FARM NOTES. Work of the United States Department of Agriculture, GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL, The New Stingless Bee, Bee Hives in New York City. A gentle bee! Is such an inseet in The of a prominent business existence? Surely every thought of | house in New York City Is known to our honeymakers brings up an associa: | contain a prosperous apiary, while tion of our childhood days when we used to rob the hives and partake of the stored-up sweetness, perhaps to be amply rewarded with swollen cheeks and hands as a result of the resentful nature of the busy workers. So, then, the announcement from the Depart. ment Agriculture that it has dis-| ther a bee | | | " | roof | of covered a stingless bee, or ra with no inclination to sting, comes something of a shock, making us wish | that we were children again and able] to once more enjoy the hidden treas ure of a hive without having projected nto our systems the irritating venom of the bee's sting. | To the beekeeper, and especially the amateur, this discovery of the bee ex as r™ NEW STINGLESS as { to be « POFtS comes and greatly had dreams of handled without without smudge or sn little regard of st were handlin true that so than othe where care gs the sti Has a Stinger; but Never Stings. already d is ni - has a be Al \ri i culture, : ’ | | of t e | fof h a collection of the ¢ | perhaps the most Inte of his trip will be l and the 1 Honine 1s] -— - CARE OF LIVE STOCK IN TRANSIT, . ‘ FRANK ing It Introduces This Caucasian sting, and may without resort te bee vell or ments were made t the new bee by taining them hal and then when th up, by taking ou bees, handling mak no « alighting on the the ne fy Scooping Them Up by Handfiuls. . hey wore handfuls and The operator even scooped poured b was ho yen st and all through the experiments the honey givers retals amiabllity which has made them famous at the Department, While bee raising Is carried on sud cessfully In the small towns In the country, few persons know that the city Is well adapted, to a Hmited ex tent, to this interesting Industry. The eity of Washington Is an example of this, bees loented there doing better on Ing once government. If they do will : 8, We have no more trouble over this ques GROUNDS OF DEPARTMENT OF WABHINUTON, Graft in the Department, Secretary Wilson's recent somewhat facetious Nir, that when he Sotered the Agricultural Department he fom a corps of hall-starved scientists was BEE CORNER IN AGRICULTURE AT during the spring and summer months than those In the surrounding country, owing to the excellent pasturage afforded for the bees ln the numerons gardens, parks and pectar-yleldiog shade trees, sik far from the facts ln the case, and he can well point with some pride to the splendid organization of his depart- ment at this time, even though much recent discovery of “graft” in the sta- tistical division of the department It Is only due Mr, Wilson also to say that it is entirely to his and the enthusiasm which he has fmbued chiefs and assistants which he gathered about him that his partment has advanced during elght vonrs of incumbeney such leaps and bounds, department in aame-a branch of the Cabinet—it was, prior to the present Secretary's appointment, little more than a bureau, It now takes rank a8 one the foremost, mn amd most popular branches of the adminis tration. The eynles declare that with less enthusiasm and more eaution and conservatism there wonld have been proven facts brought far do not, a matter close anything very terrl- concert of action to vernment or the people, individual cases which have and ( my he have and wi accorded tion, The housecleaning gress will undoubtedly have il effect nd any official 1] tend to impr ve own and enthusiasm energy with the corps Ol de his Although a of rinnt The If ns fact, or mi] nd d any the the ory ons ynditlons meantime, the Depart: Is grinding ahead t extremely valuable products n farmer. a aking Maple Sugar. Ruear Indn \merice Growingand M The Maple tev | \ fy —— BODILY HEAT OF ESKIMOS, Normal Temperature Frequently Over One Hundred Degrees. ol in our ations made Alaskan ! 1 USE OF HERBS DECLINING, | Good Old Remedies Our Grandfathers | Dug in Woods Have Passed Away. the f Gree ready ups in cam ) ive old-fa wl » 1, sumac ", horehiou yellow dock, catnip, cherry bark, m ein, extract of oats, lobelia and on. Al these herbs ave the reput tion of belug good for some one : more allmenis Catnip for nervous ORR, afras for the blood, hore and boneset for colds, for throat, wintergreen for rheumatism, lo in case of poisoning, People who still healtd buglew: about for sassalras, idens there green, Calnom sis sumach bella as an emetic wullein for consumption, ¢ Nearly all of these herbs are made into teas, Sassafras tea, boneset tea and catnip tea are brewed and served either cold orf hot. Among the many hundreds of herbs that are sold in this litle shop are some that are deadly poisons, and they are labeled and sold under the same restrictions as other POlsons, The good old remedies that our grandfathers hunted and dug In the woods, those that our grandmothers planted and tended In the garden, have given way to harmful remedios, to drugs that leave the patient In a worse condition than when he began thelr use, We believe It has been a mistake to give up the old remedies, [) : A. ——— an —— No Rebate Tribulations There, From the Washington Post It Is certain that the President will have no difficulty In adjusting the rall way question in Ching, where there Is no obstinate Senate ln the way, hue and cry has been made over the! his | dee | MANDS IF RATIONALLY USED. Young Trees Planted on Cleared Arcas Constantly Coming For- ward to Maturity, Thus Making a Constant Supply. the vant Northwest nuded the lmmbermen in that region are Since timber lands by | seeking new fields in the South, for a | | lumberman | n ploneer, always a lmuberman and The yellow pine and hard. | wood ford of several of th | ern states, which have been | neglected for the lack of transportation facilities, have now attracted the at { tention of northern lumbermen and the outhern forest being visited | the railroad and the saw mill. Timber { land which a few years ago was con dered wor n dollar an brings £10 to £25, and with the ethically new indus on, much of 1 h been ul purpos ft wi tanding Pros] i south hv Dy are and ana HTOUs Lumber Waste and Forest Fires. American lumb known to be a most wa n, little regard bel wth of new timber, comes fr I'he average Rational Forest Cutting. DAIRYING ON SAN JUAN HILL. Mistoric Spot Now the Abiding Place of Contented Cattie, t of Agr both the Amer i 1 faced each other deadly combat. ————————— ———— THEY EAT MOSQUITOS, Young Fish Make Short Work of “Wrigglers.” 100 whitefieh were of the New York amd they have how grown i average length of about two | Naturally such little fishes 1 born under the conditions of pa id feed on minute forms of ni | life usually present In water y the Aquarium It was Decessary to provide food collected by man, First they got herring roe chopped up very fine and strained through cheesecloth Later they were given finely chopped | liver, but now they are partaking of | a fish delicacy In the way of mosquito | lar For two or (hree years the aquariom had a mesquite exhilil, showing the varfous Interesting periods In the lite of 8 mosquito, One of these, fam ilar to most of us, Is the wriggler of the ralnowater barrel and of stagnant pools and ponds. The aquarium col lector often comes across places where perhaps a half a hundred thousand wrigglers ean be scooped up in a gallon of water, and so it has been no difficult matter to provide an ample supply of five food for the tiny white fish, and other bables of the funy tribe being artificially reared, { March some i the hatchery rn, Ww bu Ty has SOUTHERN TIMBER SUPPLY. of the! have been practically de-| | long- | now | paid | —————— COFFEE DOES HURT the trial POSTUM FOOD COFFEE vourself in its place, That’s the only way to find out. . 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