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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov. 13. 



liiac'e ;i view i 

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A B C of Bee Culture. 



It is hardly necessary to speak of 

 the merits of tlais work, wliich, 

 judfied from its extensiA'e sale, is 

 the most widely read book on bee 

 cidlin-e iu tlie Eni^lisli language, 

 and. lor aught we know, in any 

 l:inguage. The last edition com- 

 phies ti:-',000 copies from tlie piess 

 durinji the last eigiiteen years since 

 it waslirst printed. This last edi- 

 tinn has been jrreatly impiovcd. It 

 is enlarged to 475 octavo pages, with 

 o\fi- liiiu illustnitions, many of tlieni 

 full vi''if-''c\ Some of tlie latter eni- 

 d' the apiaries of some of the largest 

 •essful bei^men. In the back part of 

 the work is a biographical department of sketches 

 and half-tone portraits ot tlie most successful 

 American apiarists. The whole work is brimful of 

 contagious enthusiasm, and the style simple and in- 

 structive. None of the matter pertaining to the 

 apicultural part of the book is electrotyped, but all 

 is kept iu standing- type, so that when any new thing 

 of importance conies up it can be in.serlc<] in its 

 proper place, and the old struck out. Its quick s;i les 

 have warranted us in giving it frequent and tlioi- 

 ough revisions. The pieseiit edition is greatly en- 

 larged and improveti. so that it is nearly twice the 

 size of the one first issued; and no bee-keeper hav- 

 ing one of the earliest copies can afford t(j be without 

 this latest edition. The book has grown .so large 

 that it now takes 19 cents postage to mail it. We 

 have not changed our prices, however. Price ^l.'Z't 

 postpaid: ^1.1(1 with other goods Gleanings one 

 year, clublied with the ABC, postpaid for $3,011. If 

 .you send three new suljscriptions with .your own re- 

 newal and $f. 00, you may have the book postpaid; 

 or if you .send two new subscribers witli your renew- 

 al and ^M you can have tlie book prepaid. 



OLD EDITION.— We still have a few copies of 

 the old edition which we otter, as long- as they last, 

 at $1,50 for the book, and GLEA.\iN(is one year, paid 

 in advance, or for one new subscrilier, sent with 

 your renewal and 1.5c for postage, we will send a 

 book free. A few in paper covers will be sent with 

 your renewal at ^1.35, or postpaid for one new sub- 

 -scribei' witli .vour renewal and SP2.00. 



Bees and Honey, in doth, by Thos. G. New- 

 man. We have a good supply of this work, which 

 sells regularly at .fl.tX), postpaid, which we offer 

 along with Gleanings one year for $1.50, postpaid, 

 or we will give one copy free for one new subscrip- 

 tion with .your own renewal. 



Bienen Kultur. This is a condensed edition 

 of the same work in German, and paper covers. 

 Price -to cents, postpaid. We will send this free, 

 postpaid, for one new subscriber, or with a renewal 

 for 10 cents additional. 



Dzierzon Theory. This is a little pampldet 

 of 4S pages, valuable to. every bee-keeper. Will 

 send one free, postpaid, for one renewal and your 

 own renewal if sent before your paid suljscription 

 expires. 



.,\rj>- of the followinii- books fient free 

 postpaic/ for one new subserSiition with 

 your renewiil and S2.00. 



^\ The A B C of Potato Culture. 



Paper, 320 pages, 4x5, ill ust rat ed. This 

 is T. B. Terry's first and most masterly 

 woi'k. The i)ook has liad a large sale, 

 and has been rei>rinted in foreign lan- 

 guages. The second edit i<m, reset and 

 almost entirely re wri I ten, is, just issued. 

 When we are thoroughly conversant 

 with friend Terry's system of raising- 

 l)Otatoes, we shall be ready to handle almost any 

 farm crop successfully. Price 40c, postpaid. 



The A B C of Strawberry 



Culture. Paper, 1.50 pages, fully il- 

 lustiated. This is Terr.v's latest .s-m((/( 

 Ixjok, and has receivefl some very high 

 wortls of praise. Who among ruj.d 

 people does not have a little garden- 

 l)atch ? Ifyouwouldlearntorai.se in 

 it that most luscious of all fruit, the 

 strawberry, with the best results, you 



can not be without this little book. Even if you don't 

 grow strawberries .you will he the better for reading- it. 



