October 14, 1922 
The farmer will probably try to return 
this showing of increased confidence in 
him on the part of the bees. If they have 
concluded to give him another chance he 
will have to do his part. Honey no longer 
brings 40 cents a pound, as it did during 
the high-sugar war period, hut it still 
wholesales as high as 25 cents for best 
quality. j. w. c. 
range of other exhibits will make the 
event one of the most notable in New 
Jersey farm history. 
A bill authorizing the Secretary of 
Agriculture to make loans to farmers for 
the purpose of procuring seed for the 
1623 crop has been introduced in the 
Senate by Senator llnrreld of Oklahoma. 
It carries an appropriation of .'5500.000, 
and provides for loans for the purchase 
of wheat, oats, barley and flaxseed for 
seed purposes, and when necessary for 
the procuring of such seed and its sale 
to farmers. No such loan shall exceed 
$300, and all are made subject to levins 
prescribed by the Secretary, including a 
promise by the farmer to use the seed 
only for the production of grain. A first 
lien on the crop to be produced from the 
seed thus obtained is deemed sufficient 
security. 
The Federal Trade Commission an¬ 
nounced October 2 that the first series 
of conferences with representative grain 
men of the country would be held at 
Washington. October 3. to determine the 
causes for the slump of grain prices dur¬ 
ing the last six months of 11120, after 
future trading in wheat was restored, 
and the "reasons for the severe fluctua¬ 
tions in the price of May futures of 1921 
and 1922." The commission, which is to 
conduct a general inquiry into the grain 
trade in compliance with a Senate reso¬ 
lution. will hold further conferences in 
New York, October 0-7. and in Chicago, 
October 10 to 10 
Self-hiving Bees 
I have beard a good deal in my time 
of the paying practice of keeping one’s 
dish light side up, but 1 did not know 
till lately that it applied to the sort of 
a dish we call a beehive. I supposed 
that when a colony of bees escaped or 
died off that was the end of the trans¬ 
action (ill more bees were bought. But 
it is not always the fact. 
A farmer in Western New York, who 
used to be a good deal of a bee expert 
when he was not so full of field work as 
now, had accumulated a collection of 
perhaps 20 swarms, lie liked the bee 
idea, for it always seemed that garden 
crops of certain sorts yielded better when 
bees were about in goodly number. Of 
late, though, next to uo attention had been 
paid to tlie bees, and dually they seemed 
to resent the neglect, for the number of 
swarms ran down fast, till last year there 
was none left. The former bee man was 
sorry, but made no effort to get any more 
bees. Then lie noticed that one of the 
hives had bees in it again and then an¬ 
other. As Fall comes on there is found 
to be three good swarms where once there 
was none. The new swarms must be 
wandering bees that were not taken care 
of by some other too-busy owner. Ex¬ 
amination shows that they have all made 
honey enough to winter on. If the old 
practice of putting caps on the hives had 
been returned to there would have been 
plenty of surplus honey besides. 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK 
DOMESTIC. — Samuel A. Carlson, 
mayor of Jamestown, N. l r .; Guy F. 
Allen, former acting Treasurer of the 
United States; James B. Mansfield, en¬ 
gineer, and 24 others, were indicted Octo¬ 
ber 1 by the Federal Grand Jury on 
charges of conspiracy to commit an of¬ 
fense against the United States and of 
using the mails to defraud. The charges 
grew out of the sale of stock of Birming¬ 
ham Motors, a common law trust of New 
York State, by which it is asserted per¬ 
sons were defrauded in different cities. 
Alleged misrepresentations as to the 
financial and other conditions of the 
business are set forth in the indictments. 
Difficulty the company was experiencing 
With the postal authorities became known 
OH August 7 when the Grand Jury re¬ 
ported a presentment against Mayor 
Carlson, president of the company, ami 
17 others, on a charge of using the mails 
to defraud. The Grand Jurors then heard 
further testimony and caused the books 
of the concern to be brought to Wash¬ 
ington for inspection. 
Mrs. W. n. Felton of Cartefsville, Ga., 
has been appointed Senator from Georgia 
until the November elections, to fill the 
place left vacant by the death of Senator 
Watson. The appointment gives to her 
the honor of being the first woman Sena¬ 
tor. Mrs. Felton was a close personal 
friend of Senator Thomas E. Watson, a 
supporter of the present Governor, 
Thomas AY. Hardwick, who has appointed 
her. and has been honored with the con¬ 
fidence of President Harding, who. after 
bis election, summoned ber to Florida, 
where lie discussed Georgia and National 
affairs with her. Mrs. Felton, who is 87, 
is siill active, and engaged in the per¬ 
sonal management of her large farm in¬ 
terests in Bartow County, Airs, Felton 
will not actually serve in the Senate, 
since the November elections will be held 
before Congress convenes, unless there 
should be an extra session. She will not 
even have to go to Washington. It is 
understood, however, that she is entitled 
to a Senator's pay for the period she 
serves. 
According to the report issued October 
1 of the National Highways Protective 
Society on accidents due to vehicular 
traffic last month. 245 persons wore killed 
by automobiles and motor trucks in New 
Utilizing a Wild Vine 
The bunch of red grapes I send you is 
one of 11 bunches, of varying size, product 
of the second year’s growth of a scion 
set about 18 months ago into the root of 
a barren wild vine. Of those tested, the 
flavor of the original Agawam variety is 
fully retained. The growth was of high 
vigor, producing some leaves 13 in. in 
diameter, and strong vines. In this result 
a useless encumbrance of the ground has 
been transformed; has become “clothed 
and in its right mind,” to a useful and 
pleasing fruitage. J. j. p. 
R. N.-Y,—The hunch was of good size 
find handsome color, the flavor excellent. 
Address Wanted 
We have received a letter and remit¬ 
tance without name or instruction as to 
the writer’s wishes. It is postmarked 
Patterson, N. Y. If the writer will ad¬ 
vise us what disposition to make of the 
matter we will be glad to comply. 
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Save your coal! No 
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FA*RM AND GARDEN.—New Jer¬ 
sey's annual “Agricultural Week” will 
be held January 16-20. 1023, at Trenton. 
In conjunction with the celebration will 
be staged the Farm Products Show, with 
many new features, at the Trenton 
Armory. Boards of agriculture and 
County Farm Agents throughout the 
State are selecting corn, potato and other 
farm crops for the competitive exhibits 
at Trenton. Prize-winning exhibits of 
many of the local and county shows will 
be entered in the State show, while the 
