906 



aLEANINQS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 15. 



ANACER 



EARLY-OHDER DISCOUNT. 



■ After tliis month the early-order discount, which 

 has been customary for some years past, will be 

 discontinued. The discount for the remainder of 

 this month will be 4 per cent. This will not apply 

 to sections nor to foundation at the riew scale of 

 prices published herewith, nor to honey- packages, 

 but to hives and other bee-keepers' supplies for 

 next season's use. This notice applies to dealers as 

 well as to consumers. 



REVISED PRICES ON WEED NEW-PROCESS FOUNDA- 

 TION. 



Tor next season we have adopted a new scale of 

 prices on comb foundation, making- less difference 

 in price between the different grades. The revised 

 retail price list is as follows: 



Size In No. slieets Price in lots of 



Giaile. inches 



Medium brood, 72ixlB% 

 Light brood, 7^x16% 

 Thin surplus, ^iJsxl^y^ 

 Ex. thin " ■d%xlbVz 



in 1 lb. 



lib. lOllis. 2.') lbs. .50 lbs 



45 43 41 40 



47 4.5 43 42 



52 50 48 47 



.55 53 61 60 



The above are regular L. sizes. Other sizes made 

 to order. Larger quantities and prices to dealers 

 quoted on application. 



ADVANCED PRICES ON SECTIONS. 



We have adopted the following prices on section 

 honey-boxes for 18117, taking effect at once: 

 Less than 35U, »/„c each; 350 for $1.00. 

 500. $1.75; 1000, «3..50. 

 3000 at $3.35; 3(100 at $3.00. 



Larger quantities quoted on application. 



No early-order discounts allowed 



No. 3 sections, 50c per 1000 less than No. 1. 



Four-piece dovetailed or nailed sections. 50c per 

 1000 extra over one-piece 



One-piece sections, other than 4H'x4J4, 10c per 1000 

 extra for each additional inch or fraction theieof 

 by which they exceed in size the i}i, measuring full 

 length before folding, and 50c on each lot for set- 

 ting machinery. 



We rather overshot the mark in low prices the 

 past season, and do not care longer to do business 

 for glory, without any profit. The high standard of 

 excellence demanded in this line of goods can not 

 be maintained at the prices which have ruled the 

 past season, without loss to the manufacturer. We 

 therefore return to more remunerative prices. 



HONEY FOR SALE. 



We have engaged about all the honey we can 

 handle for some time, unless there are some desir- 

 able lots of fancy comb or choice extracted honey 

 to be had in exchange for supplies. 



We offer last year's alfalfa honey in 1-gal cans, 6 

 to the case, at $4.75 per case; lots of two cases or 



more at $4.50; 5-gal. cans, 3 in a case, at $7.50 per 

 case. We have only a few cases of each left, and, 

 of course, can not duplicate these prices when this 

 is gone. Choice basswood or willow-herb honey in 

 tiO-lb. cans, 3 in case, at 7^c per lb. ; 3-case lots at 7c. 

 rtuckwheat honey in 60-lb. cans, 3 in a case, at ,5c 

 per lb.; 2 case lots or more at 4i4c, f. o. b. shipping- 

 point in New York where produced. Buckwheat 

 comb honey by the crate of 150 to 300 lbs. at 9c per 

 lb., f. o. b. New York shipping-point. Choice white 

 comb hone> , direct from Michigan points, at 13c in 

 crate lots of 150 to 300 lbs. No. 1 white at 13c; amber 

 at lie. If in need of honey, write us and we will 

 quote on such grades and quantities as you name. 



WIRE NAILS' LOWER. 



There has been a change in the scale of prices on 

 wire nails, anew card having been adopted by the 

 manufacturers Dec. 1. With the collapse of the 

 nail trust, much lower prices are ruling. Our re- 

 vised table of prices on standard wire nails, cement- 

 coated, is as follows: 



Wire No. Nails , — Price of-^ 

 Keg. 



$4.00 

 3.70 

 3.50 

 3.50 

 3.35 

 3.35 

 3.25 

 3.35 

 3.15 

 3.50 

 3.35 

 3.25 

 3.45 

 3.30 

 3 30 

 3.30 

 3.20 

 3.10 

 3.05 

 3.05 

 3.00 



RECORD'S NEW LEVER SEAfi. 



Some over a year ago we called attention to Rec 

 ord's new tight-seal cover i)ails which we offered 

 for sale in various sizes, and listed in our 1896 cata- 

 log, page 24. The use of this pi-inciple has been 

 extended to a great variety of sizes and kinds of 

 tin packages. The latest application is in the form 

 of a 3-inch lever seal shown in the cut, and applied 

 to square cans of various sizes. This has several 

 very decided adviintages over the old-style screw 

 cap", which it is intended to replace. It is much 

 larger than even the m-inch screw caji, giving a 

 larger opening through which to fill and empty. In 

 many cases no funnel is necessary, and such large 

 fruit as peaches and apples could be put up in 

 these cans through the opening. It is more readily 

 opened and closed than a screw cap. The wire lever 

 by which the cap is pried out is always there and 

 always effective, while with a screw cap it is often 



