Gleanings in bee culture . «ituntil I put some poultry-netting across tokeep them out. Oh, yes! here is another picture of theEglintine chicks, after all. It was takendown in our Florida home just before Isent them north by express. Thej are justin front of the j^ineapples that were plan! -ed partly in the shade of that rubber-tree Ihave mentioned. Three of them were fourweeks old, and the other six were only oneweek old. There were two difficulties inregard to the shipment. Day-old chicks, ofcourse, go long distances safely; but chicks it is a little different. Theymust not onl
Gleanings in bee culture . «ituntil I put some poultry-netting across tokeep them out. Oh, yes! here is another picture of theEglintine chicks, after all. It was takendown in our Florida home just before Isent them north by express. Thej are justin front of the j^ineapples that were plan! -ed partly in the shade of that rubber-tree Ihave mentioned. Three of them were fourweeks old, and the other six were only oneweek old. There were two difficulties inregard to the shipment. Day-old chicks, ofcourse, go long distances safely; but chicks it is a little different. Theymust not only be fed and watered, but theymust be kept warm. The number was al-most too small to keep up the needed tem-I^erature in that thin light market-basket;so I put a wooden division in the middleof the basket, and this inside sleeping-room,as we might call it, was lined with a filled with cotton batting. On theirlong trip there was liable to be considerablechange of temp^^rature, and therefore I JULY 15. 1916 623. The nin(^ chicks and their Rhode Island Ked mother just before 1 put them in the las-ket for their h]n;;-trip north. arranged so the whole nine could crowd intothe sleeping-room when they were too sliould the Aveather be warm they couldstay outside with nothing but poultry-net-ting overhead. The feed and water were in this outside apartment or fact that they are still all alive, andspry as crickets, seems to indicate that theyare at least a hardy strain of White l.^eg-horns. HIGH-PRESSURE GARDENING SWEET CLOVER DOING MLSSIONARY WORK. I think something has already been mademention of in our columns in regard totransforming the worthless hills of Kentuckyinto a land flowing with milk and is some further evidence in regard toit which I clip from the National Stockmanand Farmer: A PLANT IN PLACE. Those who live on rich land and emit occasionalsarcasms about .sweet clover should take a littletrip to Pendleton County, Kentucky.
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