1893 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



563 



have felt it fitting to make the following ex- 

 tracts from the bulletin: ;, 



^METHODS ofJadvektising blackdpepsin.; 

 if lu respect to the method of advertising- black 

 pepsin, the direct way of sentliiig' postal cards and 

 circulars to the farmers sei lus to be the one cliielly 

 followed. 



A vig-orous attempt has also been made to inter- 

 est the dx'ug-gists of the country in the sale of this 

 article, as well as others of similar character. Fol- 

 lowing is a copy of a postal card which has pre- 

 sumably been sent to the drus'-trade in general. It 

 was addressed to Otto Bauchtuss «& Co., Cincinnati, 

 Ohio. The card was mailed at New Concord, Ohio, 

 April, 1893: 



PRICES FOR 1S93. 



We will expend in 1893$125,000 advertising these specialties. 

 Place these on your lists, as you will certainly receive orders. 



Black pepsin.— A powder prepared expressly for increasing 

 the \ ield of butter and cheese. Eacli lio.x will make 500 pounds 

 of butter. Retails 8^,50 per box, $2i per dozen. Ten per cent 

 off to wholesale and jobbing trade. Three per cent off' for 

 cash in ten days. 



Electkohed silver.— a metal for plating- articles usually 

 plated with silver. Can be used without any battery, and 

 requiies no experience to apply it. You can plate a dozen 

 spoon.-- in tifteen minutes, and guarantee them for ten .years. 

 Each pa, kage will do *3.')0 woi-th of plating Retail price, 

 $7.50 per package, $75 per dozen. Ten per cent off to wholesale 

 and jobldng trade. Three per cent off for cash in ten days. 



CoMi'iiuND extract UK SALYX.*— A powder for preserving 

 fruits and vegetables. Each box preserves '^5 gallons of fiuit. 

 Retails at -SI. a.') ])erbox: 810 dollars per dozen. Ten per cent 

 off to wholesale and jobbing trade. Three off for cash in ten 

 daj-s. U. S. SiLYX Co.. 



New Concord, Ohio, Sole Proprietors. 



The electrofied silver mentioned in the above 

 card is, without doubt, some mercurial amalgam, 

 and is a striking example of how freely in this 

 country the vender of poisonous articles is allowed 

 to bring- them to the notice of the trade. 



" The compound extract of salyx " is the gorgeous 

 title under which the modest salicylic acid is made 

 to masquerade. -1- 



Many of our friends will remember of having 

 seen mentioned " electrofied gold," in an item 

 going through the press, purporting to come 

 from a woman whose husband was an inebriate. 

 By means of the electrofied gold, which she 

 bought at a drugstore, she had entirely cured 

 her husband, or he cured himself, of the appe- 

 tite for strong drink. After going to the drug- 

 store, and finding that the druggist had never 

 heard of such an article, the interested ones 

 usually write to this poor woman who told such 

 a plaintive story, and was glad to help people 

 to avoid the expense of going to a Keeley 

 institute. The treatment at the latter institute 

 costs from $50.00 to $75.00 or more; whereas 

 this good woman will send them a package of 

 the above electrofied gold for two or three 

 dollars. 



Prof. Wiley, on page <5 of the bulletin referred 

 to, tells us, " The value of the two-ounce box 

 sold at retail for $2.50, is about 3 cents." 



To sum it all up, Bain charges the farmers of 

 our land $2. .50 for a powder, the material of 

 which costs him only 3 cents. But this is not 

 all of it. After all is said and done, the powder 

 has no virtue at all in converting the milk into 

 butter. If the friends who have been buying 



♦We have already cautioned our friends in regard 

 to this California cold process for preserving fruits; 

 but tliis is the first time I ever knew that Bain was 

 at the bottom of that also. 1 should not be surpris- 

 ed if it transpired tliat all the various letters from 

 farmers' wives, farmers' daughters, or widows 

 with large families, which appear in our various 

 papers, have all emanated from Bain. When a poor 

 woman tt^lls how siie lias made money, and lielped 

 an aged mother, or somethiiijj- of thai sort, every- 

 body is glad t(j read her account; and even our 

 editors, who generally have the credit of being 

 sharp, some of them, it seems, did not think tliat the 

 clipping so iiniocently publislicd was simply a big 

 drive to atb'ertise a moststupi-iidous humbug. Those 

 who took iiiiy for inserting such letters in the read- 

 ing-columns are not fit to be editors. 



