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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov. 15. 



Italian Untested queens. $1.00: tested, *1 2.x Bees 

 Bees by tlie puimd, $1.00. Full ci)lon'u-s. W.OO; 



and nueli i, ^-fi-ilins. wltli qiin n, ;}3.5u; 1- 



Queens. firnne. S2 00: (iiieeiis alter Ausr.. fiO cents. 

 B. P. and W. P. R esfrs tor setting-, 1.5 tur $1 00. 



MKS. .1. A. SIM l'S(>2\', Svv.-irts, f^a. 



USE C"#//l/7il CARBON- 



TAYLOR'S r^ KJ IVI /-h BISULPH/DE 

 For killin";- \Vood«-lui«-ks. Prairie no«!>^, Oo- 

 plieri* :«iid Rii«i», IiimoIs in 4.iruiii, >ii>ed«, 

 etc. Sliii)])! d in 50-|j()und cans by tlie uumulact ur- 

 er. Write for jjampblet. 



Edward R. Taylor, Cleveland. O. 



HATCH CHICKENS wuh the muuel 

 Excelsior Incubator. 



Simple, Perfect, Self-Regu- 

 lating. Thousauds in success- 

 ful operation. Guaranteed to 

 batch a larger percentage of 

 fertile eggs at less coat than 

 an^ other Hatcher. Lowest 

 priced flrst-class Eatchef 

 made. GEO. U. STAHL, 

 1 1 4 to 1 i»2 8. 6th St., Qoiiicr, OL 



TAKE mimii 



BEFORE placfDK your orders for SUPPLIES, write 

 for prices on One-Pieee Basswood Sections, Bee- 

 Hives, Shipping-Crates, Frames, Foundation, Smo 

 kers, etc. PAGE & LYON MFG. CO., 



8tfdb New London. Wis. 



Please mention Olkaninrs. 21-8db 



Advantages of Bee-Escapes. 



No sweat Steals down tlie heated ebeeivs and ach- 

 ing baek of tlie bee-l\eeperas the result of staudiug 

 in the hot sun pulling, blowing, snioliing. and brusli- 

 ingbees; no time is wasted in tliese disagreeable 

 operations; and no stings leceived in resentment of 

 such treatment: the honey is secured free from 

 black or even the taint of smoke; I lie cappings are 

 not injured by the gnawiiigs of bees: and rubliers 

 stand 11(1 sliow whatever. If there are any broken 

 burr-combs they are cleaned up by the bees iiiKide 

 the hive, before the lioney is removed. Leading 

 Bee=keepers use the Porter Escape, and say that 

 without a trial it is impossibleto realize the amount 

 of vexatious, annoying, disagreeable work that it 

 saves. The cost is only 20 cts. each, or $2.25 per doz. 

 As in the past, this escape is manufactured by the 

 Porters, but The A. I. Root Co. are now the ex- 

 clusive selling agents for this country. Order of 

 your dealer or of 



THE A. I. ROOT CO., Medina, Ohio. 



Read what J. 1. Parent, of 

 ' Chahi-ton. N. Y., says — "We 

 cut with one of your Combined 

 Machines last winter 50 chaff 

 hives with 7-inch cap, 100 honey- 

 racks, 500 broad frames, 2,000 

 honey-boxes, and a great deal of 

 other work. This winter we 

 have doubled the amount of bee- 

 .liives, etc., to make, and we ex 

 pect to do it all with this saw. 

 "^ It will do all you say it will." 

 Catalogue and Price List free. Address W. F. & 

 JOHN BARNES, 546 Ruby St., Rockford, III. 



When more convenient, orders for Barnes' Foot- 

 Power Machinery may be sent to 



The a. I. Root Co. 

 Please mention this paper. 



W. O. Victor, of Wharton, Tex., took 



45,000 Lbs. of Honey in 1894. 



He offers Italian Queens — good, old-style lioney- 

 queens — untested, tirst order, to any addr-ess, at 50c 

 each. Also bees in anyquantity: 4.50 colonies to draw 

 from. Root's goods constantly in stock. Prices to 

 suit the times. Buy near home, and save freight. 



The Sir William Potato. 



The phot o-engraving above shows a peck basket- 

 ful of Sir Wi'lifiin poiatoes; 14 tubers weighing 

 15 lbs. In my deld few weighed less tlian K lb., and 

 some ran ashigli as I'i lbs Some of the good points 

 of this remarkable new potato are as follows: 



1. It is a \'erv henvy yielder. Its yield this 

 year, as far as dug, is about ~00 bushels per acre on 

 my rather thin soil, with extreme drouth from 

 planting until August 6. Ten other good varieties 

 with same chance are averaging about 100 bushels 

 per acre. It is a thrifty grower from the start, and 

 resists bugs and drouth and blight better than most 

 other kinds. 



2. It is ideal in shape, color, and cooking 

 quality. 



3. It is niedium-late. Planted by May 1 it will 

 usually mature before Sept. 1, in time to follow 

 with wheat; a great advantage to many grow- 

 ers. 



4. If the seed is large, and cut to one or two eyes 

 (as I recommend for large seed), practicallv all of 

 the tujber.s* will be of marketable size. For three 

 years on" my farm it has shown a 7e.s.s jjer cent 

 of small fiotittoes than any other variety. 



I believe it to be the best all-round medium-late 

 potato. I have tested it now three years before 

 offering a pound for sale, and am ready to vouch 

 for the above good qualities from personal trial. I 

 have iie\'er yet jjiit my name to an xin~ 

 successful thin sj: 'And I guarantee satis- 

 faction to all wlio buy seed of me, cut it careful- 

 ly to one or two eyes, plant it on good potato soil. 

 and give it tliorough tillage. I offer the seed at the 

 following prices, which I think are /ovver than 

 so new and so x'aliiable a variety was ever 

 offered before. 



REDUCED PRICES. 



[In new sacks or new largest-sized apple-barrels, 

 f. o. b. at Hudson.] 



JP/RSTS, single bushel. $1.10; 2 bushels, $2.00; 

 single barrel, $3.00; 10 barrels, J25.00. 



In all cases it is better to order in barrels. lad- 

 vise strongl)' against sacks, as the tubers chafe and 

 brviise, and are liable to theft by exchange for com- 

 mon varieties in transit. 



OKIJBK I'liOMF'TJ^'i' to secure seed, as the 

 demand is strong. All paid oiders received up to 

 December 31, or until the supjjly is exhausted, will 

 be shipped early in April witliout extra charge, if 

 received too late to ship with safety this fall. 



Send orders to The Ji.. I. HOOT CO. or to 



W. I. CHAMBERLAIN, Hudson, Ohio. 



