. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 346 AMERICAN BEE May 31, 1900. »u^^r^r,^,i:,^^,^'iimi^-,imii/^^M S^E^C f^M 7/l^^l((^^M<Z A Happy Philosopher. BY R. F. GREENE. I like the weather rainy, an' I like the weather dry, I like the world an' like the plan the Ruler runs it by! Ther's mebbe droughty seasons in some fair and farmia' spot. While a streak of too wet weather blights another, like as not; But I so love earth's roses that the little thorns don't hurt. An' life to me is somethin' more than drudg'erv and dirt; God turned niy taste to sweetness, so I shun the bitter lees. An' find
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 346 AMERICAN BEE May 31, 1900. »u^^r^r,^,i:,^^,^'iimi^-,imii/^^M S^E^C f^M 7/l^^l((^^M<Z A Happy Philosopher. BY R. F. GREENE. I like the weather rainy, an' I like the weather dry, I like the world an' like the plan the Ruler runs it by! Ther's mebbe droughty seasons in some fair and farmia' spot. While a streak of too wet weather blights another, like as not; But I so love earth's roses that the little thorns don't hurt. An' life to me is somethin' more than drudg'erv and dirt; God turned niy taste to sweetness, so I shun the bitter lees. An' find so much of honey I'm a-robbin* of the bees. A happy life's dependent not on g-umption or on grit, But jes' the plain philosophy of make-the-best- of-it! Of course, I ain't denyin' Sorrow's stalkin' thru the land. But her sister, Joy, is with her, an' a-holdin' of her hand. So write me down as happy, in the summer, spring, or fall. An' even storms o'winter doesn't ice the blos- soms all. So I jes* keep on a-huntin' in the fragrance or the freeze, An' I find so much of honey I'm a-robbin' of the bees. —Youth's Companion. Spraying Fruit = Trees Wliile in Bloom.—The following letter, just re- ceived from Prof. W. J. Green, of the Ohio Experiment Station, will explain itself: Mr. a. I. Root :—I enclose a letter from the Farmer's Guide ; also a clip- ping- from that paper, which was sent me by the editor. I knew some time ago that there were people who believe that spraying trees when in bloom is more beneficial than just before or just after, but I was not aware that any one would give such advice as Mr. Stahl does. Mr. Stahl's position is such that he can do great harm in this way, because he has numerous corre- spondents, and it is quite likely that he will induce a great many to spray trees when in bloom. I was present at the New York State Horticultural Society meeting last winter, and heard the statement made that there were fruit-growers in the State who intended to sp
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