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GLEANINGS INTiEE CULTUiiE. 



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times paid a dollar for"? Is not the case some- 

 what parallel with the "essays" we have had against 

 dollar queens? No one expects dollar queens are all 

 to be used for breeding purposes (any more than 

 that all Cuttle and horses shall he so used), for the 

 greater part of them are used for the production of 

 honey. If I am not mistaken, the greatest crops of 

 honey on record have come from our dollar queens, 

 reared from imported mothers. On page 5SU of our 

 December number, a daughter of a dollir queen 

 gave 316 lbs. comb honey, and oOt extracted, in twen- 

 ty-four days. What do lijng, uncharitable " har- 

 angues" (excuse me) amount to, compared to great 

 reports like these? 



CIRCUIilRS, ETC., RECEIVED. 



SQUARE MEN. 



5gj^-5feE like your proposition to start a "Square 

 WM Men's" column; but while such a course on 



-^ -' your part would be of unquestionable ad- 

 vantage to all dealers whose dealings will bear the 

 light of daj', and to consumers, it presents some ob- 

 stacles, the chief of which is the danger of doing in- 

 justice, either to an honest dealer by leaving him 

 out of the list, or to consumers and all concerned, 

 by putting in dealers of questionable reputation. In 

 order to bo just to all, it will be necessary to proper- 

 ly define the meaning of square men. Our ideal of a 

 square man, and which we endeavor to live up to, is 

 one who will keep the rjoMcn rule, " do to others as 

 he would that they should do unto him." Suppose 

 you should offer to insert one month, free, an ad- 

 vertisement offering to make every thing square 

 with dissatisfied customers. For our part, we would 

 be glad to re.'pond with something like the follow- 

 ing: 



NOTICE! 



We do not know that we have a single dissatisfied 

 customer; but if we have, such will confer a favor 

 by writing us kindly, and we will do our best to 

 render satisfaction. 



Why is it that some sny that the world is hard to 

 please? We have not found it so. 



E. A. Tno.MAS & Co. 



Colerain, Mass., Jan. 14, 1882. 



Friend Tliomas. I tbank you for your sug- 

 gestions, as well as those written by others on 

 this matter, and it is to me another evidence 

 of God's loving kindness over all of us who 

 are trying to do right, for good is assuredly 

 beginning to shine out of it all. One who 

 bad not worked hard for a good name would 

 hardly dare come out and take the bold 

 stand you and several others have done. 

 May the J.ord bless you, and give you pa- 

 tience to bold out in the task you have un- 

 dertaken. How will this do V — 



Department for those who wish to be corisidered 

 SQUARE MEN. 



Names will be inserted in this Department free of charge the 

 first time. After that, lOo. each insertion, or $1.00 per year. 



Wg whose names appear below do not know that 

 we have a single dissatisfied customer; but if we 

 have, such will cimfor a favor by writing us kindly, 

 and we will do our best to render satisfaction. 



Paul Viallon, Bayou Goula, Iberville Par., La.; 



I. li. Good, Napp:inee, Elkhart Co., Ind.; 



Otto Kli'inow, opn. Fort Wayne, Detroit, Mich. 



E. M. Hayhurst, Kansas City, Jackson Co., Mo. ; 



E. A. Thomas & Co., Colerain, Mass. 



Friend llavhnrst frivc?: m .a very neat little price list on a pos- 

 t il r:iril, an 1 duriny; ISX'! is prepaid 1 to replace all doUai' queens 

 that ttirn out liylirid^. IC;uisa-; i.'il.v. Mo. 



W. \V. Cuy iV SciTi, ( 'iilcraini-. :\I,i.ss., send us a 1-page circular 

 and prioe list of \>vi-^ :\ni\ supplies. 



A very |>vi'tty little (jueen circular from .1. T Wilson, Mor- 

 tonsvillc, Ky.,' telling to which State in the Union he sent 

 queens l:\^t vi-ar. 



W. S. ('auilieu, Pleasant Hdl, S. C, a price list of Italian bees 

 and (luoi'us, imr pimc, 5 x 15. 