-•-Hasn't Prof. Wiley hit it to a dot in the above 

 wonderfully expressive sentence ? 



the recipe, and paying for the powder, hadn't 

 been too stupid to try it they would have dis- 

 covered that they could make just as good 

 butter without the powder as they can with it. 

 The emulsion of butter and milk looks like 

 butter and tastes like butter, and might hum- 

 bug almost any one who did not notice particu- 

 larly whether he was eating butter or cheese. 

 It must be eaten up quick, however, for it will 

 not keep long in hot weather. The astonish- 

 ing part of it is, that thousands of dollars have 

 been spent in this country, and are being spent 

 even now, and perhaps will be for some time to 

 come, for this foolishness. It seems to me that 

 every periodical in our land should lend its aid 

 toward exposing this humbug before it is a day- 

 older; and we all owe a vote of thanks to Prof. 

 Wiley for having sifted the matter so thorough- 

 ly. We bee-keepers know something about 

 salicylic acid; and it is really refreshing to 

 note the way ia which friend Wiley describes 

 the whole swindle. 



Since the above was in type we have clipped 

 the following from the Ohio Farmer, of Cleve- 

 land, 0.: 



These butter nostrums are old. They have re- 

 peatedly been exposed by the agricultural press, 

 and yet each succeeding effort, under a new name, 

 finds plenty of victims. 



A well-known citizen of this city, last year became 

 a victim to this fraud. He saw two pounds of butter 

 made from one pound, by the use of a powder, and 

 was convinced. He invested ten thousand dollars 

 in the " company." 



Answers to Questions 



FROM BEGINNERS. 



M. C. D., of ConnecUeut, asks if black bees 

 work on alsike clover to any extent. Ans. — 

 Yes, as well as any bees, though they are not 

 so good for working on red clover as are the 

 Italians. 



W. B. of Michigan, desires to know the 

 merits of the State of Arkansas as a bee coun- 

 try, and whether the markets are good. Ajis. — 

 We'd advise W. B. to stay where he is. Mich- 

 igan has a rather better reputation for honey 

 than Arl-tansas. 



R. M. C, of South Carolina, wishes to know 

 what kind of clover is best to sow for bees. 

 Ans. — Alsike will grow everywhere that white 

 clover does; and it is the kind of clover that we 

 usually recommend. Four pounds should be 

 sown per acre. It can be purchased of any of 

 your dealers. »-; 



W. R., of Florida, asks what plants we 

 recommend" for honey in his State. Ans.— We 

 would grow nothing that would not pay inde- 

 pendently of any supply of honey that he might 

 get from' it. If there is an orange-grove, or 

 Held of alfalfa, in liis vicinity it would probably 

 pay to move the bees to it. 



T. T^ C, of OJiio. desires to move to a location 

 where bees may be kept with the greatest 

 profit. A/1.5.— California, Arizona, New Mexico, 

 and Colorado are good bee-countries ; but as a 

 general thing we would not advise any one to 

 move if he has any other business be can tie to 

 in connection with bee-keeping where be now 

 is. Bee-keeping is a successor a failure in near- 

 ly every Static in the Union. A great deal de- 

 pends upon tlu^ man. 



B. B., of North Carolina, writes that some 

 time since he hived a swarm of hybrid bees 

 that had six or seven queens, and that a neigh- 

 bor who keeps bees in "gums " reports a swarm 



