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JP I g* ? arm <mZ Garden WINTERING BEES. I t Packing Colonics In 8traw In an Open ( Storm Shed. e At the back side of the bee building s t the Montana experiment station and e running the length of it is a room with dirt floor fltted up with two skeleton n she) ves of 2 by 4 so that some forty ' or fifty colonies of bees may be win 1 tered under as nearly normul condi- . tlous as possible, with the entrances counected wlUi the outside, permitting the l>ees to fly at will. Above these rooms in the gable roof Is ample storage room for empty hives and for surplus combs when not In use for the houey harvest. During the first two winters prior to the erection of this bee house expert SHltLTKR FOR BEEHIVES. oienls were carried on in outdoor wintering and in packing a number of col- ( Ioules in straw under one roof. The ex- | pertinents during the last two years were not only modified by the indoor wintering with packing only above the \ colonies, but also by packing colonies Ilu straw in an open shed against the ide of the house. (See the accompanying figures.) 1 ? ? - uuiuwi niuieiiuij is usuatiy accomplished in chaff hives, and one great objection is the expenslveness of these hives. Otherwise, since it is the most h-'ndition for bees, this method i q. recommended for inexperi_?keepers. The feature of these It iVes is a double wall with from ? eight inches of space lietween ft),ou all sides, including the uled with some nonconductor j like straw, chaff, paper or 'ork. The effect of this pack- j > 10 retain the heat and at the time permit the moisture pro- | v .J by the bees to pass off. i To further permit moisture to escape | .the oil or carriage cloth quilt used in i summer is removed and a canvas quilt i i placed over the frames. Above this i newspapers, a piece of old quilting or | a chaff tray may be used to retain the t (beat. Then above this material to re- ! tain the beat there should be an open t 1, ace with free ventilation, accom- I / shed by auger holes throngh the ga ] ends of the r nnf The on* l <le hive should be thoroughly paint- i and the hive placed several Inches c * the ground to prevent freezing and c tawing and the attendant soaking up c water. The entrance formed by a [ 'dge passageway through the packat the usual place Is contracted to f HIVES IN PIJA.CZ I [Ready for a winter protection of board* I and straw to be put across the front.] I Ian Inch or so for the winter. There ' should he In most instances 110 trouble : In wintering bees so packed If tlicy 1 are strong in numbers auil witb plenty ' P| of stores.?Montana Experimental Sta- I 1 don. | Dried Leaves Useful. Plenty of dried leaves should l>e 1 gathered for laddie ' and to bank up 1 cellars and pits, suggests American Cultivator. Bog bay is also good for ^ this purpose. In some localities large f areas of brook hay nnd bog hay have this year not l>een considered worth ' cutting for stock, but now that work fti not so pressing some farmers could ' find time to cut this grass for bedding 1 and mulch. Simply mow It. leave it ' for a day or two, then tnrn the swaths, 1 and next day it will he enred well ' enough for these purposes i The Firat Rote. k According to a very ancient legend, tit the first rose appeared upon the earth ? ; at Onllstan. The lotus had long reign ed alone, but the flowers became dls satisfied beeause their drowsy queen ' '' could only keep awake by day. They wished for one who would be as fair ' In revels under the tnoon as In the 1 HL- garish day. It was then the rose apg "jf pea red and waa chocen the queen of K1 >iower?. She sprang Into being at the 2,^/poog of the nightingale and was purest Hr white until colored with the blood i K E from the nightingale's breast. As . K earth's sweetest singers are those who || 'f- hare felt the thorn, so, It Is said, the sL nightingale sings his exquisite mnele 91 h the rase with hie breast npea a HP njrvr 1- ?. WTHE GOLDEN CORN. Magnificent Display and Big Prizes at Corn Exposition. Two hundred and fifty dollars for an ar of corn Is oue of the Interesting esults of the corn Ira prove men t cum luign which bus been In progress for he past fifteeu years In this country. That amount xvqs puid ut nuctlou for ,u Indiana ear of white corn sold at he recent National Coru exposition lu Chicago. This graud champion white ar contained 1,200 kernels, with an asIgned value of 20 cents each. Sixty ars of Its kind represent a bushel. Such fabulous prices for coru are not n object of the work which corr trontlitrv l?o 1 .?? ? ? ? 