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«K5 T » * If <sp>^ < >« »• »j. ' ~"S.*3i * v:-^- * - ~ , *?*4W Y&PTZ "& *- } ' T"" * H ' / >* '7t;<*i5 *z •*-- MeHENKW lti: Mwt V 3 -*? V ^sR; FARMERS 'S V . « • H .;•: j" Colonies of honey makers ft- ! 'necessary to fruit raising | ! 'because they are the chief > fertilizing agent: : And ;1" • jthere can be nothing more ^,l-J - 'tempting than hot biscuit h•* V 'and honey for breakfast ?v; 'km a crisp winter morning i'V , ; - '/•-•..• . . V •/• ; •• < ' > ' V • XS-* * By RO B E RT- H» WO U LTON» «* •" ' Q - 'c ' W"""A * * -' ARMERS 'to' tfils cownt^'ife'Jttlt'; *• coming to realize the debt which they owe to the honey bee. It has long been understood, of e course, that this busy little In­ sect fertilizes the blossoms of ap­ ple and, other fruit trees and so helps to Increase the crop, yet the bee has seldom been credited with doing so much good as is actually the case. Indeed, in times past some fruit growers have sought to get rid of the bees on the ground that they damage the ripe fruit. The crop so quickly decreased In Size, how­ ever, .that the fruit men were glad enough to have the bees back again. There is a well-es­ tablished belief that bees puncture grapes in or­ der to extract the sweet juice, but the fallacy of this belief has been proved beyond a doubt. Rlpd fruit has been placed Inside a beehive, with thou­ sands of the insects present, but it has not been molested. It is true that if hornets or birds make holes ih grapes, pears or other ripe fruit, the bees will feed on the Juice which is exuded. In point of fact, the jaws of the honey bee are so made that it would bCunable to bite into or otherwise make holes in fruit, even if it had a will to do so. Orchards in which bees are present in large numbers are almost always much more productive , than those in which only a few bees are to be found and many apple growers are now es­ tablishing apiaries in 'or near their orchards. It is not necessary to have the hives actually under the trees and It may be better to have them in- an ad­ joining field If the orchard is to be cultivated, as otherwise the hives might be in the way and the horses stung. Bees seem to have an instinctive, dislike for horses and will even attack the bee­ keeper sometimes if he starts to work in the bee yard when the odor of horses is upon his clothing. Beekeeping is not to be recommended to h6stlers. To the orchardist the honey and wax which he gets from his bees are merely by-products. An extra yield in fruit Is what he is, after. And he gets it, as may be judged from an instance cited by one of the state experiment stations. It seems that two orchards situated in the same part of the country were cultivated in exactly the same manner and had the same kinds of trees. Yet one was prolific and the other a failure. When the experiment station was appealed to, the trouble was diagnosed as a lack of bees to pollinate the flowers. "You are wrong," the answer was flashed back, "for there are no bees in either orchard." The Inspector was not convinced, however, and after a search he found a very strong colony of bees in a fallen log in one corner of the bearing orchard. Bees were immediatelyjnstalled in the other orchard by the owner, and as a result he netted nearly $4,000 the next season--pretty good Interest on an investment of $15 or $20 in bees. Most people do not know that an apple blossom requires to be fertilized several times in order to produce the best fruit, but this is a fact. More­ over, the blossoms of »cme trees must be polllnized from another source if fruit is to be set The work is done largely by honey bees, although wild bees and other insects help out to some extent. OAce, as a test case, 2,586 apple blossoms were covered in order to keep the bees away, and only three apples matured. Of course, the bee does not polllnlz^ the blossoms purposely. She is In search \rA „ jouAJTATrfttttcrm arAHMt&mmmm* £Xtt/*T/Wt0H£X /W&JLYOripfG a CA7CM& qi/££H *SAV£3 l:h Of nectar from which to make honey, hut all un-_ consciously she brushes the pollen from one flower (Uld carries it along to another, thus carrying on her part of nature's plan. The value derived from the cross fertilization of blossoms in this way is probably much greater than that of all the honey and wax made by the sum total of all the bees in the country. , *: jt is practically Impossible to grow cucumbers 111 the greenhouse unless bees are depended upon to fertilize the blrtssoms, and so Tthe market gar- • deners are obliged to yield tribute to this useful Insect. Even in the dead of winter, with snow drifts six feet high outside, thousands of bees are to be found flying around in the great glass houses where cucumbers are produced for