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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 15. 



high-pressure boe-keejier. I bought all ho had 

 to spare, and the Rural New-Yorkers we have 

 for sale include this lot. From the repoits in 

 the agricultural papers, I .iudg(>, this potato has 

 been a great boon to iriankind iln' world ovnr. 

 It would be hard to esiiinate the good that the 

 Ilnral New-Yoi'l<er periodical has d(jn(^ the 

 world iu so steadily disscminaiinn this one po- 

 tato. Perhaps it has not f/iu/e done the work 

 that the Concord gratic did lor years along in 

 the same line. And, by the \vay. 1 have jtisi 

 been pained to note the recrnt death of our 

 friend Bull, who originated and gave to the 

 world the Concord grape It had been in my 

 mind to do something toward the contribution 

 that the Rural Neiv ■ Yorker has been taking 

 up for him; but I put it off, and now he is gone. 



The new Craig potato resembles the Rural 

 perhaps more than any other. The potatoes 

 are still larger— at least, they seem so this sea- 

 son, and I imagine the qtiality is a little better. 

 The vines, instead of standing upright, how- 

 ever, like the Rural, lie down and run all over 

 the ground. In fact, the general average, when 

 stretched up full length, are now about as high 

 as my head. But the frost last night, Oct. 9, 

 has wound up growth for the season. There 

 has been some objection made to a potato that 

 never ripens up until frost kills it. I hardly 

 think it will hold good in this case, however. 

 Please lot us hear from you, friends, when you 

 dig your Craigs. A postal-card report will he 

 sufficient. 



The Early Ohio and Lee's Favorite, planted 

 the la.^-t day of June, where we picked our 

 strawberries, gavi- us a good yield of nice pota- 

 toes; and the Whittaker onions, mentioned in 

 our last issue, were put in the same afternoon 

 tho potatoes were dug; so now we have the 

 t?im7 crop growing on tlie same ground during 

 one season: and the ground was plowed up 

 after each crop was harvested, instead of the 

 interlapping crops by planting between the 

 rows. 



A REPOUT FROM THE CRAIG POTATOES. 



Mr. Root.— 1 have dug part, anti sliaU have :6iior 17.5 Imtiliols 

 of Ci-nigSeiMlling piitatofs. I |ilant(il alidut -",. Imslu-ls. The 

 pnfatdes weie cut tn imi (■>•(', and planted cine |.ieie in a tiiU. 3- 

 feet cheek rows, ordinuy cullivation, and no rnniuu e or fer- 

 tUizer. There was a liltle over i^ acre, but many hills did not 

 come up — I think prohahly because the seed was hastily cut, 

 and extremely dry weathei- at planting. They were grown on 

 a heavy sandy loam that had grown two'crops of Gand'y 

 strawberries and one of millet since manuring. I had very 

 few small potatoes ; season was very late. 



Leslie. Mich.. Oct. 10. C. N. Flansburgh. 



Now, 175 bushels, grown from 2'4 bushels of seed, 

 will be equivalent to about 70 bushels from one 

 planted. Why, that is even better tnan my first ex- 

 periment of last season. I planted one potato, tbat 

 weighed nerliaps one pound, tliat gave me a bushel 

 —60 lbs. from 1 lb ; but friend F'., in the report 

 above, has made a whole field, wliere he planted 

 2H bushels, do as well, aitil rivcr ::)i<) //kn/k/s prr (tcre! 



Special Notices. 



A GOOD CHEAP PUMP. 



We call the special attention of our readers to the 

 Leader pump we offer in another column. There 

 are few people, especially in the country and small 

 towns, wlio do not use a pump. We believe j'ou 

 will find in this a rare bargain. It may be used for 

 a windmill pump, but the connection for that use 

 costs 7uc addil iunal. 



CHICAGO BRANCH. 



As we go to press we are loading a car of assorted 

 stock for our Cliicago branch at 5ti Fifth Av«., 

 where our manager, Geo. W. York, will l)e piepared 

 within a week or ten days to supply all who find it 

 more convenient to trade in Chicago. We will aim 

 to keep there a pretty full stock, especially of the 

 goods most commotdy called for. Occasionally or- 



ders may have to be forwarded here to be filled if 

 odd-sized goods or something unusual is called for. 



