The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-23
James Dennis, Inventive Gen.
ius of County, Perfects Ma
chine for the Distribution
Of Pollen.
WILL MAKE BUSY BEE
QUITE UNNECESSARY
Little Insect in the Future Will
Not Be Depended Upon for
The Success of the Glover
Crops.

James Dennis, Wayne county's in
ventive genius, residing at Cambridge
City, but formerly in this city. has
again come into prominence with the
invention of pollen spreading ma
chine which will probably revolutio-
nize certain lines of agriculture, es-
pecially the production of clover and
other crops which rely on the humble
bees. Mr.. Dennis has patented his in
vention and will experiment with it
at different stations during the COM
ing season. The theory is that of gath
ering pollen and distributing it over
field, pollinizing every blossom and
thereby assuring the termination of
the crop. The machine takes the place
of humble bees. 1t is only when the
humble bees are very plentiful that a
good quantity of seed from clover, and
like crops, is obtained.
An Inventive Genius.
Mr. Dennis has spent his life in
making different inventions and
while he has never made fortune
himself from his work he has made
fortunes for other people who have
successfully financed them. Included
among his Inventions. is a crude pro-
duct made out of dirt and other in
gradients, which takes the places of
rubber; fuel made out of dirt, which,
however. proved Impractical because
no machine could be manufactured
which could press the dirt bricks hard
enough to prevent the bricks from
falling apart when used roughly and
an electric sign, many of which are
used in this city. Many other practi-
| fertile brain.
Authorities, to whom Mr.. Dennis
has explained the principle Of his
| new machine, say that it will prove
to be one of the most useful to the
farmer ever invented. Although the
machine is intricate in it's workings. it
can be worked by one with little ex
| perience and does not require a. me
| chanic to use 1t successfully. The
sale price of the machine, when it is
put on the market, will be such as to
be within the reach of all.
Has no Future Plans.
i Mr. Dennis has not definitely deter
mined what to do with the invention
as yet: whether to manufacture il
himself or to sell it to company.
The farmers in this section of the
country know how useful such a ma
chine will prove to be in the produc
| ton of clover crops. Under existing
conditions when farmer tries te
raise seed crop. he is almost entire
ly at the mercy of nature. If the
humble bees are very plentiful, he il
essured of large crop, which viii
prove one of the most remunerativ<
raised on the farm. Clover seed usu
ally sells at about IS bushel Wher
the bees are scarce the crop is sure
to be failure, because of the lack o
termination of the clover seed. IL
clover, it is necessary that the pollel
of one blossom be placed in anothel
blossom to insure the termination.
When ever there is late freeze o.
an unusually hard and cold winter
without much snow, it can be expect
ed that the number of bees will b.
very scarce the ensuing summer, con
sequently small chances for raising
large amount of clover seed. 1t il
!. predicted by farmers that the numbe
of bees this year will be small h
cause of the number fires last sum
mer and fall which killed them. l
will be remembered that nearly ever
community had it's forest and pastur
fires during the long continue,
drought last summer and fall.