1893 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



457 



Special Notices. 



NEW IMPLEMENT FOR SPKAYING PLANTS, APPLY- 

 ING INSECTICIDES, ETC. 



The little implement 

 shown in tlie cuts below has 

 been having- quite a sale for 

 a few months back. It is 

 not ii spraying-pump ; but 

 aitl'.ough it is small and 

 cheap it answers tlie pur- 

 pose of a more expensive 

 machine, for many pur- 

 poses. In shape, it is some- 

 thing;- like a lemon-squeezer; 

 but instead of a lemon you 

 have a ball made of pure 

 soft rubber, with very mi- 

 nute perforations on one 

 side, and a sort of valve on 

 the other. Shut it up, then 

 dip it into a bowl or pail of 

 water, and, while immersed, open the handles. 

 This fills the ball with the liquid. Now hold it over 

 the plant you wish to spray, and it sends a great 

 number of streams so infinitessimally small that 



AGENTS 

 SUPPLIED 



Wholesale 

 PRICES, 



the result is a fine vapor, or dew, covering both the 

 upper and under side of the leaves, as the operator 

 may choose. For sprinkling clothes, or watering 

 plants in the window, of course you use pure water. 

 For applying poisons, however, you use any of the 

 solutions of London purple, Paris green, hellebore. 



through the upenin^is, for these openings are of 

 rubber. We are usitiy- one of these rubber balls on 

 the end of a hose, for sprinkling our plant-beds. 

 When the full hejid of the water is let on, the rub- 

 ber ball expands to more than double Its ordinary 

 size. This, of course, makes the perforations cor- 

 respodingly larger, and this brings them about the 

 right size for watering beds. 



MASON FRUIT-JARS. 



Present prospects point to an abundant fruit crop 

 this season. When fruit is plentiful, the canning 

 busine.ss flourishes; and it isn't confined to the 

 large canning-factory, but a large proportion of 

 good housewives put up what is i. ceded for home 

 use. Mason fruit-jars are most often used for this 

 purpose, for, unlike fin cans, they can be used over 

 and over again, so long as they are not broken 

 through carelessness or accident. It often happens 

 in frultrcanning time, when fruit is plentiful, that 

 cans are scarce and prices much higher than they 

 are early in the season. We have laid in a stock of 

 first-quality green-glass cans, which we offer, while 

 they last, as follows: 



Pint cans, 6 dozen in a box, at $4.00 per box. 



Quart cans, 8 dozen in a box, at $5.50 per box. 



Two-quart cans, 6 dozen in a box, at $5.50 per box. 



All three sizes of cans take the same size of caps, 

 and we can furnish extra caps and rubbers at35cts. 

 per dozen ; 6 dozen in a box, for $1.80. 



TWO AND THREE POUND TIN CANS. 



None but the very large canning-factories, having 

 a full outfit of automatic can-making machines, can 

 afford to make their own cans. Those who do a 

 small or moderate amount of cannijjg can buythelr 

 cans all put up, ready to fill and solder up, and 

 packed 3 doz. in a case, for a trifie more than the 

 same amount of tin plate in sheets would cost. We 

 have made such terms with the large manufac- 

 turers and dealers in these cans, as enable us to 

 offer them at the following prices. Remember, 

 these cans have a small hole, -with cap, and must 

 be sealed with solder. Cans made to seal with wax 

 cost a little more. 



2-lb. cans, 3 doz. in a case, per case, 95 cts. ; 3-lb. 

 cans, 3 doz. in a case, per case. $1.15, f. o. b. here. 



F. o. b. Baltimore, Md.. in lots of not less than 30 

 cases, 15c per case less; 10 cases or more, from here, 

 at .5c per case less. 



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or pyrethrum, according to the insects 1o be banish- 

 ed. For convenience you want an e.ictra rubber ball 

 for the poisons. It uses the poisons in such econo- 

 my that a pint bowl of the liquid may be made to 

 go over a very large surface. The first engraving 

 shows the manner of applying it to a hill of pota- 

 toes; the ne.xt, to sprinkling clothes; and the third, 

 to sprinkling plants and vines. It is also recom- 

 mended for bugs and Insects on carpets, furs, or 

 clothes. For this purpose a carbolic-acid solution 

 is used. Full directions foi- using the different 

 kinds of poisons are sent with each sprayer. The 

 regular price of this littl6 implement is 50c. By 

 buying them in quantities, however, we are enabled 

 to .sell them f or 36c\ If sent by mail, the price will 

 be 10c more. Extra bulbs iov various liquids will be 

 sent by mail for 20c. each. There is one feature 

 about this rubber-ball sprinkler that gives it an 

 advantage over all of the metal nozzles; and that 

 is, it can not clog nor rust up; for by applying 

 sufficient pressure, the obstruction may be forced 



Any one to produce bet- 

 ter queens than my Five- 

 banded Golden Italians. 



A good many offer lower- 

 priced queens; but, as 

 there is a class of intelli- 

 gent bee - keepers who 

 want the best, I prefer to 

 supply them than to rear 

 queens by the '• go-as-you- 

 please" plan, that could 

 be sold cheaper. My aim 

 is to rear the very best, 

 regardless of cost. 

 Just imagine handling 

 bees at any time, regardless of weather or robbers, 

 and using no smoke, and never getting stung. 

 That is tlie way I handle the colony of my best 

 breeding queen; but you ought to see them roll in 

 the honey I 



Send for my price list -with the strongest lot of 

 <esfi/;io)iiV(?s you ever saw. 



One queen, warranted purely mated. May, $1.35; 

 later, $1.00. 



Entire Satisfaction Guaranteed. 

 Reference, A. I. Root. Money-order office. Cable. 

 111. 



S. F. TREGO, 



5wedona, - = = III. 



Formerly S. F. & 1. TREGO. 7-18db 



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