m- f,, t ( W ,- . m . g. n J -
TiroilS0AY:lIOlINGECTIlUAayU9923;,i:
LGBl API ARIEEi J,
TIIE MILESi,
Vs. r.lea:TIlTn$;Bc3s0iishi WtH6.Be Kept as a Side
Line ;.sna;unly cs a T-'aw Scarce. oiinccmerrrThey
xe work and L.cre Vcrk, and Eternal vigilance
1 CJ
Editor Statesman;--, rl j V:
I wii comply, with yonr request
for an article on bees but it most
necessarily be shorty - , X'
Yes, we should hare honey bees
to boost the fruit .production.
Much more money will be received
romfiaIrnit:it:we": enlarge" the
bee industry also. '
I haveijaaSe nice profit from
, honey, aside from thebeneflta Just
i mentioned.' Although this' is not
an Ideal honey: producing section,
as we.' have too, many i dark; damp
days in spring and early snmmer,
reasonable profit can be counted
on, if - proper" care" Is "given ' the
- bees. - . , j . -
" Interesting 'Industry,
3 The honeybee 'is .reiy interest
ing to wateV and l;am aurewe
could ; all' profit .greatly by their
example-1- Ifjr fascinating to sit
fcy the hivesjshd see the .stream of
wprken going out and the loaded
,. bees coming in. Although.vthou
y sands live in one home, absolute
harmony prevails. t Each t. bee ia
... stlnctlvely knows' his work and
" DOES IT. Uln lactp-jdafersiwho
, do wot work farummer are killed
in the fall They are the person
ification of cleanliness1. Probably
in no other, place can we find a
- better example, . of ' thrift. - Their
motto Is aave, SAYE,AVE!
.7-? Many Flavors
Hney is not just "honey." The
; Salem territory produces many
distinct 'flavors; enough to satisfy
the most' fastidious appetite. We
. hare maple, cherry, pink, wild
flower, and mountain flavors that
vean be gathered separately; if care
ts usedvf y :. ?1 : ,
" Honey is an old sweet, having
4eea used long before sugar was
made: Many references' to' It are
found in the Bible. - It Is far
healthier -than Uugar. win facty it
Is 'prescribed by doctors- for pa-
iESIiEPTDHIOIICOUimffl
-I fj'it i:i-,ft
Probably -5000-CoIoniefr in-This County Up .to LU5t Year,
"v cnd-They Should Produce-500)00 Pounds Dt Honey
: AnrniaJlyBees-Should Have Expert 'Attention, Be
Disease Free, HaVe Well Bred Queens
(The following was written es-,
Decially for -the last annual i bee
SloganOeumber of The Statesman, '
r by Ht Ar Scullen.-epeeialist in-bee
culture-of the Oregon Agricultur
': v al college) ' i :
Bees are kept In Marion5 county
f primarily for'ltwb purposes; first,
to polleflize Uie many eherry orch
: ards and other fruitsand, second,
for 'honey production. Although
: therefa-'CiMMiderable-epportunity
for;increaaed-honey. prbductien in
this county, yet no doubt iees will
T always be kept primarily for poll
, ination. purposes., ; V J . , .
m.' a careful estimate of the num
ber! of colonies now In ' the county
would run close to 5000.
During an average year these
' t0Q0 colonies should produce from
400,000 to 500.000 . pounds of
5 honey. ' : va t : , -
The IJQney. Prodaclnj; Plants '
' AUlke.ahd; white clp'ver,5 and
Tetch.Ara.ihe.maln honey, produc
ing plants ; Jn.; : the ::valley;T;while
back. In the mountains Xireweed or
willowherb Is the main source of
honey. All of these honeys are of
high-quality.;! Unfortunately; t the
Willamette valley- has occasionally
- Red Pepper brings rc
1 lief in 3 minutes
v '" You will be amazed to learn
how quickly redX pepper , relieves
tiffness and lameness and rheu
. matism.,, ;v , : -p
It is folly. toLsuffer -even for
. an hour. Just apply Red Pepper
BubvmYou will feei-the- heat in
stantly, and in three minutes it
. , will seem to reach the-depths. Cir
culation starts, congestion ' is re
. lieved. The pain and the soreness
- depart. ' '
' fto heat is sojeenceatrated, so
' penetrating. Yet it brings quick
relief without hurting. , No old
' time method cero pares with this.
