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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apr. 15. 



ODD-LOT SECTIONS. 



Of the list of sections otfered in last issue at spe- 

 cial prices, we liave sold tlie i]l, open top and bot- 

 tom, but still have the other sizes listed. 



BUSINESS CHOWDING. 



We are having all we can manage to keep our or- 

 ders filled witli reasonable promptness. Some or- 

 ders for odd goods which have to be made are delay- 

 ed longer than we like to have them; but we hope, 

 by putting in extni time, to keep pace with the 

 orders, and get goods out promptly. 



There will be a good demand this spring for bees 

 by the pound, nucleus, and colony, owing to the 

 heavy losses in some quarters. We do not now sell 

 bees ourselves, and there are only one or two who 

 advertise nuclei in our columns. If you have bees i 

 to sell, advertise; but get your aniiouncemeuts in 

 quick if you desire to catch the orders. 



manufacture of these mills. It will answer nicely 

 tor lieavy foundation. 



Ten-inch round-cell, old style. No. N N. Price 

 $11.(10. This answers to about the SHme description 

 MS No. M M, bui is in a little better condition. 

 Eitlier of these is good value for the money. 



Besides the above we liave a number of new six- 

 inch mills which are far superior to what we sent 

 out a few years ago. but are not quite up to the 

 present standard of excellence required by the large 

 users. We will sell these mills at from $12.00 to 

 $15 00, depending on value; will submit samples and 

 full particulars to those interested, on application. 



ONE PIECE SECTIONS. 



As a sample of tlie way our one-piece sections go 

 together without waste from breaking, we mention 

 the fact that, during the past week, one of the girls 

 in our employ folded on a Hubbard section-press, in 

 less than inilf iin hour, ."jOOseci ions taken from stock, 

 only two of which were broken in folding. These 

 sections, when folded, are much more rigid than 

 any four-piece section can be unless glued. Think 

 of the time sHved in putting together, as well as the 

 saving in first cost. 



HONEY MARKET. 



Our last call for extra ted honey has brought us a 

 number of favorable offers, some of which we have 

 accepted. We are again able to supply choice ex- 

 tracted honey in'60-lb. (^ans, 2 in a case, at 8Xc; two- 

 case lots or more, at 8c; in 115-lb. kegs at 8c, or di- 

 rect from Wisconsin at 7c. Barrels of ij50 Ihs., direct 

 from Indiana, at Vc. Special prices on large lots. 

 These offers are pubjf ct to previous sale. We have 

 calls for choice white comb honey. If any of 

 our readers still have some unsold we should be 

 pleased to hear from them, stating quantity, price 

 and how put up. 



WIRE FENCING AND NETTING. 



The attention of those interested in fencing is di- 

 rected to oui adv't on another page, offering 

 special bargains in remnant rolls. This has not ap- 

 peared since last June; and by com()aring prices 

 now and then you will find a marked reduction 

 clear through the whole list. You will find at pres- 

 ent prices some decided bargains in the list. We 

 have in stock here 6 rolls of 8-in. mesh. No. il wire, 

 48 inches wide, which we offer at S3. 60 per roll, or 

 the 6 rolls for $20.00. This is a size not regularly 

 kept in stock, and it will make a very desirable yard 

 fence. 



SECOND-HAND FOUNDATION-MILLS. 



Two or three weeks ayo we were sold out of 

 second-hand mills, all but one six-inch. More have 

 come ill since, so that we now have the following 

 list to otter: 



Six-inch. No. 1467, hex., thin-surplus mill. Price 

 $12.00. This is the mill exhibited at the Worlds 

 Fair, and was for a time used in our wax-room. It 

 is good value for the price. 



Six-inch, No. 16.31, hex , thin-surplus mill. Price 

 $10.(jO; good value at the price. 



Ten-inch, No. 1728, hex. Price S12.00. This will 

 make ft)undation 6 or 7 feet to the pound; was used 

 in our wa.v-room. and is still an excellent mill, ex- 

 cept for a blemish in the rolls, caused by a small 

 hard substance passing through in t he wax. 



Ten-inch round. No. L L. Price $14.00. This is a 

 late-pattern mill, and in excellent condition; suit- 

 able for medium foundation; practically as good as 

 new. 