the exclusive winter trade. It Is true that the bees get but lit* tie nectar from the blqssoms and have to be fed on sugar sirup, but they accomplish the purpose of transferring pollen from one flower to another. Of course this work might be done artificially* That is, a man might go from one blossom to an-\ other with a small brush and transfer the pollen, --•bat th* process would be tedious and too expen- Our Opportunity In Latin America By JOHN BARRETT, in the Review qf Reviews. These are the times when everybody should b* studying the twenty American republics lying south of the United States. These are the days of unprecedented and legitimate opportunity in |r*ftn America for the commercial and financial Interests of this country. This present year should be the beginning of a hew epoch In the material, social and political relations of North and South America. The next ten years are going to be "all Ameri­ can" years. All America is to attract the atten­ tion of all Americans. This new development is Inevitable. The cause Is found in the natural wealth, resources and potentialities of Central and South America, their actual commerce and trade, their remarkable progress during recent years, together with the unceasing propaganda of the Pan-American union, which was at first even ridiculed and little appreciated, but is now generally valued and recoguized. The occasion of this new interest at this moment is the Euro­ pean war and the emphasis It lias placed upon he geographical segregation and commercial soli­ darity of the nations of the western hemisphere. Consider Latin America in any phase one pre­ fers, and It Is worthy of keen interest. Let us first look at it geographically and physically. We see twenty countries ranging in area from little Salvador, with less than 8,000 square miles, or smaller than Vermont, up to mighty Brazil, with 3^900,000 square miles, or greater than the United proper with Great Britain thrown In 1 In all, they spread over nearly 9,000,000 square miles, or three times the connected area of the United States! They contain mountains higher, rivers longer and more navigable, valleys wider and more fertile, and climates more varied than those o# the United States. Noting the population, we find that Costa Rica starts the small end of the list with 400.000 in­ habitants, and Brazil tops it with 20,000,000. All Latin America supports today approximately a' population of 75,000,000, which is increasing by reproduction faster than is the population of the United States. When the new emigration from, Europe starts in after the war, and when the Panama canal is in full use by the shipping of a peaceful Europe, this total may soon overtake and pass that of the big Sister nation of North Amer­ ica. ' We are almost astonished by the figures of I4|tin-American commerce. They make us respect many of the southern republics and peoples, even,- At some other Influences may not be so favorable. Last year the twenty southern neighbors of the* United States, through sheer strength and capac­ ity, pushed up the total of their foreign trade to the huge sum of nearly $3,000,000,000. This was divided almost equally between exports and Im­ ports, with the actual balance of tfade in their favor. Argentina, for example, with an ambitious, vigorous and prosperous people numbering about nine millions of souls, conducted a foreign com­ merce valued at .the surprising total of $900,000,- 000, which makes an average of about $100 per , head. Chile, a land of achievement and promise, slve to be feasible. It has to be done In green houses where strawberries are grown, for when bees are used the fruit is always misshapen, but the winter strawberries sell for a dollar or two a Pint! Perhaps It may be said without getting anybody Into trouble that the free use of water by spray­ ing makes possible some of the remarkable ex­ hibitions which bees occasionally give. Water is not always used, by any means, but when it is the bees are rendered surprisingly tractable and doc­ ile. There are no bee tamers, however, who are'not stung at times. Indeed, they may be Stung very often, but they are inured to the expe­ rience and do not even wince. And, of course, an experienced beekeeper learns how to handle bees Without making them angry. Furthermore some bees "are much gentler than others. Many* times It is a good plan to kill the queen in u cross col­ ony and replace her with a young queen from a quiet colony. Yet the cross bees are likely to be among the best honey producers in the apiary. Many farmers fail to succeed with bees simply because they neglect to learn anything about their management. It is true that bees do not require*"' a great amount of attention and do best when left alone most of the