Ited Pepper Rub is the new-day
method for dealing t with pain,
. soreness and congestion." You will
- alyays use. It -when, you ,know it.
, ..It 4s saving people nowadays mll-
- - lions. ot-JxPuxa of jain
. "It.waflmej.njUBg.to Jteep. o& Ano.
r. f. . t .
oivn me pain "cu t
Don't be lame OTtlff f9r.anliour.
At the first sign of trouble Just
apply this heat-prodndng rub.
1.0 m
t 2l
' . ' " ' -T 'T """" "-IXdT.
.
i
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A tD ADDUT
,,! I' iiaDyOCIITEO
tients who must not eat sugar.
A very delicious cheap syrup
can be made of honey by adding
an equal, amount of ' water, as is
done with other Bweets. ..But the
better, way; is to buy. In larger
quantities, as the price on a 60
mtnnd. can -ia pr a fitlcally: one "half i
as much per pound as in small
glass- containers. Bought in balk,
the price compares favorably with
cheap syrups, but the food is far
superior.,, ; . ,
mi Need Expert , Care
Although I am engaged in the
business of selling, bee and Queens
as welL" as .honey,..x; do not Jhink
It' advisable for every one who
has ; some fruit - or who is r hungry
for honey tc buy bees- There are
bee if diseases and ,4 pests to be
fOught and conquered, or; no4 pro
fit (Colonies inusi be kept In
good conditioner .and icaref ully
watched, or there will be no sur
plus 'honey. And this is not all.
Beea left without, expert, care of
ten ibecome filled with disease! and
there are infection centers deing
untold damage to .the other bees
in (their neighborhood. Not every
one can ' .handle beesl If" you" do
not like i them, "you ' better 'look
out! But. if you do like them,
they are wonderful little pals. .
r : Larger 'Apiaries Needed .
Generally speaking, bees as a
"side line' are1 unprofitable and- a
nuisance."' Either make them one
of the-main - source. -ofIncome
(and that means study, work and
more work, and eternal vigilance)
or else don't keep any." - ''
I believe larger apiaries located
about three miles apart will be a
great help-to' the country and will
be very profitable to their own
er. : . .
; j H. M. MEAD.
Salem, Ore., Rt. 2,
Feb.-17, 1925.- t j:
1 1 ' tit
been reported as yielding an Infer
ior grade of honey:, 'Although in
ferior honeys are available, proper
management on the: part of the
beekeeper will" eliminate -poor
grades. Since the clover flow and
other high' grade " honeys in , the
valley J are practically dver with
by the first of July, all surplus
honey should be. taken off at that
time. . Following- .the - clover- flow
there is usually considerable nec
tar coming- in from such plants, as
French pinks. This honey should
be kept separate or left to the bees
for 'winter stores. ---
: l Hold Diseases In Check
1 Thousands : of colonies of bees
have been destroyed by diseases in
recent years ; in ' the Willamette
valley. These diseases, however,
can be held in check and. in many
cases eliminated by ' proper man
agement. v -- f "' ' :
i (There . has been some increase
la the number of colonies of beea
in Marion coanty- daring" the past
year, but' there is vast room for
further Increase, with proper pro
vision tor late bee pasture, . which
may iv- -provided ? with ' the white;
eweet and alslke clovers, which
are in themselves good crops to
there must.be more bees in order
grow, and good for the land -and
to Insure a greater percentage of
pollination of our fruit.. Ed.)
WESTERN OREGON FINDS
IRRIGATION PRACTICABLE
. (Coatlnaad iter pc 8) f
;',':-. . . -. :
have been formed under the Ore
gon Irrigation laws; When com
pleted these six districts will irri
gate, about. 50,000 acres,, using
gravity systems." ; " "
I Irrigating with pumps directly
from streams is found, by the ex
periment station, to be profitable
in most crops. . Electricity proved
a cheaper power than gasoline. ,
I During the past few years there
has been a large number of ex
periments tried by various parties
in pumping water rom wells. 'The
success of this plan- dependsupon
local conditions surrounding each
attempt." The, depth of the well.
and the ' extent -of the - -water
.table are two leading factors.; - If
a snf fieient-suDrlv- of- water man
i eeHre1 t -reasonable depth,
4 ......
i well water. irrigation w very preiu
jable for small tracts of berries or
Igraden truck. t! By small tracU is
I meant from one to 10 acres. -
; ; Sometimes this .well water, is too
cold when-first pumped "If it is
not feasible to pump It into a. 6 mall
reservoir, firsts It' may. be conveyed
through a ditch of some length be
fore being applied to the plants. 1'
i f Several methods of iapplyingj ir
rigation water., to . growing -crops
are in use; - Thelone of the land.
the nature of : the soil, the kind of
croa belnsirrjgated and Jlha source
of water supply arp e! Jctorj ca-
otatoes, the
the (method to be used.
