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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



dueries aiid Replies. 



Sof ins Alsite Clover, 



Query 753. — Will it do to sow Alsike 

 clover, red clover, and cow peas together? 

 If so, I want to sow some. — Mississippi. 



I do not know. — J. M. Hambaugh. 



Yes ; sow early. — Mes. L. Harrison. 



I have had no experience in this line. 

 — H. D. Cutting. 



I have no experience as an agricultur- 

 ist, and do not know. — J. E. Pond. 



I know nothing about the cow peas ; 

 the others will grow well togetlier. — G. 



M. DOOLITTLE. 



I do not know. I should think much 

 would depend on the soil and climate. — 

 James Heddon. 



I presume it will do ; but I am not 

 prepared to say whether it is the best 

 way. — M. Mahin. 



I am not well enough informed regard- 

 ing the grasses of Mississippi to advise 

 in this matter. — Eugene Secor. 



In this section of country the alsike 

 clover does best with timothy. It does 

 not do well with the red clover. — G. L. 

 Tinker. 



In your climate the clover should be 

 sown in the Fall — October or November. 

 This would be too late for cow peas. — J. 

 P. H. Brown. 



P I am not acquainted with the habits 

 of cow peas. If like the common pea, 

 they would smother the young clover. — 

 R. L. Taylor. 



It will do, though it' may not be wise. 

 We sowed alsike, red, white and alfalfa. 

 They did well. There are some excel- 

 lent effects of sowing such mixed seeds. 

 — A. J. Cook. 



I do not know about the "cow peas." 

 If they grow very rank and dense, they 

 would probably choke out the clover. 

 Why not sow the clover with a rather 

 thin sowing of oats ? — C. H. Dibbern. 



I have sowed red and alsike clover 

 together, and have seen it do well. The 

 trouble about alsike clover in my locality 

 is, its shortness of life. I have never 

 seen but one good strong crop from a 

 single sowing. Eed clover produces 

 two or three good crops from one time 

 seeding. Alsike ha§ proved itself a bien- 



nial plant in this climate and soil. Alsike 

 clover is a wonderful honey producer. I 

 speak for middle and northern Ken- 

 tucky. I have no experience with the 

 cow pea. — G. W. Demaree. 



Alsike clover seed is very fine, and 

 when sown with red clover, should be in 

 the proportion of one-third of alsike to 

 two-thirds of red clover, and they do 

 fairly well together, though the red 

 clover has a tendency to crowd the 

 alsike out. In Mississippi, cow peas are 

 not sown at the same time as the clovers, 

 and would, therefore, not be sown "to- 

 gether." In the North, it is sown with 

 timothy to the best advantage for pas- 

 turage. Alsike honey is of excellent 

 body and flavor. — The Editor. 



To Jersey County, Ills., Bee-Keepers. 



I am trying to get the bee-keepers of 

 Jersey Co., Ills., together so as to or- 

 ganize a society. How should I go to 

 work to make it a success ? There are 

 lots of bee-men around here, if I can 

 only get them together. They each have 

 from 1 up to 100 colonies of bees. Sug- 

 gestions will be appreciated from any 

 one. P. E. Vandenburg. 



Jerseyville,'Ills., Feb. 4, 1891. . j 



[We should say, Write a notice'calling 

 a Convention at some convenient place in 

 the county. Have it published in all the 

 bee-periodicals (they all publish such 

 free), and in that way you will get 

 enough together to talk the matter over, 

 and organize. Then you can get the 

 names and addresses of all the bee-keep- 

 ers afterwards, and induce them to 

 attend a future meeting, and become 

 members. This is the best advice we 

 can ofter now. — Ed.] 



Bec=Convention.s will be held dur- 

 ing the next few months in many localities.- 

 The most convenient thing at such gather- 

 ings is the Convention Hand-Book. It 

 contains a simple Manual of Parliamentary 

 Law and Rules of Order for Local Bee- 

 Conventions; Constitution and By-Laws 

 for a Local Society ; Programme for a Con- 

 vention, with Subjects for Discussion. In 

 addition to this, there are about 50 blank 

 pages, to make notes upon, or to write out 

 questions, as they may come to mind. 

 They are nicely bound in cloth, and are of 

 the right size for the pocket. We will 

 present a copy for one new subscription to 

 the Bee Journal (with ^ 1 .00 to pay for the 

 same), or 2 subscribers to the Home Journal 

 may be sent instead of one for the Bee 

 Journal. 



