1893 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



731 



3ee-]p4ives. 



Dovetailed or otherwise. All kinds of bee-supplies. 

 Write for free catalog-ue 23-32db 



W. H. PUTNAM, River Falls, Pierce Co., Wis. 



For PURE ITALIAN BEES AND 

 new QUEENS, AND WHITE 



price AND BROWN FER- 



liSt RETS, ADDRESS 



Of N. A. KNAPR. 



ROCHESTER, LORAIN CO., O. 



TAKE NOTICE! 



BEFORE placing- your orders for SUPPLIES, write 

 for prices on One-Piece liasswood Sections, Bee- 

 Hives, Shipping-Crates, Frames, Foundation, Smo- 

 kers, etc. PAGE & KEITH, 

 14t^b New Lon don. Wis 



Several varieties. Be.st 

 quality. Any quantity. 

 Finely illustrated cat- 

 ulog-ue free. Address 



&EEK BEOS.. St. Marys, Mo., or H. B. (JEER, Nashville, Tenn. 



BEE-HIVES AND SUPPLIES 



Send for catalofivie free. Addi-ess 

 SA3IUFI. .lONES, Higliland Park 

 Colleg-e, Des Moines, Iowa. l-19db 



"BUSHEL B0XES7 



Tlie abo\t i iit show-, oui iievv-.jlc. (Ul-t>h(tted 

 hiishel box We ii,i\e Uvo otbci sijies; one lias 

 slatted bott( J ni and --idtswith xjIhI ends in tliiee 

 pieces cuWeA X\w slotted husludhox. The other has 

 solid ends and close bottom and siaes. and is bound 

 with galvanized iron and culled XhngnJvanizcd hinuid 

 box. These ho.xes were devised by T. U. Teiiy for 

 handlinir potatoes, for wliich purpose nothing could 

 be handier. Tlie i)Otat()es are picked up into the 

 boxes in the lield and left in tlieni till sold. Other 

 crops, sucli as cucumbers, tomatoes, and apples are 

 being- handled in these same bo.xes. Tiiey are of 

 such a size tiiat two go ciosswise in an ordinary 

 wagon-bo.\. Outside mensure is I4Ji'xl6Tgxl3X deep, 

 and they hold a bushel of iiolatoes level full so tliej' 

 can be piled one upon anotlier. The above cut 

 shows two iiH-sIattrd bo.vcs nailed up, and a bundle 

 o'? 15 alongside; lli of the If) are in the Hat, packed 

 inside the other two. and nails of the projjer kinds 

 are im-lnded. The slutlid iind ijitlriuiizitl luniiid boxes 

 are put up in the same way, except there are only 1- 

 in a pai'kage instead of ]."). Each |)ackage weighs 

 about 8.5 to 90 lbs. 



PRICE LIST. 



All-slatted bushel box, per crate of 15 $1 .5(1 



Slatted bushel box, per crate of Vi 1 .50 



Calvanized bound bushel box, per crate of 12 2 10 



In lots of ton crates, 5 per cent discount will be 

 deducted. Price each, nailed, 15, J.S, and 22 cents, 

 respectively. A 2(i-page pamjihlet called Handling 

 Farm Produce, telling all about these boxes, mailed 

 free on apnlicaiion. 



A. I. ROOT, Medina, O. 



Why not 

 Advertise Prices? 



many inquiFers~asE Well, there is"somucirto' say 

 about this fence that we can't attempt to tell it all 

 in a small ad. For years we have published a month- 

 ly paper devoted wholly to Page Fence. This is sent 

 free with descriptive price list to all Inquirers. 



IPAGE WOVEN-WIRE FENCE CO., Adrian, Mich. 



GOOD NEWS TO THE 

 HELPLESS. 



For illustrated catalogueof INVALID-LIFTER 



by which a child can lenderiy lift you to and from 

 Chair, Bed, Bath, Carriage, turn over in bed. hold in 

 reclining position, or on a stretcher until vour bed 

 ismade. A. BEESON, Loveland, Colo. 



Wishing to quit the 

 supply business 1 otter 



at Root's prices and 



Root's make one No. 15 Cowan extractor at 110; two 

 No. 5 Novic-e extractors, $14; one second-hand No. 5 

 Novice extractor at 15: one second-hand four-frame 

 Stanley automatic extractor. $15. Both second-hand 

 extractors are in good repair, but have been used. 

 :i 00 white sections, 2000 cieani sections, for Dove- 

 tMiletl hive; .50 lbs. brood foundation at 45c; 25 lbs. of 

 surplus foundation, 55c; two (^rane and two Clark 

 smoker:-; two B. \- H. honey-knives. Speak quick, 

 as 1 will have no more when these are gone. Make 

 money-order payable at Clifton, Tex. 



J. N. COLWiCK, Norse, Tex. 



Selling; Out! 



;• ITALIA) 



•'•.CLOVERSESOS'C'-'VS AND Dt-",^^ BUCKWHEAT 



!^C:^ample*ourbeejournalThe WESTERN i 



JOS.NYSBWANDER. Des MoiNES. Iowa. 



Winter and Shipping Cases 



Are now in se:isiin. Get cmr (irices un siirne. 



I. J. STRINGHAM, 105 Park Place, N. Y. 



21 20(1 U IMcasi' meutiun tliis paper. 



Gasli tor Beeswax ! 



Will pay 31c per lb. cash, or 34c in trade for any 

 quantity of good, fair, aver.age beeswax, delivered 

 at our R. R. station. The sime will be sold to those 

 who wish to purchase, at 28c per lb., or 30c for best 

 selected uar. 



Unless you put your name mi the box, and notify 

 us by mail of atnout.t sent. I can not hold myself 

 responsible for mistakes. It will not p;iy as a gen 

 eral thinvr to send wax by erveKs. 



A. I. ROOT, Medina. Ohio. 