Ia row crops, like potatoes
water u oesi run luiuuu mci
rows. In grain, alfalfa or clover!
where the ground has a sufficient!
slope. It is best to corrugate. In ,
ground so flat that water will not
run through .Tcorrugationa. or ebe-
tween rows. It is necessary to use
"flooding.. , In: this; method, it is
mecessarytonave suiucieni neaa
tn thA stream tn farce It to cover
the Ground. rXJ , , . ,. ,
In small tracts devoted to in
tense cultivation some put in an
overhead ' system: of pipes which
distribute the water more in the
form of rain." The experiment sta
tion concluded that distribution
either through the row system or
thaiiorrugatloir - system - produced
the best results. ; - ; '
Among the most important co
elusions of the experiment station.
derived as a result of seven' years
experimentation, are the follow
ing? ji-'y-f ; yy. V
Irrigation caused an 'increase of
all .crops in a seven year average
65 per ent.- - -
. IrTigationlia j made it' possible to
raise two different 'crops in one
season, and: not only. getting a
cutting. from new seeding. of clover
or alfalfa the first seasom, but al
so to secure a better stand.: -
Proper irrigation has not in
jured the palatabillty -of potatoes
and it haa decreased the percent
age of culls. - . y ' .
Irrigation has altered the shape
and' size of plants; and has affect
ed the seed product, causing bet
ter shaped- ears and .a .higher per
cent of germination In corn.. . . .
Irrigation has .altered the. .per
centage roC marketable . products
causing more beans In proportion
to plant, more beets in proportion;
tO top.;. iA ' if.'.ii.ff:, -'. i t-..
The soil responded. most to-fer
tilization- with manure and lime.
Other chemical fertilizers had lesa
effect. , ., , - t . ,
Irrigation,. to be of . much. value
in the Willamette, valley must be
used only, in-a supplemental. way
and with proper, understanding of
the ' principles Involved.- s
These, experiments, of the Cor-
vaUIs station closed in. 1921, Since
that time, irrigation, methods have
been, rather widely extended over
the: Willamette, valley... The gen
eral results Indicate that in practi
cally, all lines of farming, especial
ly the . more intensified form, ir
rigation, is profitable wherever a
aufficlentwater . supply is obtain
able, either from streams or wells.
Oregon, irrigation laws appiy
only .to water irom streams. no
surface waters. ' Use of such water
requires a regular permit, from, the
state engineer and the permanent
right to use such. water is granted
bjr a decree of the courts .
Underground waters nave not
reached the .stage of, development
yet to demand legislation regard
ing their use. . However, it "will
be awise precaution on the part
of any one irrigating from, a' well
to file an application for a right
to use such, water. . In case.; the
use of underground waters should
become of sufficient, value as to
demand , legislative control," the
right to. use; such' water' would be
determined by priority ' of use.
The record of your filing an appli
cation, would protect you in ; your
right in case other wells were sub
sequently sunk in 'your .vicinity
which diminished' your supply. .
With late bee pasture,
diSTRrCT A BEE PARADISE
' ' ' ' (Continued from ptgo S : i
question I am not prepared to ana-wen-
Oregon has. been backward
ia advertising , herself to the
World, and in consequence has not
attracted, to her doors such a pil
grimage as has her northern 'and
southern neighbors, and this no
doubt, applies to (he. bee keepers
as well' as other settlers.' There
are many thousand acres of avail
able bee 'pasture in our mountains
that have- never -been -occupied, 4
whereas .it is next to impossible
to find a good location In other
well known' fields such as the irri
gated alfalfa i districts,' without
overlapping the territory of some
other bee keeper, with the result
that, neither can make any- money
owing .to the reduced supply or
rather to the overstocking of the
district" - - ,
! Australopithecus Alricanus is
the. name a London scientist gives
to what he calls the missing link.
Remember, it, please, v , -.
