Jan. 31, 1901. 



AMERICAN BEE JOUENAL 



79 



some colonies are pretty light, as we 

 had uo fall honey-flow. 



One man two miles from me had two 

 colonies last spring, increast to 8 by 

 the let-alone plan, got no honey at all, 

 and now has one colony ! That is, he 

 did have one left about a month ago, 

 when I last saw him. 



We had considerable rain here last 

 fall, and clover lookt fine. The great 

 drawback to clover here, tho, is the 

 dry, cold winter, without snow to pro- 

 tect it. The ground is full of moisture 

 this winter, and we are hoping it (the 

 clover) will come thru in good 

 "shape." Sweet clover always comes 

 thru all right — I don't believe a Klon- 

 dike winter would kill it, for it's al- 

 most a " sure thing." It does not stay 

 iu bloom so long here as we read of it 

 doing in some other localities. It be- 

 gins to bloom about July 1st, or a little 

 before, and is all gone to seed and al- 

 most all dead before August 1st. Is it 

 because of "locality," or have we a pe- 

 culiar strain ? It is the "short-tubed " 

 clover, and if one has enough of it, it 

 will not be necessary to breed " longer- 

 tongued " bees. 



I wish the " Old Reliable " and its 

 numerous family a happy and prosper- 

 ous season. E. S. Miles. 



Crawford Co., Iowa, Jan. 12. 



Reliable incubator and Brooder Co.— The fol- 

 lowing- letter from the Inspector (ieueral of tbe 

 Paris Exposition has been received by the 

 Reliable Incubator and Brooder Co., Ouincv, 

 111., and its flattering statements, since they are 

 fully deserved, will be enjoyed by the many 

 friends and users of Reliable machines all over 

 the land. We are very j^lad to give it publicity: 



Paris, Nov. 9, 1900. 

 The Reliable iNcnsATOR and Brooder Co., 

 Quincy, 111., U.S.A. 

 Gentlemen;— I have the honor to remit your 

 certificate of admission to the Paris Exposi- 

 tion of 1900, and take this opportunity to com- 

 pliment you upon your successful attainments 

 at the Paris E.xposition. 



■Vour unique, interesting- atad instructive ex- 

 hibit iu its handsome pavilion has entertained 

 hundreds of thousands ol visitors, whose unan- 

 imous opinion and active interest manifestly 

 declare you to be the head and front of the 

 poultry industry in the United Stales. 



Signed, Hon. C. de Rui-fk D'auxiox, 

 Inspector General. 

 Issued under the authorization of 



The Hon. Delawney Belleville, 

 Director General. 



Juvenile Poultry Raisers.— As time goes on it 

 becomes more necessary to give our bovs and 

 girls practical education. Agricultural col- 

 leges are springing up in every State. We are 

 sending our next generation of farmers to these 

 schools now to fit them for battling with close 

 competition on all matters that pertain to suc- 

 cessful farming. 



These schools of training aie 

 but the large percent of the far 



■ill c 



endable, 

 ..-.^^... «....,, .a. ....,,3 i J the fu- 

 from the farms without the ad- 



vantage of science as developt at these schools. 

 It therefore stands us in hand to make the best 

 use of our home schools— the farms. Every boy 

 and girl likes to own something, and, for the 

 educational purposes alone, thev should own 

 something. Nothing fills the bill better than 

 an incubator and a flock of poultry. It culti- 

 vates a sense of care and business management 

 that would be lacking when thev were called on 

 to do business with a competing public. It is iu 

 their time of life that impressions are perma- 

 nent, good or bad. The writer of this was a 

 boy once, raised on a farm; owned every colt — 

 or rather owned a new colt each spring— owned 

 it until it became real valuable, then he had the 

 privilege of trading it for the youngest again 

 and was educated to think the young colt more 

 valuable for a boy than a colt' old encjugh to 

 bring a good price. The result of this line of 

 training and encouragement, he landed in busi- 

 ness at 21 a regular pumpkin - head to do 

 business. The farm had no attractions for him, 

 he could see nothing in it but plow and harrow 

 and doing without money from crop to crop. I 

 am not blaming Dad, he simply did not know 

 how to educate a boy. Had there been an agri- 



cultural college or other school that occurred to 

 him to be a good thing for a boy, money would 

 not have stood in the way. As above stated, he 

 was not aware that he run the best school on 

 earth, right at home among realities. 



