The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-02-24
HONEY FROM CorroN BLooMs.
AZ Last the Coea0n Plant 10 UGiI-
ixea In Sss Ems1resy.
Charlotte Chronicle.

Az 4d6b GuS CObOO0 Pl6Ut ~ 0VAA-
lied in it's entirety-the fibre for
fabrics, the seed for Oil, meal and
fertilizer, the fibre for paper
stock, the leaves for fertilization
of the fields, and the bloom for
honey. This last departure is
due to the enterprise of q farmer
Of Cherokee county, South Caro-
lima, who imported colony of
Italian bees. This variety of bee
is enabled to gather honey from
the cotton bloom because of its
longer tongue. The tongue OF
the Italian bee is 24-100 of an
inch long, while that of the com
mon, or black bee, is only 16-1O0
of an inch, too short to reach the
honey in the recesses Of the cot
ton bloom. This Cherokee farmer
gave sample of the cotton honey
to the editor of The Gaffney
Ledger and told him:
Every year thousands and
hundreds of thousands of pounds
of honey Gust such as gave
you) goes to waste in the South
ern cotton fields. All that is
needed to save it, is for every
farmer to have from five to twen
ty-fve colonies of pure Italian
bees. The first year that I got
a colony, while they we're pure,
they made for me twenty-four
pounds in fourteen days, or
more than a pound and half
per day. That year I got over
eighty pounds from that colony
which, at the market price was
worth more than ten dollars"
The editor of the Ledger ex
presses the opinion that this sub,
ject should appeal to the farm
ers of the cotton belt and does
some fguring. He says there
are $4,000 people in Cher
okee county. Averaging FIVE
persons to the family gives 5000
families. OF this number 1900
people, or 1900 families live
in the country. Supposina
each family had only one colony
of bees, and each colony worked
from the middle of September
to the middle of September anC
/ gathered one and a half pounds
per day, that would be about 45.
600 pounds Of honey a day. Il
sixty days they would gathe
10000 pounds, which. at II l.
! cents per pound, would net, if W
mistake not, s38,750. This sun
could easily be added t.
the value of the cotton plan
in this country and it is possibl
to make it $7O,0 600 and over eacI
f year Mr.. BailE [the italian be
D mani got oyer;$1osworth from on
+. colony. IT the 1900 farmer
). each got $40 worth a year tina
d would be $50, 600" It would loo
) like our farmers ought to brin
l in the Italian bee in order
l. complete the utilization. of tt
If worlds greatest product--tt
II cotton plant.
Fairznons Sporting Associate
= The Messenger.
~ A few of the citizens of Fai
mont met Monday night and c
iganized the Fairmont Sportil
r Association, and the followil
g. officers we're elect: DR.. J.
10 Brown, president; G. A. Ploy
re vice-president; G. Brice, Sc
and Treas. Board of director
TO- A. N. Mitchell, e. A. Mitchell,
tx D. Mitchell, ]. D. Mclean, E.
en- Mcdaniel, F. C. Jones and s.
lie Thompson.
Of 1t is the purpose Of the ass
or citation to encourage and prone
ss any and all innocent amuseme
that will give life and ambiti
to our town>snd people. Amo
- them they will have a frst.clt
- race. track where they will h'
ha horse racing. automobile and
~ cycle raceing,> etc. Five. hor'
and two autos have been entel
a. already. There will be no
"a ting nor gambling allowed. Z
- race track has been laid out te
~ porarily, and the Association
y. planning to have the first ra
o' b the track on the same daN
l.. the flag raising by the Jur
x Order over the Fairmont graz
school, There will be some q
''' speakers invited for that .ot
rec sion which will help complete
III programme.