The Florida agriculturist., 1878-11-06

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although not the first-more than to
any other man, are we indebted for
the introduction Of new races OF
bees to mix with our own, and thus
prevent the evil of in and in breed
ing. ,a1 Oh
The "Mysterles Of Bookkeeping
Explained appeared simultaneously
with MIR. LIS book. The author, the
late lamented NJ. Quinby, showed in
this work a familiarity with the
economy of the bee truly astonish-
ing to one writing at that time. 1t
was eminently practical, and did
much valuable work for the advance
ment of rational bee culture. He
also invented the best form Of bel
lows smoker then in use and this has
been further improved by the addi-
ton of the direct draft principle in
vented by Mr.. 7. f. Bingham, which
leaves nothing more to be desired In
this line.
M. Quinby wrote largely tor the
agricultural press Of the country.
He freely gave all his ideas and i'll
ventions to the public for the promo
ton of the cause he loved, and
labored faithfully to raise bee-keep-
ing to the dignity of distinct pro-
fession. The quiet, noble, self.sacri-
ficing spirit manifested by this truly
great man will be talked of and
cherished and felt so long as the
keeping Of bees shall engage the
attention of men. The writings Of
Mrs. Upper, the Harbisons, Metcalf,
N. H. and H. A. King, Prof. Cook,
and others, have done vast work
in bringing about the present ad-
vanced stage Of Bookkeeping in this
country. While A. I. Root, T. G,
Newman, and your humble servant,
realizing that constant. dropping
wears out stone, are constantly
pelting away at the superstitions
and prejudicies of the people, and
hope, ere long, to end the battle in
complete triumph. The most con-
vincing arguments, however, are
those which appeal to the palate, and
the pocket, and these are being eff
! fectually used by HARRISON, Hether-
! ington, Doolittle. Betsinger, Clark,
| c, j. Quinby, and many others, in the
shape Of tons of honey, as beaut iful
j and pure uasstAe NECTAR Which Jupiter
all over the world by ThUrber, gum
by, 4. & o. Ward, Thorn & Co., of
this city, Muth, Of CHM, Vincent, OF
N. o. ,and by the large dealers in other
cities. We learn from statistics that
there are now in the United States
about.1, 900 diferentIbeeihives covered
by patent, and still larger number
unpatented. Nearly all the inven-
tions of European origin have been
greatly improved by our Yankee in
genuity, and men everywhere are
waking up to the importance of this
industry as never before. The aggre-
gate yield of honey is largely on the
Increase, besides the quality and
quantity, and the methods used in
America, are far superior to any other
country, and these facts, taken to-
gether, are creating. a fear in the
minds Of some Of our most thoughtful
Apiarians that the price received for
money may fair below the price of
production, so we willfpresent few
facts which we think may tend to
alay these apprehensions. Great
Britain consumes annually about g.
100000 lbs. ofsugar for brewing pur-
poses. Other foreign countries, as
we'll as our own country, proper
tional large amount. 1t is fact that
extracted honey contains much
larger PERCENTAGE Of the elements
needed as a substitute for malt than
sugar does, and is cheaper at 80 cents
a gallon, than sugar is at the lowest
prices it has yet reached. A desira-
BILE change by substituting is now 60
ing on and may be greatly fastened
| by we'll directed efforts on the part
of honey dealers. I'd. Not more
than two-fifths of our people have yet
learned to eat honey, not because it
is not generally acceptable, ,ibut it has
never been brought to their notice as
a staple article which may be had at
the same price as the best quality of
syrup, and that it is far more health
tul. III
3rd. A large percentage of the
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