. Gleanings in bee culture. eed-room wont begin to hold the seeds,and so we have got a sort of seed-house, orgranary, outside, set upon stoneware tiles,so the rats and mice cant bother us. I think now we have been all through thefactory. Right before the lunch-room is astone watering-trough, where the horses anddogs can quench their thirst. It is suppliedfrom the old well I have told you the new building was added, we feltbad to think the well stood in the way ; butwe finally put the well in the cellar, had apretty pump attached, with stone pavementaround it, and now it is the handi
. Gleanings in bee culture. eed-room wont begin to hold the seeds,and so we have got a sort of seed-house, orgranary, outside, set upon stoneware tiles,so the rats and mice cant bother us. I think now we have been all through thefactory. Right before the lunch-room is astone watering-trough, where the horses anddogs can quench their thirst. It is suppliedfrom the old well I have told you the new building was added, we feltbad to think the well stood in the way ; butwe finally put the well in the cellar, had apretty pump attached, with stone pavementaround it, and now it is the handiest place inthe world for the boys and gij-ls and visitors,or anybody else, to get a drink right fromthe old oaken bucket, or, rather, a newchain pump, come to think of it. An ingen-ious arrangement is attached to the pumpin the lunch-room, so the overfiow goes intothe watering-trough, which keeps it alwaysfull, without anybody pumping in. Only a part of our lumber piles is shown ;in fact, only a very small part. The track,. 118 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUEE. Feb. as it disappears behind the building, runsinto a larse warehouse for storing lumber,seeds, and goods of all kinds. I used tohave a pretty garden on one side of this rail-road track, but now, alas: it is all coveredup with pine and basswood lumber, and thegarden will have to go over to the right ofthe factory, where our new house you think it is a rather pleasant placeto live :* I am inclined to think a good manythink that way, for applications for placesfrom both boys and girls are now beyondany thing heretofore known. It seems to meas if everybody wanted to work here. Maybe they wouldnt like it so well, though, aft-er all, for some seem to think I am awfulstrict. May be they will think just as muchof me for all that, however. There, if thereis any thing I have not told you, write, and Iwill tell you something more. In regard to applications for are coming every day, wanting aplace with us ;
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