Xle'ared oy a Balm
"i ?Coldia ..the head 'or f catarrh
means a local germ attack. Fight
ft 1 locally. . Do n't wal t f or - long
delayed effects.- r.
If Apply Ely's Craam JJalm In the
nostrils. and breathe It. Send its
antiseptic fumes .where the. germs
exist. .' Relief comes Instantlyi The
head Is cleared. Inflammation Is
fiabdued. .
: Don't, suffer another toaf. j Ask
your :drugsist for ;bottie of Ely's
Cre.aia.Eala, andailjaiaery-la eud
ci.Ady, !
terine- intn the determination- of
h? '-' .1 yVn2r!v.r,
W , ; - -
rry. JLiw-s
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n'liFn'Miiin'i
U..-IL Ciii.ill llL...
:flFDtEi8P."M
6ytHe Man : wfio'B roadcasts
'Bee Matter 4 Over KHJ. '
i. , nc Knroioc Timoe
u&ij i uum
, .
(T7e following by Oliver Saylor,
Axus bV Cal.; near.! . Los Angeles,
does Jnot apply altogether to our
Salem district conditions; but will
be la teresting : to our bee men.
And 1 1 shows' an over - crowded
ondid'on down . there. - -The- mat
ter Is 1 rom " he "Los" Angeles Times
farm se-ction of last Sunday. .Mr.
Saylor Us a Methodist minister as
well asr an apiarist of note:) -
r As a "beekeeper I am constantly
being asCked for my opinion on the
present bee situation and the out
look for the bee Industry.
listened-the other-night to- a
great concert by. the Philharmon
ic Orchestra,, ; By closing my eyes
and ;shuttng . out all , outside in
fluences . except that coming
through the sense of hearing, I
found I hiid a feeling just like
that which (I hare "when, on a busy
day n spring,,! He down to rest a
bit under a shade tree in the midst
of my 200 oolonies of bees. It wa3
the same feeling I have, too when
I sit all alone- on 3 some mountln
and; listen to - the song . of the trees
as it ia sung, in the great out-of-
doors. i : : ' .... J . ;. : , ., , ., , ..... .
."Now what has this to dowlth
the: -present;; bee . situation?,'' I
hear some practical man ak. Well
it has a lot to dp with it. We have
just I had , two , poor . honey "years
here in the Southland. ' Many
have grown discouraged and have
either sold out their bees or have
allowed.. them, to. die. About the
only, persons today in this section
of the land .who ihave bees are. the
meniand women who love to hear
the 'music of. the working bee . '
..The true lover of bees has about
the; came number, of colonies as
before. He hag taken care of his
bees in their day of -distress and
they will take care of him when
the season Ja "more favorable. ;
i -I approached an old 'beekeeper
tbe: other day and tried to sound
hint out- !'Well my bees did not
do as well as ' some ; years, yet I
had about six tons of honey and I
soldi it for 12 cents a pound," he
,d, . t llke the bees. Through
the years taking them aa a whole.
they have , been pretty good to
me.'f. i
xi think It is a good thing for the
business of beekeeping that the
man who cannot or . wilL not take
care of his bees in a poor year
should-get out of it ' - s- ... y
- Most bees,, as far as I can learn,
axe in the hands of men and wom
en who love them and find plea
sure In caring, for? them. They
are in pretty good shape, consider
ing all things. While the num
ber of" colonies-: has shrunk, you
will find that if we have a gtod
season this spring, the number' of
tons of honey '.produced,, will not
be; much below;, the -average, for
most of the remaining bees are
being kept better. .The last two
poor years in my .opinion, may, in
the long run; prove to have been
good years for the Industry at
large. ''"...'
T The bee industry will, over an
average of ten years, pay, as well
or better, for-the capital invested,
than any . other productive . . busi
ness. ..Hera. la tjie . record of one
man who kept a atrict account
for . ten years, as he told it to
me:' i';? I v'y v " '
" "For ten years I averaged 77
pounds, of, honey -per .colony per
year. Some of - those years were
very poor and some were medium;
on, the average they were." good
years' -"I -questioned him .and
learned i hi secVet. -It was this:
At all times, and especially in the
poor, years, he hacared f or his
Wees. , p ft .
