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the year: First cutting, 15,000 pounds; 

 second cutting, say, 11,000 pounds; 

 third cutting, say, 8,000 pounds; total, 

 34,000 pounds, or 17 tons of green 

 fodder. Alfalfa, we are given to believe, 

 dries out about one-half in curing, and 

 this would, therefore, leave us S}i tons 

 of hay to the acre. 



The results of the experiments with 

 alfalfa will be embodied in one of the 

 Experiment Station Bulletins this Fall. 



Alfalfa is a grand honey-producer, 

 and as it can be successfully grown in 

 the Northwest, we have another excel- 

 lent source for honey. 



Honey for Sliipment. — Mr. 



Geo. G. Scott, of Wadena, Iowa, sends 

 us a copy of an instruction to railroad 

 agents, in regard to honey offered for 

 shipment, which has been issued by the 

 Western Classification Committee : 



June 23. — Honey in comb, packed in 

 boxes having glass fronts, should not be 

 received for shipment unless fronts are 

 fully covered and protected. 



One of the principal objects for putting 

 glass in the crates, was that the em- 

 ployes of the freight or express compa- 

 nies may see the nature of the packages 

 and handle them the more carefully. If 

 this glass is to be covered up, as ordered 

 by the Western Classification Committee, 

 that precaution is entirely nullified. 



On the other hand, the railroad com- 

 panies have been compelled to pay for 

 the depredations of employes, who have 

 broken the glass, gouged out the honey, 

 and ruined whole crates by the leakage, 

 simply to gratify their appetites. This 

 has, no doubt, caused the present ruling 

 of the Classification Committee. 



We must labor with the committee, 

 and try to have the order revoked. 



Arizona has a bee-keepers' associa- 

 tion. It was incorporated on May 17, 

 1890, and is located at Phoenix, the 

 capital. The officers are W. L. Osborn, 

 President ; J. H, Brooraell, Vice-Presi- 

 dent, and J. A. R. Irvine, Secretary. 

 They hg^ve shipped four carloads of 

 honey to Chicago this year. It is gath- 



ered from Mesquitc and alfalfa. Mr. 

 Broomell came to Chicago with the 

 honey, and called at this office. He 

 says that they never fail to have a good 

 crop of honey there. They always have 

 the nectar and the bees to gather it, and 

 the honey crop is assured. The only 

 question is about the price to be obtained, 

 not about the quantity or quality. 

 Alfalfa honey is as clear as crystal, 

 so thick that it will scarcely run, and its 

 flavor is simply exquisite. The mesquite 

 honey is fully equal to the alfalfa — in 

 fact, it would be quite difficult to dis- 

 tinguish between them if it were not 

 that the latter is of darker color. 



Ne^w Dictionary.— A copy of the 

 prospectus of the New Standard Dic- 

 tionary of the English Language, has 

 been received from the publishers, Funk 

 & Wagnalls, of New York and London, 

 and, if we may judge from a superficial 

 examination of the advance sheets, and 

 the liberal endorsement of prominent 

 educators, both in America and England, 

 it will be the best Dictionary ever pub- 

 lished, not only for the scholar, but for 

 the average reader, as well. This 

 Dictionary does not aim to give a com- 

 plete history of the English language as 

 it was in the past, but to present it as it 

 is now used by the best writers, and in 

 America. The pages are somewhat 

 larger than those of Webster's Interna- 

 tional, and typographically the work is 

 excellent. The publishers are "sparing 

 neither labor nor money to make the 

 Dictionary in fact, as well as in name, 

 the Standard for all English-speaking 

 countries." 



"We Have received notice of the 

 death of Mrs. Alfred Cox, at Sumner- 

 town, Tenn., formerly an active member 

 of the Indiana Bee-Keepers' Association, 

 from Boone County, and an expert in 

 apiculture. Her artistic display of 

 honey at county and State fairs will be 

 long remembered by those who saw 

 them. -^India na Farmer. 