time. Yet there are cer­ tain things which have to be done just at the right time and in just the right way. These are the few tilings that the farmer should know about. In early spring, for example, the bees may easily starve to death for lack of stores, although they may have come through the winter safely. In that event they must be fed on sugar sirup if no honey IS available. Equal amounts of sugar and water nay be used and it Is best to have the water Wdrmed, but the sugar should never be melted on the stove, as It Is likely to be burned. The sirup may be given In one of several different kin3s of .feeders, but few are better than a shallow pan from the ten-cent store with a little excel­ sior In It for the bees to walk on. If this pan filled with sirup Is placed on fop of the frames of the hives the bees will quickly take the liquid down and be tided over the period of famine. It is a mistake for any farmer to try to keep bees In the old-fashioned box hives, for they cannot be managed so well and getting the honey out is likely to be a painful as well as excUing process. Likewise, thousands of bees are needlessly sacrificed, and the hives are almost sure to be neglected. Modern hives cost but little, yet may be taken entirely to pieces and the bees looked over without the loss of a single one. And ff£lng honey out Is no trouble at all, when a bee #icape is used, for the bees do not even know what is going on. ' The best way to begin beekeeping Is to buy a colony or two from sortie up-to-date apiarist In the neighborhood, but a,hive full of bees can be "--shipped by express or the insects may be bought .by the pound If one already has an empty hive. Ihdeed, this is a practice which is becoming very «bmmon, for even experienced beekeepers often tgivest In one, two or three-pound packages of bees in order to build up weak colonies. Jt is not an unusual thing for bees to be shipped all the way from Texas to Canada. Sometimes wild bees may be captured In the woods and brought home. Although called wild bees, these honey makers which are found In lo^js and hollow trees have escaped from captivity at gome time, for there were no honey bees in this Country until they were brought here by the Pil­ grim Fathers. If the farmer owns more than half a dozen co;o- Mes of bees it will pay him to get an extractor. This Is a simple device for separating the honey from the combs, the Intter being placed in a ..frame which revolves at a high rate of speed, thejiquld honey being thrown out of the wax cells •by centrifugal force. Just as cream is separated from milk. Then the combs may bo put back in the hives for the bees to fill again. The farmer can usually get mord honey this way and will have less swarming. CLUB SHOULD BE SATISFIED1 Organization That Persistently Fought for Shorter Skirts Might as Well Disband. Twenty years ago an organization of women in New York, began a fight to Influence women to wear shorter skirts. The organization was known as the Rainy Day club, and branches of It were formed throughout the coun­ try. Mrs. A. M. Palmer, who has since its birth, has Just announced that the fight has been won with a ven­ geance, and that the organization may as well disband, unless it should de­ cide to reverse Its bylaws and begin a crusade for longer garments. When the Rainy Day club was or­ ganized, the style for women was to wear long trailing skirts that did a portion of the work now paid for by the street-cleaning department. Cru­ saders for shorter skirts produced vol­ umes of testimony from physicians that the long, dragging, heavy skirts were wrecking the health of women, carrying disease germs and causing many kinds of grief. The rijainy dais­ ies, as they were then called, pleaded for skirts at least four Inches from the ground. The fight was stubborn. For some time Fashion would not yield an Inch. Then the bicycle fad came along and helped a little. Finally the shortening process gained headway, and even a casual glance skirtward today finds proof that the battle has been won, and the time has come to call a halt It Is high time that the Rainy Day clubs disband.---Minneapo­ lis Tribune. • Not for Him. "Pa, When I grow up wiU I look like you?" "Very likely you v^ill, my son.* ^ *1 guess IH learn to smoke cigar­ ettes <nd stunt my growth." r?, " - The Unsigned Proclamations.*; Belshazzar saw the writing on the wall. \ "It Isn't even signed by one pen," be cried scornfully. MferiM TREHtfiHErrouAunr SPAGHETTI flUMNBt MFtCa. 