. As more and more people come
to the' Southland and as more of
the. land is Jsettled'.and'farmed or
pastured, the .natural bee range ia
being restricted, y.. This . has gone
On until there is- an-overcrow ding
of apiaries-in some-quarters. The
bee men should get together so
that this condition can be - reme
died. S- . ;
i In a certain locality I know of
a i man? has- some' 75 colonies of
bees on a range that will hot sup
port any mo rei. . Another , beekeep
er this fall moved in about o
rods from' this apiary with aboufl
190 colonies. Now this range is
overatockedt andi neither tone of
these bee men will do much next
year. It will not be the fault of
the ; bees, ; but ot overcrowding.
The oranges as a ruie will furnish
nectar for great many bees.
There Is little . danger of over
stocking the orange range. After
the orange flow, however, the
apiaries should be much farther
apart;' . .: h -, ,
-. i Unless we get sereral good
heavy rains, between this and late
spring! the bee man will have to
cafry ,his; beer.thrpush' another
poor year. This will be the su
preme" lest. My advice to ' all
keepors of bees is to be sure they
are., in, the very, best of shape for
the orange flow, so as to make the
best of what. we. are'sure is com
ing. . Then," if the wild - flowers
don't' produce nectar, the .bees" will
carry through. Be aure they hate
plenty of stores, and good queens.
i A skirt Is a garment which al-
Way ;agesi;-.ta to -too -lonVtoa
YOU SHOULD EAT k ... .
HOfJEY EVERY DAY
. . . Contlnu4 lro jg 8; j,
trose) and' (levulose.),- These su
gars are present In about equal
amounts, 'but in most honeys the
dextrose predominates - and when
it " does .honey .granulates readily.
This Is the case with most Oregon
honeys. f On the other hand when
the, levulose , predominates f the
honey I3 slow to granulate and In
rare , cases doea '.not: granulate .at
all. Many, people are learning to
pyefer granulated honey rather
than liquid, honey. jYet if one pre
fers to have it in the, liquid form
one needs only to pace the honey
container in a vessel of hot water
(not boiling) or simply ; set the
container. In. the-warming oven' of
the kitchen range for a day or
so, l;-'-' :. j .
Honey for Cooking
When tested recipes are used
many superior dishes may be pre
pared with honey as the sweeten
ing- element. Cakes and cookies
when thus prepared keep moist
for a long time. - A list-of tested
recipes i Wlll be supplied by the
writer upon request. - .: ..
One of the most delightful com
binations rwhlch has ' recently, be
come quite popular is a mixture
off ordinary .. peanut butter .. land
honey. When thinned with honey
in? place of water" the peanut-but
ter will keep indefinitely.-
Keep Honey Warm and Dry ;
Honey, especially comb; honey,
should' always be stored where it
is dry and warm. Comb honey ab
sorbs moisture from damp air and
inf time- Is apt to sour, . Cold air
causes honey to, granulate . much
sooner than It would otherwise."
Buy in Large Containers
Since extracted honey, can' be
purchased so. much cheaper In the
larger containers and when ' pro
perly, cared for keeps Indefinitely,
enough for the entire family for a
year -or more should be purchased
at one time. It should then be
kept on the table along with the
salt, pepper,.; sugar and tooth
picks. There - will then' toe less
danger of anyone making himself
sick; of It by, over eating because
of not having had any for some
time. The family will then come
naturally to use it as a partial and
very desirable substitute , for the
sugar and all will be the healthier
and happier for it. --: .
iRRiGATfOi. serves;
OREGON FARMS
: (Continued fram pa.g 9)
tained . in rain farming. Many of
the settlers on these projects lack
this experience and knowledge and
are in addition short of funds to
maintain themselves until the farm
(s developed. - y
i Probably the most , successful
large irrigation project ever de
yeldped in the. rest i8- the Twin
Falls tract in,' southern . , Idaho.
Two factors contribute largely to
this success. A very large portion
of the original settlers came from
the . Yakima country in Washing
ton: and were skilled irrigation
farmers' to begin with- Then the
Irrigation company employed at
its own expense for a period of sev
eral years an experienced and
skillful Irrigation farmer to in
struct these settlers in irrigation
methods. This man rwes eminent
ly fitted for his Job. He worked
early . and . late , with farmer
Throughout the. winter r he held
meetings In school houses and
farm houses and talked irrigation.
During ; the - irrigation season ht
traveled L OTet. ithe tract. . and
vatchtd and . instructed -every, day
in methods of irrigating, crop ro
tation, . etc. . He was the forerun
ner of the county agent -system.
