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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mak. 1. 



heard that the bug's themselves crawl up out of the 

 grround in the spring-. I feel ashamed that any 

 thing- of this kind was allowed to g-et into print. 

 Perhaps friend S. will be so kind as to tell us exact- 

 ly what he does mean by that clause in his circular. 



THE SO.JA, OR .JAPAN BEAN (THE AMERICAN COPFEE- 

 BEKRY). 



We can furni.sh this bean, described by Prof. 

 Green on page 188, at lOcts. per lb.; $1.00 per peck, 

 or $3.00 per bushel. About one bushel (60 lbs.) is 

 needed per acre. With the length of time that 

 this bean (or coffee-berry) has been before the people, 

 it seems to me somebody ought to produce it a very 

 much less price than tlie above. If any of our 

 readers can supply us so as to sell it at a lower figure, 

 we should be very glad indeed to hear from them. 



THE GOLDEN TANKARD MANGEL. WURTZEL. 



We notice quite a good many farmers are giving 

 * the preference to this beet mangel, for feeding to 

 stock, and we have accordingly made arrangements 

 to furnish the seed in quantities at the following 

 extremely low prices: 1 lb., 1.5 cts. ; 10 lbs. or more, 

 Vi cts. per lb.; 'M lbs. or more, only 10 cts. per lb. 

 Our well-known Mammoth long red mangel, until 

 further notice, will be at the above low prices also. 

 If you get the seed in early, on tolerably good land, 

 it is not a very big job to harvest 30 tons to the acre. 

 and 40 tons have been raised. Get them started 

 early, and you will thus get ahead of the most 

 troublesome weeds. Please mention this special 

 price when you sena in your order. 



MAPLE SUGAR AND MAPLE SYRUP ; HOW TO MAKE 

 IT GO A GOOD WAY. 



Almost every spring it to our custom to send 

 samples of the first-run maple sugar to relatives in 

 different localities where maple sugar does not 

 "grow."' Well, some friends down in Missouri have 

 a fashion of making theirs hold out. It is this way : 

 They make a syrup of granulated sugar, say some- 

 thing like the artificial honey found on page 7,5. 

 Then to give it a Havor they add some of the new 

 flrst-run sugar— of course, the more the better. But 

 they say they like syrup V2 or % granulated sugar 

 just as well as or better than the pure maple, and it 

 is very aiuch cheaper. Now, mind you, 1 am not 

 gi-ving a hint to swindlers and adulterators of food 

 products. Everybody who orders and pays for pure 

 maple syrup should have it. If he wants to dilute 

 it with something cheaper in his own household it 

 is his privilege. We see by a recent report that the 

 maple sugar and syrup of Ohio, almo.st without ex- 

 ception, liave been pronounced pure products of 

 the maple-tree, and nothing- else. I believe the State 

 or government chemists appointed for the purpose 

 have now ready means for determining whether 

 sugar or syrup is purely from the maple-tree or 

 from some other source. Now. then, friends, it is 

 expensive to ship syrup long distances. There is 

 a risk of leakage besides. But maple s\)gar can he 

 shipped anywhere. Take this maple sugar and use 

 it to flavor your sugar syrup or artificial honey. If 

 you have never tried it we can send .you SDUie little 

 cakes by mail to give you a taste: and I think that, 

 after trying it, you will agree with me that it is 

 awa.v ahead of any candies you can buy at the 

 candy-stores, and much more healtliful for the 

 children. We will mail you !4 lb. of the first-run 

 sugar for 15 cts. You will notice the greater part 

 of this expense is for postage and packing. For 

 prices of maple sugar by the quantity, see our last 

 issue. 



THE SEED AND PLANT CATALO(JS FOR 1896. 



I suppose you have all enjoyed looking them 

 over; and I confess I feel a little proud to notice 

 not only the wonderful skill of the pi-inters and eu- 

 graver.s, but also to see wh;it (irogress is being made 

 In the way of developing- and working- up to its ut- 

 most limit every thing in the line of fruits and veg- 

 etables. Surely the gardening interests of this na- 

 tion of ours are no small thing- at the present d;iy. 

 And then it concerns so much the homes of our 

 land ! I am pleased to note tliat the spread-eagle 

 exaggeration is giving way to actual facts and lion- 

 est truth. In fact, quite a number of tlie seed cat- 

 alogs confine themselves almost entirely to actual 

 photographs of what their seeds have produced. 