Jas. FornrruoU- ,v Co , Itlpag'c list of apiarian supplies, bees, 

 etc. Watcitown. Wis. 



A very pretty I'i-paLte circular from Mrs. Lizzie K. Cotton, of 

 West Ubrhaiu, JIc. This circular contains muclt that is valua- 

 ble; but I fear it rather exaKK'erates the profits that a new hand 

 misht cxiicct from a swarm of boes. Mrs. C lays almost too 

 much stress on " ln-r liivc," as it seems to me; still, I have no 

 doubt but tlcit til-cat ii-siilts maybe obtained by her plan of 

 very libi'ral b.'cdiiiK bcloic t\ic honey I'rop appears. 



c' (i ]>ii-kiiisoii, South Oxford. X. Y, sends us a 1-page cir- 

 cular and ]uicc list of bees and hives. 



We have .just i)rinted circulars and price lists for the follow- 

 ing parties: - 



J. F. Hart, I'nion Point, Go.., an 8 page catalogue of bee sup- 

 plies, copiously illustrated. 



.T. M. Kinzic. Doou, Out , Canada, a 4 page list of hives, etc. 



Von Horn, omalia, Xeb, a 4-page list of apiarian supplies, il- 

 lustrated. 



A. W. Cheney, Ivanawha Falls, W. Va , a 12 page list, illus., 

 of the Kanawha Apiaries. 



Dclos Staples, West Sebewa, Mich., a 4page circular and de- 

 scriptive piice list of the Willow Ridge fruit farm. 



T- C Crilly, (iiatlon, O., .a 12-page list of bees and queens. 



fi ^I. Doolittlc's r;-page list is very comprehensive, giving a 

 list of papers for which he is agent, some rvui in number, and 

 also a catalogue of bees and queens. Altliough friend Doolittlo 

 is so prominent as an apiarian, one is ;it a loss to say, after 

 i-eading his catalogue, whether he is not deservedly as much so 

 as a horticulturist ; for his cuts of strawberries .and potatoes, 

 and descri)ition of small fiuit, make one's "mouth water." 

 Borodino, X. Y. 



Rubber or plaster machines, warranted, $3 75 to 

 ST.dO. THIN FDN. machlnerv comolete, by mail. 

 $2.,50. See OLIVER FOSTER'S free samples and 

 price list. Mt. V^ernon, Lian Co., I )wa. 3d 



NORTHERN-GROWN SEEDS. PLANTS, VINES, ETC,, 



of first hands, at growers' prices, grown at my seed 

 farm, fruit gardens, and apiary, east side Saratoga 

 Lake. Address, JOHN H. MYERS. 



Box 106i, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 



T*vo young men to work with bees, and in the nurs- 

 ery. Will paywages, wiih a chance lo learn the busi- 

 ness. S. I. FREEBORN, 



2d Ithaca, Richland Co., Wis. 



At Kansas City, Mo.^ 



I breed PURE ITALIAN BEES for sale. I warrant 

 my dollar queens to be purely mated, and guarantee 

 safe arrival. I will try to givo perfect satisfactiun. 

 Please send for list to E. M. HAYHURST, 



2-3d P. O. Bo.x 1131. 



1S82. 



TWELFTH YE-VR. 



1882. 



Tested Queens in April and May, - - - $3 50 

 " " in June and after, - - - 2.00 



Untested Queens in April and May, - - 1.25 

 " " in June and after, - - LOO 



Bv the % doz , 5 per cent olf above prices. By the 

 dozen. 10 per cent off above prices. Also, Syrian 

 and Cyprian Queens (bred in separate apiaries), at 

 same price. Sent by mail, and safe arrival guaran- 

 teed. Address W. P. HENDERSON, 

 2-5d Murf reesboro, Ruth. Co., Tean. 



FOR SALE CHEAP.— Foot-power buzz-saw. Pure 

 Plvmouth Rock fowls and eggs for hatching 

 during the season. Orange cane-seed, the kind bees 

 work on. Also seed potatoes. For prices, address 



N. J. ISRAEL, 

 2-3d Beallsville Monroe Co., Ohio. 