0MAKA. (UA «MGfST MACWtOHS « AMEMCA FOR ITCHING SCALP And Falling Hair Use Cutioura Soap and Ointment. Trial Free. lying on the Pacific coast of South America (Ilka the states of California, Oregon and Washington, Oil the Pacific slope of the United States), cover­ ing nn nrea of nearly 300,000 square miles, or more Ulan that of Tej^fs, and directly tributary to the Panama canal, bought and sold in foreign coin tlterce products valued at nearly $202,000,000. . Advantages of the Telephone. «Hhrat» B. Stotsenburg, attorney general, tells # story concerning the early days of the teiephonf lfi New Albany. A character of the town, who operated an office In rooms Just above the livery stable, was Im* pressed with the benefits of the telephone and had one placed In his office. Meanwhile the new-fangled Instrument also" went into the livery stable. Then the town char­ acter sat down and waited for someone to takt advantage of the, new instrument. No one did.' One day the telephone bell In the livery stable^ however, rang with all Its might. "Hello," yelled the livery stable proprietor. "Hello, yourself," answered the voice of the .town character, upstairs. , "Just pass me the broom up through the front windows, will you?" said, tfee voice.--Indianapolis-, •. Hews. . , « • --: -- ̂ Seventy per cent of the world's cork supply Is ' jftld to be produced In Spain and Portugal. ^ ^ Counting the Cost ' i ,*fThls poet says love Is all In all." 'K-- "^That's the poetical view of life,"^ answered the practical person. *Tes?" ••Married life is 50 per cent love and - ' 90 per cent upkeep." " , - --:-- His Money HJoner Omar--Did you ever experience what might he termed a feeling of "goneness?" v Beiny--Yes: I once backed a race * ^ '"i. 1 ** A BATCH OF SMILES Objectionable. . . . •ft -Jirwm rather impolite for you to snort when Jobbles pulled out his tin watch." * "Oh, I wasn't expressing contempt for his timepiece." "No?" "I simply don't see any excuse for pulling out a tin watch with a flour- ? & £ And More Tso. "Are you 'still looking for that hon­ est man?" asked the stranger. "I am," replied Diogenes. "Can yon help me find him?" "No, I can't do that, but I can quote you a very low price on oil for your lantern, provided you buy it in large quantities. You wiU probably need at ^ " -- .. »: * . %i, ...... . s.. Friendly Comment. ' Hamlet--I see, by the papers this morning that our friend Footllts has shuffled off this mortal coll via the suicide route. Eggbert--Bah ! Til bet that Is an­ other one of his schemes to secure a little free advertising. No Shoes or Stockings. "When I came over from Ireland to this country I was a barefooted boy." "You don't want me to understand* that you waded over, do you?" When the scalp is itching because of dandruff and eczema a shampoo with Cuticura Soap and hot water will be found thoroughly cleansing and sooth­ ing, especially if shampoo is preceded by a gentle application of Cuticura Ointment to the scalp Bkin. Free sample each by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston. Sold everywhere.--Adv. FOUND FLAW IN DEFENSE Ingenious Excuse of Man Who Had Imbibed Too Freely Old Not Satisfy Policeman. When Police Captain Patrick Cos- tello met a man on the main street of Dobbs Ferry loudly and joyfully, disturbing" the peace of the historic hamlet, he said: "My friend, you're drunk, and I'll have to run you In." The stranger drew a tattered Bible from his pocket and, leading the cap­ tain to the nearest street lamp, read, with fervor: "First Tlmoth^, five, twenty-three: 'Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.'" The captain scratched his head and thought. Finally he said: "What were you drinkln'?" "Well," replied the stranger, "the last one was beer." "Then," said the captain, "you lose on a technicality, and it's come with me," So the stranger, who said he was John Hasch of the Bowery, New York, was locked up to await the morning session of the police court.-- Cincinnati Times Star. W. L. DOUC "THE SHOE THAT HOLDS ITS SHAPE" S3.00 $3.50 $4,00 $4.50 & S5.00 Save Money by Wearing W. L Douglas ̂ •hoe*. For sale by over OOOOslioe dealers. " . The Best Known Shoes in th© World. - W. L. Douglas name and the retail price is stamped on the bot­tom of all shoes at the factory. The value is guaranteed and the wearer protected against high prices for inferior shoes. The mail prices are the same everywhere. They.cMt no am m San Francisco than they do in New Yock. They an always wocth the price paid foe them. TT* quality of W. L. Douglas product is guaranteed By mate A than 40 years experience in making fine shoes. The smart styles' we the leaders & the Fashion Centres of Amedca. They sue made in a well-equipped factory at Brockton, Mass., by the highest paid, skilled shoemakers, under the direction and supervision of experienced men, all working with an honest determination to make the bat shoes for the price that money can buy* Ask your ihM dcslar tor V. L. Dao^m iImm. Iflsraa. not itqwb jrm with the Wad you want, take no otDnr mak*. Write tor Interesting bnoklet explaining ho v to giit ihMtel tho JiljhMv standard at quality for th« price, fey retain mnil, posts&g* free. ̂ •« » ShoSft LOOK FOR W. !L Doughs tljW $3.00*2.604*210 „ .' stsmpcq on y. l Sjbggj3g^«^AtoniMssfe__ ^ ,'r^ •* " <' * 8 • » v 4 WASTE INVOLVED IN ILLNESS Critic 8hies. Theodore Dreiser, the novelist, was talking about the public's literary taste. 