Of course, we would rather the farmer would 

 buy his boy an incubator, but rather than see 

 the boys grow up without ideas of business care 

 and management, it would certainly pay really 

 to give them a start, even if it was nothing 

 more valuable than a hen and chicks. Boys 

 and girls like to own something; as soon as 

 they are old enough to play marbles or jump 

 the rope, they will want to own the marbles 

 and rope at lea^ t. 



In buying an incubator for the j-oung poultry- 

 raiser, it is just as important that we have a 

 good one— one large enough for business and 

 well enough made to do the work properly— as 

 it is that his father has a good implement for 

 his work. Poor tools discourage tbe users. 

 Give the youngsters a fair chance. 



M. M.Johnson, 

 Inventor of the Sure Hatch Incubator. 



A Model Incubator Factory.— The new factory 

 erected last summer at Rose Hill by the MariUa 

 Incubator Compauy, is thoroly equipt in all its 

 departments with modern, up-to-date machin- 

 ery for the manufacture of incubators and 

 brooders. In many respects it is one of the 

 most complete incubator factories in the coun- 

 try. Since its completion it has been filled with 

 biipv workmen building this famous style of in- 

 cubators and brooders. All possible care is 

 taken in the factory to see that everything 

 about the machines is exactly right; the ma- 

 terial is carefully inspected before it passes 

 into the factory; only skilled mechanics are 

 employed, and every "finisht machine is tested 

 before' being crated. It is this extraordinary 

 care which enables these manufacturers to sell 

 their machines on the 30-day free trial plan, 

 and thev tell us that not one machine in a hun- 

 dred ever comes back. The new catalog of the 

 Marilla is a handsome book full of practical in- 

 formation on incubation and brooding, and ex- 

 plaining in detail the Marilla hot-air tank or 

 radiator and mercury regulator— special fea- 

 tures of this incubator — in which we know our 

 readers will be interested. Send for it, being 

 sure to mentian the American Bee Journal when 

 writing. 



Qneen-Clipping 

 Device Free.... 



The MoNETTE Queen-Clipping' 

 Device is a fine thing' for use in 

 catching- and clipping- Queens 

 wing-s. We mail it for Z5 cents; 

 or will send it FREE as a pre- 

 mium for sending us ONE NEW 

 subscriber to the Bee Journal for 

 a year at $1.00; or for$1.10 we will 

 mail the Bee Journal one yeaf 

 and the Clipping Device. Address, 



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The Emerson Binder. 



This Emerson stiff-board Binder with cloth 

 back tor the American Bee Journal we mail for 

 but 60 cents; or we will send it with the Bee 

 Journal for one year -both for only $1.40. It is 

 a fine thing to preserve the copies of the Jour- 

 nal as fast as they are received. If you have 

 this " Emerson " nu further binding is neces- 

 sary. 



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I mmv AND BEESWAX | 



MARKET QUOTATIONS. 



Chicago, Jan. 10.— Honey is selling slowly; 

 this applies to all grades with the exception of 

 white clover and basswood comb honey, which 

 sells readily at 16c providing it grades No. 1 or 

 better. All other kinds of white comb honey 

 sell at from 14(o'lSc, and candied white comb at 

 from saiOc; travel-stained and off-grade? of 

 comb, 13("14c; amber, 12(5 13c; amber e.\tracted, 

 7f»7?4C; dark and buckwheat comb honey, ^(a\ 

 lOc. Extracted, white, 7c, "J^@Sc; basswood 

 and white clover bringing the outside prices; 

 buckwheat and other dark grades, ii@6%c. 

 Beeswax, 2Sc. R. A. Burnett & Co. 