Maple Sugar and the Sugar= 



Bush. By A. J. Cook. Paper, 44 

 l>ages, TxiO, illustrated. This is most 

 valualile to all who are interested in the 

 product of our sugar maples.. No one 

 wh( ) makes maple sugar or syrup should 

 be without it. If you don't make maple 

 syrup .vou may want to know how it is 

 made, and how to .judge of a good ar- 

 ticle when .you bu.y it. Pi'ice 40c, postpaid. 



Tomato Culture, in three parts. 

 B.y J. W. Day. I). Cummins, and A. I. 

 Root. Papir, 150 jiages. illusti-ated. A 

 most valualile 1 realise einliracing field 

 culture, foi-ciiig under glass, and rais- 

 ing plants for market. Valuable to 

 any one raising- garden stuff of any 

 kiiid, aside from tomatoes. Price 40c, 

 postpaid. 



A B C of Carp Culture, in pa- 

 per covers, illustrated. This is a work 

 of 70 pages. 7x10, written by Geo. Finley 

 and A. I. Hoot, and the best authority 

 on the subject of carp culture yet in 

 print. The rearingof carj) is a pleasant 

 and profitable amusemein. This book 

 will tell you all about it. Price 40c. 



Winter Care of Horses and 

 Cattle. This is friend Terry's .second 

 book in regard to farm matters; but it 

 is so intimately connected with his 

 potato book that it reads almost like a 

 sequel to it. If j-ou have only a horse 

 or a cow, I think it will pay you to in- 

 vest in the book. It has 44 pages, 7x10, 

 illustrated. Price 40c, postpaid. 



Tile Drainage. Py W. I. Cham- 

 berlain. This is a valuable companion 

 to our other rural books. It embraces 

 the experience of fortj- years of one of 

 our foremost pi-actical agriculturists, 

 who has laid with his own hands over 

 15 miles of tile. Paper, 150 pages, il- 

 lustrated. Price 40c, postpaid. 



Our Farming, by T. B. Terry. This will be a 

 most helpful book for any farmer to read. It is a 

 large work which sells for $3.L0, postpaid. We offer 

 it with Gleanings one year for ^3 50. For one new 

 subscription, with your renewal and $1.00 extra, or 

 $3.00 in all, you may have the book postpaid. 



Merry banks and His Neighbor. By A. 1, Boot, 

 This is the title of a little book of 310 pages- and 68 

 illustrations. It narrates the alternate failure and 

 success of a beginner who ultimately, through 

 much tribulation, becomes a successful bee-man 

 and a power for good in Onionville. Appropriate 

 original cuts, maii.v of them lyimorous, are inter- 

 spersed here and tliire, representing some of the 

 droll experiences which a beginner with bees some- 

 times passes through. Besides liees. it talks of 

 other rural pursuits, such as gardening, maple- 

 sugar making, etc. It has a good deal to say about 

 our hom(>s. and more particularl.v one home which 

 « as starled upon a sandy foundation, but eventual- 

 ly lieeanie liuilded upon the Kock Christ, Jesus. The 

 liook is full of instruction; price 35 cents; 3 cents 

 extra when sent by mail. Given free for oue renew- 

 al, and 5 c^nts to pay postage and mailing. 



What to Do, and How to Be Happy 



While Doing It. This is a book of 190 octavo 

 pages same size as this, and 80 illust r.-itions, written 

 by A. I. Root. esi)ecially helpful to those out of em- 

 ployment or to those who have a hard time in mak- 

 ing both ends meet. How to find something to do 

 right at home instead of going to the already too- 

 (•ro\\ ded cities. How to be your own boss and enjo.v 

 .vour work. The true secret of real enjoyment in 

 "work. This book will w«ll repay a careful reading. 

 Price, in paper covers, .50 cents, postpaid; 45 cents 

 with other goods. Given free, postpaid, for a new 

 subscription with your own renewal. In cloth cov- 

 ers, 35 cents e.vtra; or given free for one e.xtra sub- 

 scription. 