 Foremost in this line is the catalog of Johnson & 

 Stokes, of Philadelphia. On the back cover of their 

 new catalog they have actually given us a photo- 



graph done up in colors. One can get a great 

 amount of information from these catalogs, espe- 

 cially those pertaining to small-fruit culture. 



By the way, there are so many catalogs of straw- 

 berries and small fruits, that I have actually been 

 afraid the friends would not all be able to sell their 

 stuff. A few days ago T was thinking I wished I had 

 somebod}' or something- to tell me how to take care 

 of my apple orchard. I hadn't time to read a whole 

 book, and I thought I should really like two or 

 three pages of plain simple directions, and 1 found 

 it exactly in a leaflet that came from the Stark 

 Brothers' nurser}^ Louisiana, Mo, This leaf of two 

 pages told how to plant the trees, how to prune 

 them, and what to do with the borers: how to pre- 

 vent the sun-scald, aud, in brief, about all the 

 things 1 wanted to know; and with their large ex- 

 perience they can probably tell us what is really 

 worth while to do and what is not. I hope every 

 good honest reliable person or firm who sends out a 

 catalog of strawberries, potatoes, sni:ill fruits, or 

 giirden seeds, will receive a just and fair rewai-d for 

 their labor. We should like our own proper share 

 of business; but God knows we do not want it all to 

 the exclusion of everybody else. 



ANAGER 



dealers' price lists. 

 As we go to press we are completing our dealers' 

 price list for 1896, which will be mailed to the names 

 on our list within at least 10 days. If those han- 

 dling bee-keepers' supplies, and entitled to this list, 

 do not receive it during that time, will drop us a 

 request we shall be pleased to mail it. If you have 

 not had the list before, .send with request some ev- 

 idence entitli)ig- you to these piices, jis they are in- 

 tended oulj' for legitimate agents and dealers, and 

 those who buy to supply others. 



COMB-FOUNDATION MACHINES. 



As we have a large stock of comb-foundation ma- 

 chines on hand, of extra fine (juality, which we de- 

 sire to reduce, we otter them for tlie next 60 days at 

 10 per cent reduction from present list price. We 

 have a few that we will sell at the old list price, 

 which is, $15.00 for 6-incli; *20 for 10-inch; mO for 

 13-inch, and the 14 inch round cell we will sell at 

 $33.00. To those interested, desiring samples from 

 these mills, we shall be pleased to send them on re- 

 quest. If in need of a mill, this is your opportunity. 



SECOND-HAND FOUNDATION-MILLS. 



Six-inch hex.. No 1467. Just right for thin fonn- 

 dation. Almost as good as new. Price $13.00. 



Six-inch hex.. No. 1521. All right for thin surplus 

 foundation, and in good order, but comes from the 

 rolls a little hard. Price $6.00. 



Six-inch hex., P. P. Vandervort. Price $9.00. A 

 good mill for the money. 



Six-inch hex., Q. Q. Vandervort. Price $5.00. This 

 has several cells bruised which leaves a streak in 

 the foundation; otherwise it does good work. 



Ten-inch round cell, old style, M. M. Pi-ice $9.00. 

 This mill was made some time ago, and is not of 

 course e()ual to mills we are making now, but it will 

 answer nicely for heavy foundation. 



Ten-inch round cell, old style, N.N. Price $10.00. 

 Similar to the preceding but in better condition. 



Ten-inch Pelham mill. Price $8.00. This is also 

 suitable for heavy foundation. Deep walls with 

 thin base. 



CARLOAD SHIPMENTS. 



Since our last report we have shipped a large car- 

 load of goods to McClure Bros., Las Cruces, N. Mex. ; 

 another to Geo B. Hilton, Fremont, Mich.; one to 

 Barteldes & Co., Denvei-, Colo.; one to Walter S. 

 Ponder, Indianapolis. Ind.; one to Wm. A. Selser, 

 Philadelphia. Pa., and one to John Nebel & Son., 

 High Hill, Mo. We have also loaded a large car for 

 export to England, consisting- of sections, frames, 

 separators, and new-process foundation. We are 

 loading a car for Fowler, Colo., and have orders 

 booked for several more cars to go within the next 

 ten days to two weeks. We have made a contract 

 with the Sanitarium Health Food Co., Battle Creek, 



