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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mak. 1." 



Special Notices. 



ALSIKE CLOVER SEED. 



Owing- to the high price of medium and hirge clo- 

 vei's as compared with alsike, we are liaviiig' a brislv 

 trade in the latter at $10.00 a bushel; $5.10 for V^ 

 busliel; $2 60 per peck ; 2-.'c per lb. We have choice 

 seed on hand, and are filling- orders promptly. 



MAPLE SUGAR AND SYRUP. 



We have beg-un to receive new syrup and sugar, 

 but the roads are so very bad just now that, so far, 

 the orders are ahead of the supply brouglit in. As 

 soon as the roads dry up a little we shall no doubt 

 be able to supply all demands. Choice syrup in gal- 

 lon cans, $1.10; 10-gallon, $10.00. No. 1 choice sug-ar, 

 10c; No. 3. g-ood, 9c; No. :i. fair, 8c; 50 lbs.. )^c oil; 

 300 lbs., Ic off. 



CARLOAD SHIPMENTS. 



Since oui- last issue we have received orders for 

 three more carloads of supplies. One comes from 

 Hebblewhite & Co., our representatives in Sidney, 

 N. S. W., Australia. Tliis firm is the largest foreign 

 buyer of our goods, though we have quite a large 

 trade in different countries. Another order comes 

 from Thos. G. Newman, Chicago, 111., who will, no 

 doubt, be pleased to receive a call from bee-keepers 

 attending the World's Pair this summer. The third 

 comes from Jos. Nysewander, Des Moines, la. This 

 makes his third car this season. 



LAWN-MOWERS. 



On the last inside cover page of this issue you will 

 find our prices on lawn-mowers for this season. 

 You will find they are lower than ever. The Globe 

 mowtr we guarantee to be flrst-class in every re- 

 spect, and as good as tlie high-priced mowers which 

 sell for from $6 to flO and even more. The Young 

 America is a good cheap machine, and a bargain at 

 the very low prices at which we list them. 



COMB-FOUNDATION MACHINES. 



We received, during one week in February, orders 

 for over twenty-five of our comb-foundation ma- 

 chines. Eleven go to the Russian Agricultural 

 Agency; four to Sidney, Australia; one to Cuba; one 

 to England; one to Germany; one to France; two 

 to Canada; besides a, numbei- in the United States. 

 We furnished tiie W. T. Falconer Mfg. Co. with four 

 machines a few weeks ago, and they write concern- 

 ing them as follows: 



"The foundation-machines ha\e been set up, and 

 we have tliis morning just finished giving tliem all 

 a trial, and we find them very satisfactory indeed. 

 We think the foundation they turn out the best we 

 have ever made." 



We keep a stock of 40 to 60 machines made up 

 ahead, so we are prepared, to take care of orders 

 promptly. 



COMB AND EXTRACTED HONEY. 



We still have on hand l)etween one and two hun- 

 dred 241b. cases of that extra choi(^ white comb 

 honey, of which we bought a carload last fall from 

 W. K. Ball, Reno, Nev. We are selling it in single- 

 case lots at 18c; 4 cases, ITX; 9 cases or over. 17c 

 per lb. Special prices on large lots. We have like- 

 wise about 20 cases of the same honey marked No. 

 2. It is just like the other except that it is not fully 

 capped ovor. We offer this at 2c per lb. less. We 

 have secured a lot of choice extracted honey in kegs 

 of about 160 lbs. each. In order to get it we had to 

 pay a fanc.y price, and we are unable to sell it in 

 original kegs for less than lOjC per lb. If put into 

 60-lb. square cans the price will be lie per lb. Choice 

 honey, either comb or extracted, seems to be very 

 scarce in the market, and we are fortunate in hav- 

 ing it to otter at the above figures. If you can use 

 any, send us your orders. 



COWAN EXTRACTORS. ^ 



The favor with which these extractors are being- 

 received by bee-keepers is evidenced in a substan- 

 tial manner by the inci-easing orders for them, as 

 well as the kind words of appreciation from those 

 who see them. We sent one in an order to J no. H. 

