shall be trained as an economic unit." 



"The greatest of crops is the crop of children." 



Permit us to say amen to all of the above, 

 and especially amen to its concluding sen- 

 tence. 