? Oregon irrigation has apparent
ly passed through; its most trying
periods of new project ills and Is
facing - a promising future. The
weak spots In the various systems
have been located and steps tak
en to eradicate them and place the
systems on belter working basis.
Irrigation-west of the mountains
Is developing rapidly. - No large
projects are contemplated, but a
number ot small onea are planned.
A large number of individual farm
ers are installing systems for their
own .farms, t Many are Installing
pumping plants using wells as a
source of supply, y -r.;-.
A long 'series of - experiments
conducted by the Oregon Agricul
tural college- have demonstrated
that in diversified and ' Intensified
farming operations Irrigation In-
bruHJJJM.PjiRnyo!
Prompt Relief Sot
V
ucrrciiAr.ra pills
for the relief of Biliousness,
a orpia um, sick atomacn ana
- s .1 . . .
Helps dear the skin,
CtMlm no Cmf -ommJ
. Bay from yar drticzlct.
2S and SOe the bos. .
r !r
1
1
Hif.1
creases the yield an average of 62
percent, Such results' are well
worth- while, i1 ; iJ: i
" The-'rainfall in this section of
the state is short during the grow
ing1 months, especially so in July
and August. Irrigation becomes
especially helpful in growing
crops , which, need the best condi
tions during those two months.
;r--y.; : 1 i i '
STALE BREAD ROUTED
PULL.Y, Switzerland, Feb. 14
Jean Matti, la baker . of . this
village, claims to have .discovered
a method of keeping bread fresh
for two years. . After, bread has
been, baked in the ordinary way,
Mattl .merely;' puts ; it again Into
an oven which' has a temperature
of 104 degrees Fahrenheit. ' Ex
perts who have investigated Mat
ti's bread say that speciiuens
which Jne. turned over to them. 11
months ago are still fresh and
edible. r
Flush Yonr. Kidneys: Occasionally
-.--,;.- by Drinking Quarta of
y Good Water. '
'So man or woman can make a'
mistake by flushing the kidneys
occasionally, says a weI-known
authority. - Too much rich food
creates acids which dog . the kid
ney pores so that they sluggishly
filter or strain only - part of the
waste and poisons from the blood.
Then you get sick. Rheumatism,
headaches, liver trouble, nervous
ness, constipation, dizziness, sleep
lessness, bladder disorders often
come from sluggish kidneys. r
The moment you feel a dull ache
in the kidneys or jour back hurts,
or If the urine is cloudy, offensive,
full of sediment, irregular of pas
sage, or attended . by a sensation
ofr scalding, begin to drink soft
water in quantities; also get about
four ounces of Jad Salts from any
reliable pharmacy and take a
tablespoonful In a glass of water
before breakfast for a few days
and your kidneys may ' then act
fine: - --.-y- - - -,
This famous saits la mad from
the acid- ot grapes and lemon
juicey combined ! with lithia, and
.has been used for years-to help
flush clogged kidneys and stimu
late them to activity, also to help
neutralize the acids in the system
so they no longer cause irritation,
thus often relieving bladder dis
orders., , - ;C ;.'-,.' .,,-.;;-.,
JadSalt3 is inexpensive and can
not injure; makes a delightful ef
fervescent lithia-water drink which
everyone caji . take now and . then
to help .keep the kidneys clean
and the tolood pure,, thereby often
preventing, serious kidney, compli
cations. By. all means have your
physician examine your, kidneys at
least twice a year. -Adv. . ....
"If I:
much more
. . '.''If I had
ten you or practically every wortnwniie in
vention of every i progress from vthe old to
the new. " - " ' : ' -
... .. Read the iadvertisements regularly MCnbw
all about thd thing you are going to buy before
iyoypyjjt-,!; It will save you disappointment,
money and time - -
ilDEi BEEKEEfEO
USES COMB HIES
Jhey Even-Make' Them; of
Aluminum; Brief B e e
' Notes By Special Writer
. Milton O. Nelson, special writer
for the Portland Telegram, among
many, other things about bees, had
the following to say in the course
of an article printed some time
ago:.....,,. .'.,:... .....
"This state (Oregon) has 10,
000 beekeepers who possess in the
aggregate no less than 100,000
colonies of bees which produce in
a normal year about 60 car loads
of honey averaging 60,000 pounds
to the carload, a total of 3,600,
000 pounds. This would give
every..jnan.. woman, and child . ia
the state three quarts, of honey a
year, for a quart of honey weighs
about a pound and a half.