SyU.^HE CANS.FROM CHICAGO. 



We have made arrangements with a manufactu- 

 rer of cans ill Chicago, to fill orders for one and five 

 gallon sduaie cans so that we are now prepared to 

 ship either trom New Orleans. St. Louis, Chicago, 

 Coniieaut, Ohio, or from here, at $6.50 for 10 boxes 

 of two 5 gallon cans with I'i-incli screws; $15.00 for 

 25 boxes. Orders for cans from Chicago may be 

 sent here or to our Chicago bram'h. As the l>^-inch 

 screw seems to be the standard, we have gone back 

 to that size instead of the 1% as advertised in our 

 catalog. Special low prices quoted on large lots or 

 carloads. 



FACTORY BUSY, AND RUNNING FULL, TIME. 



What with orders for potato-boxes and other out- 

 side work which we have taken in addition to the 

 good demand for supplies from some sections be- 

 cause of a fair crop of fall honey, we have been 

 kept very busy in our woodworking department, 

 and hive sometimes been a few daj'S behind on or- 

 ders for bushel boxes. We are now up on our or- 

 ders, and are laying up stock preparatory to next 

 season's trade. We shall be glad to hear from those 

 who are in the habit of supplying their needs for 

 the following season io-the tall and winter, and any 

 others in search of special prices for buying out of 

 season. Let us have a list of your requirements. 

 The more goods we can place during the fall and 

 Winter the better, as it helps distribute the work 

 through the j'ear. 



ADVANCE IN PRICE OF GLASS. 



There have recently been s weral sharp advances 

 in the price of window glass. Indetd, present 

 prices are about double what they were last spring. 

 There is a good prospect that these prices will not 

 only be maintained, but will even go higher. We 

 have liiid in a goed stock of shipping-case glass at 

 very nearly the old price, so we are not oblified yet 

 to mark up our prices to an extentequal to the gen- 

 eral advance in the market. Until further notice 

 the price of strips listed in our catalog will be as 

 follows: On all other sizes cut to order, $3.tK) per 

 box of 50 feet. Price of 



10 100 

 3xl7K for 24-lb. single-tier cases, - - 3Uc tS.iO 

 3xl3V2 for 3 row cases, - - - - 35e 2.00 

 2x9 for 2 row cases. 12 lb. - - - 10c 80 

 The price of shiiiping-cases complete with glass 

 will be advanced to correspond with above ad- 

 vances. 



HIGHER PRICES ON WIRE NETTING EXPECTED IN 

 ^ THE NEAtt FUTU RE. 



■'We have no assurance that the exceedingly low 

 prices on wiic ■ .•ttin>.', ^iven on third cover page of 

 this number, will last more than two or three weeks 

 lo.iger. Indeed, in view of the advance in price of 

 iron and steel made during the past few months, 

 the present low prices can nt)t be maintained. The 

 manufacturers will imdoubtedly arrange for high- 

 er prices the first of next month. In view of the 

 prospect of hijiher prices we have laid in a stock of 

 2J0 rolls iu addition to our present stock of over 100 

 rolls; and until further notice we will accept orders 

 at the prices quoted in our adv't on 3-inch No. 18, 

 2-inch No. 20, and 2-inch No. 19, the three sizes we 

 keep in stock here. Orders for other sizes received 

 during the next two weeks we cnn doubtless fill at 

 these prices, but we can not guarantee them for a 

 longer time; and even during that time they will 

 be taken subject to acceptance of the manufactur- 

 ers. We look for an advance of 20 to 25 per cent. 

 It is a good time, therefore, to anticipate your 

 needs and buy at present low prices. We have been 

 doing this in several lines which are advancing; 

 and. to get back the money we have been thus in- 

 vesting, we invite orders at the present low prices. 

 If you anticipate using netting next season it i^ 

 our judgment that you will make a mistake if you 

 do not buy now while present low prices may be 

 had. 



ADVANCE IN WIRE NAILS. 



Of the advance in prices during the past few 

 months there have been none so radical as that of 

 wire nails. While nails were selling last April at a 

 base price of 8.5c a keg for 6(id, the bottom now for 

 the same size is $2 85 — an advance in 6 months of 

 $2.00 a keg, and there is talk of still further ad- 