Kansas City, Jan. 22.— Fancy white comb, 

 15(gil7c; amber, 13(9l4c; dark, ''frviic; demand 

 good. E.xtracted, 7@9c; demand quiet. Bees- 

 wax, 20@30c. 



W. R. Cromwell Produce Co., 

 Successors to C. C. Clemons & Co. 



Buffalo, Jan. 17.— All kinds of honey are so 

 quiet it is difltcult to make a sale. Occasionally 

 some sells, fancy 14@15c: few, 16c; choice and 

 No. 1, 121" 13c; few, 14c; but dark, 9@ilOc, and all 

 kinds in liberal supply; some may have to be 

 recousigned. Extracted, 7@8c, and not wanted 

 in Buffalo. Beeswax, 22@27. 



Batterson & Co. 



Albany, N. Y., Jan. 18.— Honev market is 

 dull on all grades now, with light stock and 

 light demand. White comb iti good condition, 

 not candied, 15(L' 16c; mixt, 13('aJl4c; buckwheat, 

 12(u'12)^c; mixt, n(SiU]4c. Extracted, white, 

 8<«'8!^c; mixt, 6@6«c; dark, S'/ic. 



H. R.Wright. 



Boston, Jan. IS.— Fancy No. 1 white in car- 

 tons, 17c; A No. 1, 16c; No. 1, ISm 16c, with a 

 fairly good demand. Absolutely no call for 

 dark honev this vear. Extracted, white, 8@ 

 fl'Ac; light amber, Vyi'agc. Beeswax, 27c. 



Blake, Scott & Lbs. 



Cincinnati, Jan. 16. — Market very quiet. No 

 change in prices. Fancy white comb sells for 

 16c. Extracted, dark, sells for S'Ac, and better 

 grades bring 6V«i(S^75^c. Fancy white table honey 

 brings from 8J^(a>9c. C. H. W. Weber. 



New York, Dec. 22.— Fancy white, ISinlOc; 

 No. 1 white, 14c; No. 2 white 12«'13c; amber, 

 12c; buckwheat, 10(ai]c. Extracted in fairly 

 good demand at 7J4@Sc for white, and 7c for 

 amber; off grades and Southern in barrels at 

 from 65ffl'75c per gallon, according to quality. 

 Not much demand for extracted buckwheat as 

 vet. Some little selling at SH(ffi6c. Beeswax firm 

 at 28 cents. 



Demand continues good for comb honey: sup- 

 ply fairly good. Extracted in fair demand with 

 enough supply to meet requirements. 



HiLDRETH & SeGELKEN. 



Detroit, Jan. 19— Fancy white comb, lS(sil6c; 

 No. 1, 13W'14c; dark and amber, 12(all3c Ex- 

 tracted, white. 7w7^c; amber and dark, 6fw6J^c. 

 Beeswax, 26ra27c. M. H. Hunt &. Son. 



San Francisco, Jan. 9._White comb 13® 

 14 cents; amber, llii@12!^c; dark, .S(<ii9c. Ex- 

 tracted, white, 7ii@Sc; light amber, 6J<@7!<c; 

 amber. S}i@bHc. Beeswax, 26@28c. 



Stocks of all descriptions are light, and 

 values are being as a rule well maintained at 

 the quoted range. Firmness is naturally most 

 pronounced on light amber and water white 

 honey, the latter being in very scanty supply. 



HONEY nARKET.— We may have a customer 

 within a short distance of you who wants your 

 honey or beeswax. We are in close touch with 

 all the markets; therefore write ns regarding 

 your crop, stating quantity, quality, and lowest 

 cash price. References— Either Bank here for 

 any business man in this city. 



Thos. C. Stanley & Son, Fairfield, 111. 



DO VOU WANT A 



HiQH Grade ot Italian Queens 



OR A CHOICE STRAWBERRY ? 



Send for descriptive price-list. 



D. J. BLOCHER, Pearl City, III. 



47A26t Mention the American Bee Journal. 



ForSal6 



Extracted Honey 



5A4t D. S. JENKINS, Las Aminas, COL. 

 Please mention Bee Journal when writing, 



