. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 202 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. March 16. 19C' PATCH OF MILKWEED BY THE ROADSIDE. In some parts of Northern Michigfm milkweed furnishes an abundance of pasturage. In 1902, Mr. Ira D. Bartlett secured 75 pounds per colony from milkweed alone. The plant grows freely by the roadside, in openings, and really becomes a weed in crops that can not be culti- vated—oats, for instance. It is about as difficult to eradicate as a Canada thistle. The honey is of good body, light in color, and has a flavor similar to the odor from the blossom—some- thing like vani
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 202 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. March 16. 19C' PATCH OF MILKWEED BY THE ROADSIDE. In some parts of Northern Michigfm milkweed furnishes an abundance of pasturage. In 1902, Mr. Ira D. Bartlett secured 75 pounds per colony from milkweed alone. The plant grows freely by the roadside, in openings, and really becomes a weed in crops that can not be culti- vated—oats, for instance. It is about as difficult to eradicate as a Canada thistle. The honey is of good body, light in color, and has a flavor similar to the odor from the blossom—some- thing like vanilla. three magnificent bounds, and disap- peared in the pines. Over all was a stillness that could almost be felt. It seemed as though I had never been nearer Nature's heart. The peace, the joy, the reverence, that came over my soul, is beyond my power to express. SOIL AND CROPS—GINSBNG CULTURE. But, to return : A large portion of Northern Michigan, that portion I am describing, from Traverse City north to Petoskey, is hard-timber land—the grandest beeches and maples that I have ever seen—and the greater por- tion of the land is still uncleared. The best of the timber is being cut for lum- ber, then the small and crooked trees are cut up into furnace-wood. Some two years ago, or thereabouts, Mr. Chapman's son bought a tract of wild land just across the road from his father's, paying $ an acre for it The timber, fit for lumber, had been cut. Last winter he was cutting up what was left into furnace-wood. After paying for the cutting and hauling the timber was netting him $16 an acre. Such land is now worth about $10 an acre. The soil is a sandy loam, which, aided by the cool, moist climate, pro- duces the finest potatoes in the world. No other portion of the country is bet- ter adapted to the production of winter apples ; and, while I am about it, I may as well describe a somewhat novel in- dustry that flourishes here—the raising of ginseng for market. Originally
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