Gleanings in bee culture . out, and movetheir families. There are hundreds of suchfamilies Avho have been robbed of theirhard-earned money. It makes ones heartbleed to see them stranded on poor orworthless land, and no money to go else-where. The land shark got it all. And whileGleanings is willing to show that there aresplendid opportunities in some of this west-ern country, it also enjoins caution. Do nottake the statement of the man who has theland for sale. Spend a little time in thecountry, and gather all the information youcan. There are thousands of honest menwho will tell you the truth
Gleanings in bee culture . out, and movetheir families. There are hundreds of suchfamilies Avho have been robbed of theirhard-earned money. It makes ones heartbleed to see them stranded on poor orworthless land, and no money to go else-where. The land shark got it all. And whileGleanings is willing to show that there aresplendid opportunities in some of this west-ern country, it also enjoins caution. Do nottake the statement of the man who has theland for sale. Spend a little time in thecountry, and gather all the information youcan. There are thousands of honest menwho will tell you the truth if you will takepains to look for it. This is not only trueof Florida and Oklalioma, but other Statesin the Union. Now, then, how about beekeeping in Ok-lahoma, and I might also class with it Kan-sas, for the climate and soil of the twoStates are much the same? Alfalfa is Deinggrown in both States as it never was be-fore. The Kansas farmer once supposedthat the only thing he could raise was corn; GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. One of .T. .1. Wilders apiaries, made up of Caucasian and also Italian colonies, run for the purpose of proving which are superior. but he is now discovering that alfalfa willgrow along the creeks and rivers—that isto say, in the valleys where it will yield im-mense crops, of sometimes three or fourcuttings in a season. What is more, thissemi-arid country does not have to dependon irrigation, which sometimes fails furtherwest. Its own creeks and rivers water thevalleys on both sides, and the dwellers inthese valleys are becoming prosperous, andlargely on account of alfalfa which enablesthem to produce meat. Witli the present
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