Ten-inch round cell, old stvle. No. M M. Price 

 $10.00. This mill has the old-style frame: was made 

 a number of years ago. Although used very little 

 It shows the great advance we have made in the 



DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 



I do not know of any thing of more importance to 

 the inmates of the homes of our land just now 

 than tills matter of domestic economy; or, in other 

 words, in deciding how to make what money there 

 is go the furtliest. The first real start lever made 

 in the world, financially, wsis by making the outgoes 

 less than the incomes; and Mrs. Hoot and myself 

 gave the matter as much study in those earlier 

 years of housekeeping as we would give to one of 

 the fine arts — perhaps even more study. We learn- 

 ed not only to make tvery thing go as far as it could 

 be made to go, but to utilize all the waste products. 

 In the last few > ears it has been mypiivilege to 

 get occasional glimples of the inside workings of 

 many home.s, and it has pained me again and again 

 to see the losses that are permitted to go on, a great 

 many times, because the newly married couples 

 had not learned a belter way Well, we now have a 

 book of almost 300 pagesdevoted to this very subject 

 — Domestic Economy; or. How to Make Hard Times 

 Good, or Good Times Better. Written by a physician 

 of much experience. Just let me mention a few 

 of the things it treats of. First, drinking-water; 

 where to place the building; arrangement of the 

 kitchen; doors and locks. (Oh dear me! how many 

 times I have seen people annoyed by badly working 

 locks and hinges I A great many times I have call- 

 ed for the sewing-machine oil-can, and -have receiv- 

 ed smiling thanks when I showed them what just a 

 single drop of oil would do. Sometimes with a sew- 

 ing-machine screwdriver, the single turn of a screw 

 would make every thing work nicely.) Well, let us 

 go on. The book treats of where to buy; how to 

 buy; wasting; good morals; education; how to care 

 for the baby; cooking; going to school; what books 

 to read; habits of industry ; house-cleaning; recrea- 

 tion; rats and mice; time wasted; fuel; how to make 

 afire; clothing; dogs and cats; fleas and bedbugs; 

 washing-daj'; broken furniture; springs and cis- 

 terns; good bread; soups; sugar; doctors; exercise; 

 care of the body; accidents; contagion; water- 

 closets, etc. The price of the book is $1.00: but by 

 buying a large lot at one time, we have been en- 

 abled to get them so we can sell them for just 60 

 cts. If wanted by mail, add 8cts. extra for postage. 



THE GAULT RASPBERRY. 



Our creek-bottom ground has given us a thousand 

 or more beautiful plantsof the above \-ariety. They 

 are the strongest, and finest of any thing in the way 

 of a raspberry plant 1 ever saw in my life. Many of 

 them have three or four large shoots just coming to 

 the surface of the ground while I write. Now, I 

 am not at liberty to Sell these plants for less than 

 ."jO cts. each; but I am permitted to sell one plant to 

 every subscritier to Gie.^nings for 25 cts. each, 

 postpaid by mail, in a strong wooden box made 

 expressly for mailing them securely. Or if any 

 subscriber will get somebody else to subscri be we 

 will send him a plant free; or whoever sends $2.00 

 for Gleanings two years may have a plant free. 

 Even if you have only the tiniest bit of garden, I 

 think you should liave" one Gault raspberry-plant. 

 They begin to bear when they are not much larger 

 than a strawberry, and keep bearing right straight 

 along until frost. Each plant will make you ten or 

 a dozen plants next fall, and the prospect is they 

 are going to be worth a good deal of uKincy next 

 year at this time. Without taking any sjucial care, 

 we have secured ov^er a thousand nice strong plants 

 from not quite a hundred plants last .'-pring. The 

 voung plants will (irobably bear fruit this year, un- 

 less you pick the blossoms off. The lierries are so 

 very heavy they almost need mulching like straw- 

 berries to keep them out of the dirt, unless they are 

 tied up to a stake or some sort of trellis. See cut 

 and description on page 959. last year. Or we will 

 mail you drawine-s from a photo, with full descrip- 

 tion of the new raspberry. A. I. R. 



