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done under National and State auspices 

 seems to be about half lost to the general 

 public just from the lack of intercommuni- 

 cation between the workers and those who 

 would really like to know what is going on. 

 When we were boys we found that watching 

 the evolution of the doughnut was a wonder- 

 ful appetizer for doughnut. We hope there- 

 fore that experimenter Taylor will let us 

 climb up in chairs and " help " — and see 

 everything from the sifting of the flour to 

 the hanging up of the spider, as the Michi- 

 gan doughnuts are evolved. 



It will do no harm, though, to look at the 

 matter from another direction. Experi- 

 menting in quest of valuable discoveries is 

 very like raising new seedlings in quest of 

 valuable new varieties. Many thousand 

 strawberry seedlings are carefully raised for 

 every one new strawberry that comes into 

 general cultivation. Even so, many sets of 

 experiments may be wisely planned and ably 

 executed before we all get rich and go to 

 the World's Fair on the proceeds. But even 

 if our doughnuts do all turn out unedible 

 mud-pies in the end, we want to have the 

 fun of seeing them made. 



The Ckmadian, having encountered a little 

 racket in rough waters, is recovering and 

 catching up. 



Oleanings pleads not guilty about the 

 Weed comb. Looks like a bad case of blun- 

 dering on my part. I must investigate dates 

 a little (when bees are not swarming) and if 

 the description was promptly given, before 

 people had largely learned the thing from 

 other sources. I will eat " humble pie " as if 

 I liked it. Humble pie is good for hasty 

 folks any way, only it don't taste good. 



Tlie Proyrpusive gives the Review and ray- 

 self the very hi'jh compliment of commenc- 

 ing a new department on the same general 

 lines as this Condensed View. I am specially 

 pleased to see that the writer repeats and 

 earnestly seconds my estimate of Mr. Hutch- 

 inson's work. The opening article is illus- 

 trated, thus going the Review " one better." 

 Tlie Review appears in the illustration as at 

 the head of the race : but W. Z., do you when 

 you go a bikinar ride a three wheeled con- 

 cern, like an elderly physician whose sands 

 of life have well nigh run out ? 



The department is signed " Somnambu- 

 list ;" and who Somnambulist is will be a 

 first-class conundrum for a bit. But when 

 we look closely It appears as if his tracks 

 were not entirely covered. If he has a lady 



assistant in his apiary — and if he has rustled 

 around for " straw " till the surrounding 

 fields yield scarce enough to make a peewit's 

 nest — and if he has a lower estimate of Stray 

 Straws than any one but the modest author 

 is likely to have — why then possibly we can 

 locate him. Dear Somanambulist don't 

 make your nest upon one of those lofty pinna- 

 cles at the World's Fair. Remember that 

 somnambulists go in lofty places with per- 

 fect safety so long as they are sound asleep ; 

 but the minute they wake up they fall and 

 break all to pieces. 'Hist ! I shall wake 

 him. 



The Progressive also has a picture and 

 biography, apparently intending to " follow 

 suit" on A. B. J.'s strongest department. 

 Altogether the Progressive seems quite meta- 

 morphosed. And editor Leahy (his name is 

 run up this time) I guess we may set him 

 down as one of those fellows who will make 

 a horn spoon or teetotally spoil the horn, 

 and a good jack-knife too. 



There, I'm going to let the rest of the 

 drove go. and see if I cannot stop my swarmy 

 bees from being driven to still hotter swarm 

 fever by lack of place to put their honey. 



RioHAEDs, Lucas Co., O., June 20, 1893. 



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