1893 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



453 



way if possible. Two square yards of ground 

 can be easily shaded from the hot sun, with a 

 few old boards, until the plants get rooted. One 

 who does this much to prevent loss, and then 

 notifies the shipper of the result, will, as a rule, 

 get fair treatment. I think that, with the good 

 strong roots there were on those plants, even 

 though the tops were small, almost every plant 

 would have grown with such treatment. The 

 remarkably cold and backward spring has had 

 much to do with the small tops. What is the 

 fair thing to do in a transaction like the above '? 

 Well, if our friend will pay the express charges 

 we will send him another lot at half price, or 

 stand half the loss. It seems to me that that 

 would be about fair and right. Had he taken 

 the plants from the office, and heeled them in 

 (I could heel in a thousand plants, and do it 

 nicely in half an hour), then if they didn't grow. 

 I would have cheerfully filled the whole order 

 again. You may ask. "'Then why not guar- 

 antee satisfaction and safe delivery right 

 along?" The reason we can not do this (in fact, 

 I do not know of any plant-dealer who does it) 

 is, that people have so many different notions 

 as to how plants should look, etc. Another 

 thing, there are quite a good many who' seem to 

 think they are excusable for not receiving plants 

 because they stay in the express office several 

 ■days before they knew they were there. Of 

 course, we send a notice by mail every time we 

 make a shipment of any kind. Sometimes peo- 

 ple who live several miles from their postoffice 

 can not get information in this way as soon as 

 desirable. The very best remedy 1 know of for 

 this state of affairs is to have such a stock of 

 ^oods or plants that each order can go by re- 

 turn mail or express. The uncertainty of the 

 weather, however, stands in the way of doing 

 this always. Of course, one might have an im- 

 mense stock of every thing — a good deal more 

 than he would be likely to need; and then he 

 must fix his prices so as to cover the losses on 

 ■every thing when there is a surplus too great to 

 be sold. Every man who is desiring to build up 

 a business ought to be willing to go a little 

 -more than half way in adjusting matters; and 

 if the other party is also willing to go even half 

 way, there certainly ought to be no very great 

 ■differences, especially among old friends. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



I received the foundation all in good shape. It 

 was well boxed up, and I am well pleased with my 

 ■order. We.sley Kendig. 



Defiance, O., May 6. 



I received a quart of the Egyptian onion-sets last 

 fall, and they are indeed a fine early oniou. I 

 ^would not be without them for any thing. 



German, O., May 12. J. P. Michael. 



The goods I ordered of you came in less than four 

 •days after they were shipped. The hive-bodies can 

 hardly be beaten for nice lumber, and the surplus 

 foundation is the nicest I ever saw. 



Clinton, Ind., May 4. W. R. Clover. 



The plants are received, and I will say that they 

 are the finest tomato-plants I have ever seen, and 

 we are, of course, greatly pleased. We are glad you 

 put ni the extra transplanted Dwarf Champion 

 plants, though we did not order them. They are 

 just what I should have wanted had I been there to 

 select. Dr. G. L. Tinker. 



New Philadelphia, O., May 19. 



I have had knives in the last 25 years worth up- 

 ward of If 1.50. but never foviiid one before I liked as 

 well as the Diamond knife at ."iO cents. As you did 

 better on knives than I expected, please accept my 

 .gratitude. Every time I read Home talks and ser- 



mons, I feel like writing you an indorsement of 

 their sound, practical good sense. I know our na- 

 tion is on the eve of some great national trial for 

 want of general difl Usion of such staunch business 

 principles. I hope never to be without Gleanings 

 while I live and am able to read. 

 Allegan, Mich. W. H. Gardner. 



/ HAVE SOME 10 OR 12 



FINE ITALIAN QUEENS. 



out of cells saved from swarming colonies, all rear- 

 ed this spring, but mated to black drones. Prices 

 as follows: 30 cts. each; you furnish ready-provi- 

 sioned cages, or 40 cts. each and I furnish the cage. 

 Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. 



L. B. SMITH, Lometa, Lampasas Co., Texas. 



BY W. I. 0HAMBE2LAIN, A. M., LL. D., 



Formerly Secretary of the Ohio State Boara of Agriculture, 

 and late President of the Iowa State Agricultural Col- 

 lege. At present Associate Editor of the 

 Ohio Farmer. 



This is a valuable companion to our oth^ rural 

 books. It embraces the experience of forty years 

 of one of our foremost practical agriculturists, who 

 has laid with his own hands over 15 miles of tile. 



