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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 1 



about; and 1 have decided — at least for my- 

 self — that it is not what God intended we 

 should use when we have aches and pains. 



For many years I had a notion that fruit 

 was bad for me; and it would be bad for me 

 now if I kept taking a bite between meals 

 and at all hours of the day. But I have 

 made a wonderful discovery, and one that 1 

 thank God for almost daily in the line of 

 fruit-eating. Years ago my good friend Dr. 

 Salisbury (of the lean-meat diet) remarked 

 that some people found it beneficial to eat a 

 nice ripe apple just before going to bed, as 

 that would cause a movement of the bowels 

 early in the morning, and thus obviate the 

 necessity of pills or physic. Two or three 

 years ago I found out that an apple some 

 time during the evening assisted rather than 

 hindered digestion during the night; and 

 later on I found that two or three apples 

 taken at the same time, if they were ripe 

 and mellow, did not do a bit of harm, but, 

 on the contrary, they help me to sleep. Now, 

 I think one explanation to this is that by de- 

 grees I got into a fixed habit of taking all 

 my fruit during the day, say between seven 

 and eight in the evening; and sometimes Mrs*. 

 Root and the children would say I would 

 surely get sick, especially when I was very 

 apple-hungry or we had some extra nice ap- 

 ples. But they now all give up and say that 

 the plan is certainly all right for me, and 

 conducive to the excellent health I now en- 

 joy. Our good friends at Battle Creek, Mich. , 

 insisted some time ago that anybody could 

 eat fruit without any after-inconvenience 

 providing he made a whole meal of fruit and 

 nothing else; and with me the last meal of 

 the day is entirely fruit — usually apples; and 

 I enjoy my fruit meal so much that it is a 

 positive fact that I look forward to the time 

 in the evening when I can enjoy my plate of 

 apples as I look over my exchanges. 



And let me say once more in closing, that, 

 after an experience of over sixty years in 

 testing different remedies, T have settled 

 down to the conclusion that "the best medi- 

 cine in the world " for me is nice ripe apples. 

 May God be praised for having given his be- 

 loved children this delicious and wholesome 

 fruit in such great plenty. 



Now, to enjoy fully this precious gift you 

 must grow the apples on your own trees. 

 Have trees that ripen in succession — Yellow 

 Transparent, perhaps, for the first; then Red 

 Astrakhan; then Maiden's Blush; and I great- 

 ly enjoy having a tree of the old-fashioned 

 itambo and Golden Pippin; and, later on, the 

 Gravenstein, and so on. 



At the time of my last visit to the cabin in 

 the woods I found a beautiful and thrifty 

 Yellow Transparent tree just beginning to 

 bear, that had five great beautiful apples all 

 in a cluster. The largest one in the lot had 

 spoiled because I did not get around to pluck 

 it; but the other four were not only the 

 handsomest apples I ever saw, but they were 

 to my taste delicious, and I do not know but 

 I shall have to call them the most delicious 

 fruit God ever gave to mankind. 



Now, to enjoy fully this great gift you will 



need to watch the apples from the time they 

 blossom until they are fully ripe, and at their 

 best; and do not forget to thank Ood while 

 you enjoy the apples grown around your 

 own home on your own trees. 



Heigh-ho! Here comes some backing to 

 what I have just been saying to you, from a 

 very unexpected source. I clip the follow- 

 ing from the Rural New -Yorker: 



It seems that John D. Rockefeller is an active mem- 

 ber of the Apple Consumers' League. That explains 

 several things which have often bothered us. We 

 have often wondered how Mr. Rockefeller could keep 

 his health so vigorously, carry his great wealth with- 

 out breaking down with it, and endure with such com- 

 posure the savage assaults made upon him by the 

 newspapers! It is now all made clear — he is a thirty- 

 third-degree apple-eater. His five apples a day have 

 brought him a large measure of health and philoso- 

 phy. Further, we commend Mr. Rockefeller's exam- 

 ple in giving apples away. Instead of handing out a 

 cigar or offering a drink, why not say, " Have an ap- 

 ple "? 



The concluding suggestion meets my most 

 hearty approval. For years I have been 

 pained to notice the fashion of giving out 

 cigars, or, worse still, treating the crowd 

 when a baby comes into the family, or some- 

 body gets married, or something of that sort. 

 Yes, 1 have known men who did not use ci- 

 gars themselves at all, and who were oppos- 

 ed to the use of tobacco, feel that it was in- 

 cumbent on them to treat to the cigars, just 

 because a baby had come into their home. 

 May God forbid that this fashion should go 

 any further. The present wave against in- 

 temperance will probably result in doing 

 away with treating to drinks on such an oc- 

 casion. And now, friends, does not the idea 

 strike you favorably of starting a fashion of 

 having a young father, or, if you choose, a 

 bridegroom, fill his pockets or a basket or a 

 barrel, with choice apples, and then let a nice 

 apple take the place of the cigar when con- 

 gratulations are in order? Mr. Rockefeller 

 has certainly done some good in this world 

 of ours if the credit belongs to him for en- 

 couraging the fashion of giving away apples 

 instead of tobacco or strong drink. 



WYOMING AND IDAHO FOR BEES. 



The Wyoming Stockgrower and Farm,er, 

 published at Cody, contains, in its issue for 

 October 17, a very interesting letter from Mr. 

 W. W. Turner, a local bee-keeper who has 

 been very successful in his bee-keeping op- 

 erations, and other reports sent to this of- 

 fice go to prove Wyoming is an extra-good 

 country for bee-keeping. Large irrigation 

 projects are being pushed ahead, which, of 

 course, will be for the benefit of bee-keep- 

 ers. No doubt Wyoming will soon be a 

 worthy rival of Colorado as a honey State. 

 Idaho, too, is making rapid progress, chiefly 

 on account of the enormous area of land be- 

 ing placed under irrigation. Near Twin 

 Falls, 930,000 acres will shortly be under ir- 

 rigation, and great developments are going 

 on elsewhere over the State. Idaho is very 

 well supplied with rivers fed by perpetual 

 snows, so that the opportunities for irriga- 

 tion are great. w. k. m. 