'-.'.'This amount of honey is none
too great an annual ration for the
human , unit. ,We each eat 108
pounds of granulated sugar annu
ally, and honey Is a much more
wholesome form of sweet than is
granulated sugar. " .
, ! Raising the Queens ?,
'There Is a way of grading up a
scrub colony of bees by the use of
Italian queens. The beekeeper
must know, just how to introduce
a .new; queen, and how . to - deter
mine when a fresh queen is need
ed.:. Some few beekeepers raise
queens for the market, and ship
them by mall. But if one has
any purebred beea on his farm he
does better,- to raise his own
queens. The-ways of a bee are
almost past finding out, but they
are as Interesting aa the history
of the Incas. Maeterlinck . saw
enough in a hive of bees to write
into a book, which Is worth any
one's six evenings to read.. - '
Second -Hand Beeswax Used ,
, .'.'Have . you - ever noticed thai
comb honey is hardly to . be seen
any -more in the market or in the
restaurant? There is a reason.
One- who eats comb honey eat3
beeswax, and beeswax is as indi
gestible as chewing gum. It is
the beeswax in the honey that
gave honey the reputation of be
ing unwholesome for certain peo
ple.. Moreover honey that stands
in the comb often takes on a fla
vor ; that is very disappointing to
those of us who; used to eat it
fresh -from the hive on the farm.
Comb honey is nearly out of . the
trade now. -. In all Oregon , you
could hardly find a ton of comb
honey for sale, and that would be
down in Malheur county. ... ;
; "Extracted honey is the honey
of commerce today. Beeswax is
not'only indigestible, but it is far
h&d
TWO women went out to buy a certain expen
sive labor-saying device for the home.
, One was greatly clisappoin ted when, a few
days later, they compared notes.: y She had
bought the same product that many: of: her ,
friends .had owned. .
y The "othe, fvonlanhad ; secured a greatly
improved, .new, product costing less, but-of
value.
only known there was a better v
one," , the first woman .said, 'I would never
have bought this old one."
"I had just read about it in an advertise-,
rnent, explained the wise buyer. , j
Every day you miss good news-
provement in different articles of merchandise
unless you read the advertisements... They
The better; A product is-thc sbdner
you'll see it in an advertisement
too valuable to'be swallowed. It
takes a bee more than twice the
time and trouble to gather a pound
of wax as It does to gather a
pound of . honey. The modern
beekeeper whirls the honey out of
the comb and puts, the comb back
for the bee' to fill agaiiu The bee
finding this' comb back and well
smeared with' honey,.' goes about
cleaning off the little six sided
honey pots, puts the scraping back
into the pot," and brings In fresh
honey from the fields to fill the
empties.. ;1 Some '' beekeepers use
beeswax that has been stamped
into artificial combs, and this the
bee accepts as kindly . as though
he had made them himself.
"Professor Scullen (Oregon Agricultural-.
College),, showed us
some aluminum comb which he
says is used to advantage down in
Arizona, New Mexico and the Im
perial valley, where the fervent
heat melt, the bees' natural comb.
Not having anything better to put
their' products in the beea down
in that latitude fill the metal con
tainers . and araithankful. But
Oregon bees murmur and fuss so
much about these metal pots, that
they are not used here.
"Fireweed, that tall. plant with
a magenta racime of flowers that
spring up over -the logged off
areas, is the source of the best
honey on earth. Ordlnarly the
longer the flower season the more
honey the bee will put up. Al
falfa, white and alslke clover are
the midseason plant's ' that ' yield
the most 'sweet."
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ITCIB ECZEMA.
DRIED RieilT IIP
WITII sin
..Any breaking. out of. the skin,
even fiery, itching eczema, can be
quickly overcome by. applying a
little Mentho-Sulphur, says a
noted skin specialist. Because of
its germ'-' destroying properties,
this sulphur preparation Instantly
brings ease from skin irritation,
soothes and heals the eczema right
up and leaves the skin clear and
smooth.
r It " seldom fails to relieve the
torment and disfigurement. Suf
ferers from1 skin trouble; should
get a little jar of Rowles Mentho-
Sulphur from any good druggist
and use it like a cold' cream.
Adv. .
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