 Howard, of England; and as soon as he received it 

 he sent us an order for ten more complete e.vcept 

 the can. In the order for Sidney, Australia, we are 

 sending ten complete two-frame Cowan machines, 



and five more without the can, besides a sample 

 four and six frame; twenty-flve Novice and two 

 Stanley machines. J. F. Florey, a large bee-keeper 

 of California, was in need of six large machines, 

 and we sent a sample each of four-frame Cowan 

 and foui-fiame Stanley. As soon as he saw them 

 he cluise the Cowan, at a higher price than we offer- 

 ed the Stanley, and ordered five more of them be- 

 cause of their superior merits. When in want of 

 an extractor, look into the merits of the Cowan 

 before you buy. 



CHEAP WIRE NETTING. 



Of the cheap wire netting with 3-incii mesh, offer- 

 ed in this department a month ago. we are practi- 

 cally sold out of every thing under 3(i inches wide. 

 We have the following in stock at present, and it is 

 going rapidly : 



5 rolls, 3-in., No. 20 netting,36 in. wide, @ $1 80 aroll. 

 5 '• •' •• "4! " " 2 10 " 



16 " •• " " 48 " " 2 40 " 



5 •■ " " '• 60 •' " 3 00 " 



2 " " •• " 72 " " 3 60 " 



1 " 3-in., No. 19 " 30 " " 1 7-^ " 



16 •' " " " 36 " " 2 10 " 



12 " " " " 42 " " 2 45 " 



8 •' " •' " 48 " " 2 80 " 



8 •' " " " 72 '• " 4 20 " 



Nothing in the shape of wire netting of equal 

 quality was ever sold so low as ihe above. We have 

 secured from the factory another lot of short rolls 

 and remnants of 2inch No. 19 and 20 of all widths, 

 12 inch up to 72, of which we will give a list in our 

 next number. There will be nothing in that list to 

 duplicate the above or of the same size. 



PLANET -JR. GARDEN TOOLS. 



If anj' of our readers are interested or in need of 

 hand or horse cultivators, garden-seed drills, and 

 improved garden tools, we shall be pleased to send 

 a catalogue of Planet Jr. implements, with hand- 

 somely embossed cover, and inclosing- a net-price 

 sheet giving- the prices at which we can supply 

 these implements. The above cut shows the hoi-se 

 cultivator, with wheel, that we furnish for $7.00 net. 

 Other styles are furnished down to $4.00. All ma- 

 chines are shipped direct from Philadelphia, Pa. 

 Send us your request for catalogues and your orders. 



GREEN CORN CANNED. 



For several years we have been buying canned 

 corn on the market, testing different brands, lioping 

 we might find some that was really good; but I had 

 become almost disgusted, and concluded that, no 

 matter how many recommends nor how extra choice 

 nov faiuij choice it was advertised, either the can- 

 ning-factories had forgotten how or they did not 

 care. Well, a few days ago, when we were oidering 

 some pumpkin from friend Cummins (the man who 

 wrote the part of the tomato- bonk in regard to 

 raising- tomatoes for canning-factories), we asked 

 him to put in a sample of his sweet corn. He sent 

 us three cans. Mrs. Root declared, before break- 

 fast was ready, that no one could tell that canned 

 corn from some that had just come from the gar- 

 den. Why, it was absolutely equal to Shoepeg 

 gathered and cooked before the husks had time to 

 wilt. I have just ordered five cases; and when you 

 are ordering goods of us, if you wish to test It your- 

 self, you may have it for 15 cts. a can, or a case of 

 two dozen cans for $2.75. I do not know what friend 

 Cummins charges people where it is shipped direct- 

 ly from the factory; and perhaps he does not care 

 to sell directly to consumers. Yow can write and 

 ask him about it, if you choose. His address is D. 

 Cummins, Conneaut, O. I know only this: That his 