Price 35c; by mail, 40c. 



A^ I. ROOT, MEDINA, Ohio. 



WIRE NETTING. 



SHORT ROLLS, ET'C. 



We submit below, corrected from last issue, a 

 list of the short rolls and remnants of wire netting 

 that we have just received from the factory. We 

 still have a good supply of 2-iiich No. 19 netting 4 

 feet high, which we still offer at these special prices: 

 1 roll, $3.60; 5 rolls. WSiO; 10 rolls, 134.00. This you 

 notice is 10c a roll higher than our last offer on this 

 size. We have the 3-inch Nos. 19 and 20, 60 and 73 

 inches wide only, other widths all sold. We have put 

 the price on the following pieces at tlie same rate as 

 full rolls, except on the 72 inch, on which we offer 

 an extra 10% discount. 



Of 2-inch mesh No. 19 wire, we have the following 

 remnants and short rolls at %c per square foot. 

 The figures at the left give the width in inches, and 

 the other figures give the length of each piece in 

 feet. Multiply this by the width in feet, then take 

 two-thirds of the I'esult to find the price of each 

 piece. 



12 I 117. 12.1, 130. 



24 in. 69, % 97, 97, 114. 120, 128, 131, 143, 147. 

 30 4.'). M. 60, 62, 64, 70. 90. 91, 101, 107, 123. 137. 140, 144, 146. 

 36 9,16,18.18, 19. 25, 26, 38,40,40. 40, 49, .50. 50, .50. .53,. 54,. 'iS, .56, 58, .58, 

 64. 73, 73, 73, 74, 75, 82, 83. 84, 84, 87, 87, 90. 90, 92, 91, 96, 96, 96, 99, 



I 100, 100. 100. 100, 100. 100, 100, 102, 102, 102, 105, 105,109, 110, HI, 114, 



1 115, 116, 118, 120, 120, 122, ri4,124, 125,125, 128, 129, 129. 130, 138, 148, 



I 142, 143. 143. 144, 144, 147, 147. 

 42 I 16,20. 131. 

 48 I 11. 12, -20. 20, -25, 29. 32. 35, 38. 40. 48. .55. .55. 60. 61. 64. 67.68. 75. 75, 82, 



I 8,384,86.87. 90.94,96, 103. 111,119, 120, 122, 123, 1-23. 1-34, 130. 138. 138. 



I 140. 143. 144, 144. 144. 144, 145, 145. 145, 146. 

 .54 72, 88 88, 143. 

 60 I 45. 53, 71. 73, 73, 75. 78. 87, 96, 101, 101, 101, 105, 107. 110. 120, 123, 124, 



I 138, 140, 144, 144, 146. 146. 

 72 I 16. 20 42 42, 42. 46. 47, 48, .57, 71, 73. 75, 75.81, 82, 85, 85. 88, 93, 100, 



I 100 107, 112. 119 r20, 123, 124, 125, 134, 142, 



Of 2-inch No. 20 we have the following pieces at three-fifths 

 of B cent per square foot Arrive at the price in precisely the 

 same way as atiove, taking fhrce-fiftlis of the number of feet 

 instead of two-thirds, to get the pi ice in cents 

 30 .32. 39. 73. 105 120, 140 140, 140. 

 36 I 12. 20. 22, 36, 38, 39. 56, ,57. fifi. 68, 79, 81. 86. 88. 100. 100. 100. 110, 119, 



] 120. 122. 126, 128, 128, 132, 134, 136, 138. 140. 141, 144, 145. 

 42 I 142 143. 



48 I 41. 55, 60. 66, 70, 85, 86, 92, 98, 105, 114, 123, 140. 143, 145, 

 54 I 145. 



60 I 46 48, .50. 51. 60. 73. 119. 139. 139. 

 72 I 25, 38, 44, 45. 70. 75, 76, 79, lOO. 100. 128. 137, 139. 



In lots of 5 pieces, any one or assorted kinds, de- 

 duct 5%; 10 pieces, 10% ; 25 pieces or more, 15%. On 

 the 73-inch netting you may. also deduct 10% on 

 single-piece orders; or, in addition to above, on 

 quantity ordrrs. First come, first served. General- 

 ly these pieces go off very r:ij)idly. and it ma.v be 

 well to name a second or third choice in case your 

 first may be gone. 



A. I. ROOT. MEDINA. O. 



