. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1898. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 617 your soil is sandy your sweet clover will thrive upon It. If the soil is heavy it is also suited to this splendid plant. If the season be wet sweet clover will blossom and grow freely, and if dry its bountiful and continuous yield of honey will well repay the slight trouble incurred in planting, and your bees will be kept busy and happy all the season. The point to de- termine is whether it is desirable as a forage plaut in the northern latitudes. If its forage qualities outweigh its wood- iness then it should be to
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1898. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 617 your soil is sandy your sweet clover will thrive upon It. If the soil is heavy it is also suited to this splendid plant. If the season be wet sweet clover will blossom and grow freely, and if dry its bountiful and continuous yield of honey will well repay the slight trouble incurred in planting, and your bees will be kept busy and happy all the season. The point to de- termine is whether it is desirable as a forage plaut in the northern latitudes. If its forage qualities outweigh its wood- iness then it should be tolerated. Does the farmer need it as a bee-pasturage plant? He must determine all these points largely for himself. It has undoubted virtues in several directions. We are glad to note In the foregoing that Prof. Pammel is becoming less severe than awhile ago when he condemned sweet clover so strongly. We see, however, that he still calls it a "; Well, some day he'll get over even that, we think. His recommendation of sweet clover as a honey-plant is all that could be desired, and is also entirely just and right. But we believe many advise sowing the seed in the fall as well as in early spring. We should be pleased to have some advice about fall sowing, from those having experience. Deatta of miles Morton.—We learned at the Omaha convention that Mr. Miles Morton had past away on Sept. 1. Upon our return we received the following from the Secretary of the local bee-keepers' association, of which Mr. Morton bad been a member: The Cortland Bee-Keepers' Association, at a regular meeting held at Freeville, N. Y., Sept. 8, past the following resolutions : Whereas, It has pleased God in his wisdom to remove from our midst our brother, Miles Morton ; therefore, be it Resolved, That we, the Cortland Union Bee-Keepers' As- sociation, do extend our most heartfelt sympathy to the be- reaved family in their hour of sorrow; and that we express our appreciation of his help and
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