11 ~ unic inxu uuu ll If UOlIlg. "licy are simply encouraging Incidents. When the late James Kiley, ridiculed >y his neighbors. used to "monkey ^ CHAMPION EAlt, AVH1TK 4'OUN. round" iu his eoruQelds selecting seed fllll ii ml Si. n.m ..... ...... .11^ ? iiiivi oun aim hem by (ho hour, he had no thought if what has occurred in corn breeding s a direct result of his hobby. That ;ood old Iloosier farmer did not know hat lie was doing more for the future ban for his own time. Boone Count;. iVliite ami Itiley's Favorite, two of our tandurd varieties, owe their origin lud improvement to his faithful work doreover, his results were the s our o >f no small part of the interest in corn inprovemeut which has been uiuitlp.yng throughout the counlry for tw? leeades. What Mr. Riley accomplished in in liana was quite paralleled In Ohio 1?t the Learnings and in Illinois by .Tamer L. Reid. As a result we have the pope nr standard variety known as l.eam Lng and the more cosmopolitan Reid's Yellow Dent, each of which is extensively grown in the Mississippi valley. For exhibition purposes the latter is without a peer in the races or varieties of corn. And still only a beginning has lieen made. Ears that are pmeticalh per ict.1, uccoruiug 10 present standards, ore being produced. but perfection has not been attained. The moat important work remains to be done. It does not consist in producing .$250 ears nor in emphasizing the so culled artistic values of perfect scoring types. Its prime object is to secure u maximum yield of merchantable corn from every acre planted. Never was such keen interest shown In any crop as is exhibited today in corn. It was retlected in magnificent fashion at the corn show in Chicago a short time ago. Fourteen states contributed exhibits. According to their representation, their rank was as fob ows; Illinois, Iowa. Indiana, Wisconsin, Ohio, Nebraska, South Dakota, Michigan. Missouri, Kansas, Minnesota, Oklahoma Texas and Kentucky, iteid's Yellow Dent was represented by 100 ten-ear entries, Learning by 40. Soone County White by 40 and Silverii Inn In- r.?> I., ?l.? ? w,. XJmm. 1U lUt' IHjy & ClilSh JUU mtrles were exhibited, In the ladies' >lass 250, in the girls' 150, in the freak lass 150. Altogether $10,000 in cush >rlzes was awarded. It is highly profitable to show corn 'or prize". One man from Indiana Z x CHAMPION TEN BARS, WHITS CORN. won more than $7,000 in prizes on a single ten ear exhibit. Iucludlug the prizes won by his family, he left the show about $0,000 to the good. And nil the corn he showed was grown on ii little thirteen acre patch. An Iowa exhibitor won prizes of a total value of about $0,000. A South Dukota corn grower received nearly $7,(XX) worth of prizes. Hundreds of others gained valnat>le prizes in great variety, according to the Breeder's Gazette, Chicago, from whose extensive illustrated report of the great corn show the foregoing Items are gleaned. A Cover Crop. A cover erop will catch In the fall the nitrates and other valuable plant food which would otherwise be lost In the drainage system and hold it ovei until the following spring for the us? of the trees. It also catches the nitrates In the spring, which are apt to leach out, and takes up the excess water and thereby puts the ground In conlltlon sooner for cultivation. Carrots For Horsos. Carrots are considered of high value for all classes of stock, but especially of great value for feeding horses. Ths leaves of carrots appear to be of higher feeding value than the leaves of mangels or