1 . "The public," he Bald, "likes trash. Put good stuff before It and It shies like the critic at the 'Players.' "A poet smiled affectionately on this critic, thrust a ten-cent cigar in his hand and said: " 'Let me show you the proofs of my new volume of poems.' " 'No, no,' snld the critic, rising has­ tily and grabbing up his hat. 'No, no. I don't need proof. Your word Is suf­ ficient.' "And he rushed off without finishing the two Inches of beer that still re­ mained In his glass." Serious Matter to Which Far Too Lit­ tle Attention Has Boen Given - by the Country. - ' A Kp^ctaPnlar event often ffffrfltcts public attention, while routine matters of larger magnitude go unoticed. For instance, the wfiole country was re­ cently acutely cousollrtis of a question of wages amounting to $50,000,000. It was an important question and the sum Involved was vast. But take another question Involving wages--the question of the illness of workers. Public health bulletin No. 76 of the public health service of the United States estimates on the basis of inquiries here and abroad that the average industrial worker loses about nine days a year on account of illness. This amounts to a loss to the work­ ers of the country, It is estimated, of $800,000,000 a year. , If by better san­ itation and safety devices' the time could be reduced one-half, there would be a saving of $400,000,000. Yet It is exceedingly difficult for health author­ ities to arouse interest in the question, simply because It concerns everyday matters that lack the excitement of a threatened tifeup of transportation. Road to Fams. William Dean Ho wells was talking, at his cottage at Kittery Point, Me., about a writer who, after a good be­ ginning, hud degenerated into a pro­ ducer of trash. "I suppose," said Mr. Howells, "he got discouraged with the moderate sale of his good work, and now hopes to sell his poor work abundantly." Mr. Howells shook hl»~ head and smiled grimly. "The road to fame," he said, "Is crowded with men who, discouraged, are hurrying back.", Not an Endurance Test. Two soldiers caused some arouse* ment at a golf course the other day.^ t The first man teed up and made *- •- ^ jJ mighty s\Vipe, but failed to shift th« hall. The miss was repeated no fewer r ̂ ̂ than three times. *, f- $ His pal was unable to stand It an# "" ^ ,N longer. •' '•» "For heaven's sake. Bill," he broko 1 ^ 'hit the thing. You know Wm ;'*•%$* J ' ' * - ; * Lure of the Rural. ' ]|1 r "Can you find servants who will (# ^ into the country?" "Yes, but only when we're living la the city and the picnic season is on.' out, have only four days' leave." 'I .Some Noise. clwer leader at the fiorlsfSL* ^ "What do you mean?" : "I root for them." ; ? . •'% I | ' j M ----mi. - " :• Explained. •How do you happen to miss your way so often when you go touring?" "That's easily explained," replied Mr. Chuggins. "It's due to the kind of car I bought. They give you a joke hook with it instead of a road map." Mean Giveaway. "She 1s the very picture of health." " "Yes, and excelleutly painted."--Bal­ timore American. Who Is first In bed at your housf -at night? You will bet It is father. Never bow to the Inevitable before yon meet it. Natural Phenomena. "Did you ever hear a tree bark?" "No, and yet one might suppdao the dogwood." , .1 .1 • > ' . A New Jersey Inventor has patented a garden tool that can bo used as,a rake, weeder or shovel. The easler it Is to get a m$n tQ talk the harder It is to get him to <jult... it Is the home life, or lack of It, that shapes the child life. Why That Lame Back? Morning lameness, sharp twinges when bending, or an all-day back­ ache; each is cause enough to sus­ pect kidney trouble. Get after the cause. Help the kidneys. t We Americans go it too hard. We overdo, overeat and neglect our sleep and exercise and so we are fast becoming a nation of kidney sufferers. 72% more deaths than In 1890 is th£ 1910 census story. Use Doan's ludney Pills. Tuy®* sands recommend them. An Iowa Cim %J O. W. Emery, West Decorah. Iowa, says: "My back got so pain­ ful I couldn't sleep and I had to be propped up with plK lows. The pain waa* terrible and It seemed as though my kidney* were being torn loose. The kidney secretions were painful in pas­ sage and I lost weight until I was a mere shadow of my former self. 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