The Mankato free press., 1923-06-08
RHEkEEPERs Exsh M,sI MEET At ~"

versity Farm. secretary Of tbe Min.
nesota Beekeepers association, an.
nounoas that the annual field meet
4 Of the organization will be held at
the farm June 30. e. r. Root, presi-
dent OF the A. !. Root company and
editor OF Gleanings in Bee Culture,
win be the chief speaker OF the day.
Omitted States, Mr. Root is familiar
with beekeeping everywhere and Il
In position to give. Minnesota bee
keepers many valuable hints and
suggestions, especially with regard
to the marketing of their crops. The
university beeyard, composed Of
more than a hundred pure Italian
ford ample facilities for the demon
stration Of methods OF hivins
tevarms, or OF swarms control" says
Secretary Matthews. Some Of these
bees started as nuclei or two pound
packages In May, so that visitors
viii have a chance to Judge the re-
latfve value Of packages, nuclei, and
old colonies for honey production.
In addition there Is a queen yard OF
VIII see the entire process of rear
ing queens. If desirable. auto trips
can be arranged to outlying com
mercial beeyards or to the univer-
sity experimental yard in the bass.
wood district" Beekeepers attend
Ing this meeting can reach Univer.
stty Farm by the Como Harriest or
Como Hopkins street car from
either ST. Paul or Minneapolis. They
should leave the car at Carter or
boswell avenue and walk eastward
TO the agricultural college campus.
PROTECT THE FORESTS
The protection Of forests and for
est products from insects is of
scarcely less importance than their
protection from fire." declares the
Forest Service, in an article in the
1922 Yearbook of the United States
department. of agriculture, entitled
Timber: Mine or Crop" Losses due
TO insect attacks upon living trees
and crude finished and utilized for
est products, are estimated by the
Bureau Of Entomology, United
States department of agriculture, at
s130.000,000 annually. thus clearly
emphasizing the eeed of educational
work and the development Of sys
tematic control measures which now
are woefully inadequate the article
states. The western pine, beetle,
the gypsy moth, the chestnut blight,
and the white pine blister rust are
the most damaging OF the insects
and diseases which are, now attack
ing the trees and forest products
BY far the most serious menace OF
disease to forest crops at the pres
ent time lies in the imported epi
demic, states the Forest Service
article. The chestnut blight, i'm
ported from eastern Asia on nursery
stock in the early nineties. has ali
but exterminated this useful tree
fhENT10hrArt
Quarantines of foreign tree nursery
stock, the only effective means oil
preventing such diseases. have only
recently, been put in force "AIl to
gether, the most important present
example OF this type OF disease is the
white pine blister rust. Introduced
from Europe within the past 20
years, II is now widespread through
the northern range OF the eastern
white pine, and has recently been
found extensively in British Colunl-
bia and to a limited extent in Wash
ington on the western white pine
The very existance Of the western
white and sugar pine forests Is
threatened. Under eastern condition:
q financially practicable method ot
control has been worked out which
viii save the eastern white pine in
the areas Of its greatest Commercial
value. but whether these methods
can be adapted to western condi
During the past four years. in co
operation with the Northeastern and
Lake States. total of l,025,3S.
acres has been cleared of curran
and gooseberTy, bushes at an aver
age cost Of 35 cents per acre, thus
protecting the. white pine on thi:
area and making it safe for the fu.
ture. production. of this valuable
! crop" Cooperative insect control or
large scale is at present being un
dertaken on Federal. State. and pri
vate lands on the Pacific Coast ant
Rocky Mountain forests where the
Bureau OF Entomology estimates thai
the cost of bringing the western pine
beetle under control will be less
than $4,000. During the past ter
years the stumpage value of the trees
this insect has killed runs into many
millions Of dollars, the Forest Serv.
Ice declares, Other insects and dis
eaeee also take an enormous toll ev.
cry year 1t is stated. and the cost II
dollars to fight these damaging pests
they cause. Copies Of the Yearbook
separate containing this article MAJ
be secured free upon application II
the Division Of Publications, United
States Department of Agriculture
Washington D. c., as long as thu
supply lasts. Ask for Timber: Mine
or. Crop?"
FREIGHT CAR SUPPLY
The supply Of freight cars avail.
able for use in the northwest al
present is more nearly meeting the
demand than it, has at any time
since the war period. This condition
a bonn to farmers and shippers, i:
a direct result Of the activities Of
the Northwest Regional Advisory
Board. fromed tc E',k with the
Car Service Division of the Ameri
can Railway association. There are
"a members on the board represent.
ing Northwest Farm Bureaus, ship.
pers, railroads, Commissioners o.
Agriculture, Railroad and Warehouse
commissions and others. ]. F. Reed
president of the Minnesota Farm
Bureau Federation, is chairman
The board held a meeting at Fargo
Nd, on May %. Reports presented
showed that material progress to
ward supplying the demand fol
oars had been made. we have fol-
our goal" said Chairman Reed. "as
surance for the Northwest OF al
least LIS per cent of the cars own
ed by railroads of the section fol