rutabagas. u American, Dr. John Gorrie of Apalachtcola, Fla., invented the proe ess of making ice artificially, and no made the modem Ice trade ami system of cold storage possible. Another Amerlcan, Frederic. Tudor of Boston wan the first man to organise a trad# In nafhral lee.?Exchange, an.? liot nn Answer. The victim of the dentist held np hie hand. "Tv. for." said he. "before you r,a* the lid ou my conversation will you answer a question?" "Yes." said the dentist, selecting a square piece of rulilter and snipping It with liis Mirrors. people chew more ou oue side of the mouth thau the other?" "Sure." said the dentist, picking up the clamps. "How Interesting! Which side?" "The inside," replied the dentist. tlliiiiiiu* th,? , ,?? .... ........t. uuiu ?>ci me * ?rbnl oue that Issued from bis patient's lips.?Llpplncott'8. Motto Olympia Automobile Exhibition A good thing is soon snapped up.? Prehistoric Proverb. May it be so with the cars!?Sketch. Her Stipulation. When a rosy cheeked, good nature# Irish girl fresh from the other side re cently sought employment in the servIce of a Germantown woman the latter began anxiously to Interrogate the girl as to her qualifications. "Can you cook, Nora?" asked the lady most earnestly. "Are you a good cook?" "Yes, mum; I t'lnk so," responded the girl naively, "if ye'll not try to help me."?Harper's Weekly. Forewarned. "Yes," said HI Tragerdy, with a smile, "I remember my parents used to say I'd never amount to anything If I didn't give up my theatrical aspirations." "Well, that was fair warning," remarked Crlttlck. "Why didn't you profit by it?"?Philadelphia Press. Happy Family. "Do Bliggins and his wife quarrel as much as they used to?" "No. Each has learned to go on reading a newspaper while the other Is talking without being In the least disturbed."?Washington Star. Love between a man and a woman of equal wind is like fiuld In a U tube ?always at a level In the two arms. Grea^ love on one side and little loro uu ui? ocner exist only lu novels. There can be one sided physical love, but that Is not worthy the name love^? Austin O'Malley. ||| ; 7Ty j"-? (o^ | lo. . 4 I Vv'iir. ^Ot F Cheapest Be % T..-, IJERE. a. y K ) I 1 and c: V/ wari madc from Pu f2> Kuarante WkL?^''' with av< mind yo a sometim I num W, 9 or br,. ak but chip M causes % eminent SOUL feL^*' % V"'Brcs Qj* \ subject. 0 1 Accor Philadel bach ad I Only a few oi g are shov I Thi i Brussels Sprout*. This curious vegetable rosebush Is I vsr.v great value to the farmer a market gardener. Primarily, m* cour tts strongest hold Is as n money mnk It yields well, averaging o..e !? | a srecimhn ru,\n: plant. It ir. a hardy, vigorous spr men i?i li)'. world mill lias f< lie. I s. *! ! c liii .i- cabbage* art' genera in l strawberry I ox of eo uierce. alSt ; 1 to hold in tin- = hood of a quart, which sell at who 8alo from S io ltd cents a quart. T Long Islamler. because favored by i ture with a longer season than our land neighbors. as a rule fnot the ? ccptiom, wins the top notch tigur according to a writer in American C tivator. An acre of "sprouts'* on the isla carries over 7,000 plants. As the sec are plutited like inte cabbage, in t opeu air, there is no expense in ra lug boyoud seed lied preparation a cost of seed. The young plants a as easily transplanted as cabbage, a the cultivation is identical in eve way. The season opens in October a frequently runs through December a muuy times (on Long Island) into Ft ruary, for sprouts care but little 1 frost, while freezing makes lh? weeter und more dainty. A Sure Cure for Pile* Mr. F. S. Randall ot No. to F.a.t Main S Ltrojr, N. Y., writes that Bloodine Ointment h proven efficacious in a stubborn case of Piles si Rectal Fissure* where everything else has (ails Bloodine Ointment is sold on a positive guarant to car* Pilea or money back. la the most healing salve in the world. It tvill p itlvelv cure cuts, burns, old (ores, ecxeraa. let'.: salt rhe um a d all skiu diseases. Found nt Last a cure for Eciema. 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