1895 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



149 





SWEET-CLOVER SEED. 



If any of our readers have sweet melilot or Bok- 

 liara clover seed to sell, we shall be glad to have 

 them mail us samples, stating- how much you have 

 and what you ask for it per lb. We are sold out, 

 and orders are cominjf quite freely. 



liOtAL DEALERS IN BEE-KEEPERS' SUPPLIES. 



As we go to press we are just issuing- our circular 

 of prices to local dealers. We desire a progressive 

 agent to represent us in every good locality for bees, 

 and we have special inducements to offer. If your 

 name is not alreadj' on our Itooks as an agent, and 

 you are acting in that capacity, let us hear from 

 you. 



ALSIKK (UiOVER SEED. 



The supply of alsike seed seems to be plentiful, 

 and our offers for it have been so freely accepted 

 that we now have a good stock of choice seed which 

 we are able to offer at lower prices. For the pres- 

 entwe offer clioice seed at the same price as peavine 

 or mammoth clover— 16c per lb.; $2.00 per peck; 

 $;i.80 per '^2 bush.; $7.'20 per bush.; $14.00 for 2 bush., 

 bag included in each case. 



BEESWAX ADVANCED. 



The market continues bare of beeswax, and prices 

 are higher. We quote an advance of 2 cents a 

 pound over our last quotations, and will, until fur- 

 ther notice, pay 28c cash, olc in trade, for average 

 wax delivered. We can not offer refined wax for 

 sale in small lots for less than 3.5 cents. Is there 

 not an opening at such prices for bee-keepers in 

 some sections to produce wax rather than honey, at 

 the present low prices for the latterV 



SI.MPLICITV AND OLD-STYLE HIVES. 



Our readers who have received new catalogs, have 

 no doubt noticed that we do not list the Simplicity 

 portico and old-style cliaff hives. We consider the 

 Dovetailed hives superior, and they are lower in 

 l)rice. If any old customers who have a supply of 

 these old-style hives, and do not care to change, 

 wish to buy more of the same kind, remember we 

 are still prepared to furnish them at the same 

 prices as heretofore. 



DOVETAILED HIVES— NEW LIST. 



If any of our old customers do not like the new 

 plan we have adopted this year, of including nails 

 and brood-frame starters with complete hives, they 

 are at liberty to order hives at the old list, put up 

 in the old way. In that case be careful to state in 

 your order that you order from old list. The 

 freight rebate mentioned inside of front cover of 

 catalog will not apply to such orders, but only to 

 those ordered from the new list which comply with 

 the conditions made in the catalog. 



CO.MMON-SENSE BINDERS. 



M. H. Mendlesoii, of Ventura, Cal., recently asked 

 the price of these binders in lots of (i to 12, and a(l<ls, 

 after acknowledging receipt of a sample, " It is so 

 convenient and neat, Tel like to bind Gle.^ninos 

 for a number of years luist." This only shows how 

 the binder is appreciated. Maybe there are other 



readei-s who would like to do likewise. Price of the 

 binders, all cloth, 6.5c each; with leather back and 

 corners, 7.5c; postage, 17c extrn. In lots of 3 or 

 over, 5c each loss; 1(1 or more at 10c each less. There 

 is no better or more convenient binder made. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



QUEENS SUCCESSFULLY MAILED TO TASMANIA. 



It is with pleasure that I have to inform you that 

 your select tested queen, dispatched to me in Sep- 

 tember, arrived all safe and in flue condition on the 

 16th of October. There were only two dead bees in 

 the cage. I introduced the queen by lianging the 

 cage in the hive for 24 hours, and then turned her 

 loose, and she is laving quite vigorously. 



Cedar Hill, N. S. W., Nov. 1, 1894. A. E. Ayerst. 



Mr. i?o()/:— The two beautiful queens you sent me 

 arrived here on the evening of the I9th of October. 

 They were quite frisky, and only four tlead bees in 

 each cage. Probably they were hurt in caging 

 them. They wei-e so fresh and lively that I feel 

 quite sure I could have added a little more candy 

 and sent them off for another 14 or 21 days' journey. 



W. P. Clennett. 



Port Esperance, Tasmania, Nov. 1, 1894. 



Mr. Root: — For about fourteen years we have kept 

 company. These years have had their joys as well 

 as their sorrows. Your kind talks have helped to 

 clear away many dark clouds, and left the skies 

 l)righter. Gleaninos makes me feel as if the 

 world, after all, consisted of something besides 

 dollars and cents. May the bles.sing of God go with 

 you to the end. J. E. Lav. 



Hallettsville, Texas, Dec. ,24. 



OUR agricultural books, etc. 



We do not agree out here with W. I. Chamberlain 

 with regard to 2 ft. 6 in. being sufficient in heavy 

 clays. The book is full of useful practical wrinkles, 

 especially that with regard to the method of cut- 

 ting the clay in digging by hand. I see no refer- 

 ence to it in the Tile Drainage; but the deeper the 

 pipes are laid, the smaller they may be. Here, for 

 instance where we have an average rainfall of 49 

 inches per annum, and occasionally 12 or 13 inches 

 in two days, if we drained 2 ft. 6 in. only, and used 

 1 inch tiles, it may be the soil would become water 

 logged, and liles unable to carry it away; but where 

 they are 4 ft. down, the soil acts as a regulator, and 

 gradually passes it through; whereas in shallower 

 drainage the water passes through witli more of a 

 rush. Of course, with deep drainage the soil is 

 much more drought-resisting than with shallow, 

 and you do not seem to be free from that complaint, 

 "want of water," yet. The book entitled "Our 

 Farming " is just grand, and reads like a tale. The 

 chapters on clover and miinure-saving are worth 

 many times the price of the work. We are having a 

 splendid season here this year, and the bees are 

 booming. Honey is cheap— about 5 or (i cents per 

 lb. for extracted, wliolesale: but some of our api- 

 arists get large yields. My district is very poor and 

 limited. C. F. Jeanneret. 



Wybalcua, N S. W.. Oct. 18. 



WOVEN WIRE FENGE 



Why pay CO to 90c. a rod for, 

 fence when you can niake the 

 best Woven Wire Fence onl 

 earth,horse hij:h,buU stronpj 

 pig and chicken tight, for, 



^S3 to aOcTA ROD? 



A man and bov can make 

 Irom 40 to 60 RodS a 

 day. Over 50 different styles 

 Catalorrue Free> Address, 

 KITSELMAN BROS., 

 Rideeville, Indiana. 



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MEKOHANTS. 



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1875. 



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