1803 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



909 



3ee-f4ives. 



Dovetailed or otherwise. All kinds of bee-supplies. 

 Write for free i-atalojrue '^i'ZMh 



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



FOR SALE— 503 Ferrets, a well- 

 traiiied bird-do?, Scotch Col- 

 lie, and Coon dog- puppies. 

 Price list tree. 4tfdb 



/v. A. KNAPP. 



ROCHESTER, LORAIN CO., O. 



TAKE NOTICE! 



BEFORE placing your orders for SUPPLIES, write 

 for prices on One-Piece Basswood Sections, Bee- 

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

 kers, etc. PAGE & KEITH, 

 8tfdb New London. Wis 



%O^J •'^ ^^ Plymouth Rocks. Other varieties. 

 ^^ Circular free. Address Geek Bros., St. 



Marys, Mo., or H. B. Geer, Nashville, Tenn. 5tfdb 



rOR SALE CHEAP. 



Improved Rui'ies buzz-saw. almost new, in good 

 order. Price f-'U. C. W. VANHOUTEN, 



Smithfield, III. 



50 



Fnr ^ '^''' *10.00 for e. Finest 

 rui Of Brown Leghorns. 



BUSHEL BOXES. 



The above cut s'lows our new-style aU-^Iatted 

 bushel box. We hue two other stjles; oni his 

 slatted bottom and sides ^ith solid ends in three 

 pieces called t\\e slatteil bushel box. The other has 

 solid ends and close bottom and siae.s. and is bound 

 with g-alvanized iron and called the gnlvauized bound 

 box. These l)oxes were devised by T. B. Terry lor 

 bandliny potatoes, for which purpose notliing' could 

 be handier. The potatoes are picknd up into the 

 boxes in the field and left in them till st)ld. Other 

 crops, such as cucumbers, tomatoes, and apples are 

 being- handled in these same boxes. They are of 

 such a size tiiat two gro crosswise in an ordinary 

 w.isron-box. Outside measuie is 1-tVx 16 7^x12.!^ deep, 

 and they hold a Ijushel of potatoes level full so they 

 can be piled one upon another. The above cut 

 shows two all-sldtted boxes nailed up. and a bundle 

 o- 15 alongside; K! of the 15 .-ire in the Hat. packed 

 inside the other two, and nails of the proper kinds 

 arc inchided. The slotted and i.ndvaiiized hound l^oxes 

 are put up in the same way, except there are only 12 

 n a pacjkag-e instead of 1.5. Each package weighs 

 about 85 to 90 1 is. 



PRICE LIST. 



All-slatted bushel box. per crate of 15 $1 .50 



Slatted bushel box. per crate of 12 1 .50 



Galvanized bound bushel box. per crate of 13 2 10 



In lots of ten crates. 6 per cent discount will be 

 deducted. Price each, nulled, 15, 18, and 22 cents, 

 respectively. A 20 page pamphlet called Handling 

 Farm Produce, telling- all about these boxes, mailed 

 ifree on apolication 



A. I. ROOT, Medina, O. 



Our 

 Specialties. 



Evei->- rod of our fence is made from wire drawn 

 especi lly for our use, as common soft wire would 

 not hold iliecoil. There is a i»|»rin.i in every foot 

 of fence, instead of one in forty rods. The ties are 

 onU" one lojt ■,\\>;>n instead of several feet, as in 

 others. 



PAGE WOVENWIRE FENCE CO., Adrian, Mich. 



HTJ, 



ition Gi^K*vivn? 



HATCH CHICKENS BY STEAM 



WITH THE IMPROVED 



EXCELSIOR INCUBATOR. 



"Hatcher mad 



Thousands in 8uc- 

 re!<isful Operation. 



SIMl'LK. PERFECT, an 

 SELF-REGVLA TIXC. 



Guaranteed to hatch a 

 lareer percentage of 



fertile egg-i, at Ies8r»»>t, 

 than any other Incubator. 

 Send f!c. for IlluB. Catalog. 

 Circulars Free, 



GEO. II. .^^TAH L. Pat. A Sole :Mfr.,Quincy,Hl. 



ulX VTt.JlA>l^(i&. 



To Get Acquainted, 



We will send the Bee=keepers' Enterprise from now 

 until Jan . '9."> ( 16 numl .is. for 5ii c; or 3 monllis for 

 15 cts. You will be pleased with ^'our investment, 

 in either case. 18 ITtfdb 



Burton 

 New Haven, 



L. Sage, 



Conn. 



Inventor's Co 



^^:^^_ '\ kee|i-|ierfect time 

 & f ui iiieh ci'iist- 

 antly .'ill tl;emost 

 iliai niinfr & pop- 

 ular tunes Mavs 

 ai.\ thing from a 

 siuiple song to a 

 difficult waltz or 

 operaticselection. 

 To introduce it, 

 one in every co- 

 unty ortowniEurn- 

 ished reliable per- 

 sons (either sex) 

 who will promise 

 to .show it. Send 

 at once to 

 w York City, 1». O. Box 8852. 



Jennie Atchley's 



is thf* place to arrange for your queens 

 for 1S94. She will have them ready. 



Beeville, Texas. 



Sash for Beeswax! 



.V'ill pay ^Ic per lb. cash, or 24c in trade for any 

 quantity of g-ood, fair, average beeswa.v, delivered 

 at our K. K. station. The same will be sold to those 

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

 selected, wax. 



Unless you put your name on the box. and notify 

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

 responsible for mistakes. It will not pay as a gen 

 eral thing to send wax by exvrexs. 



A. I. ROOT, Medina, Ohio. 



