January, 1918 



GlvEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



61 



Full Values in 



''falcon*' Beekeepers' Supplies 



"For the last forty years during our manufacture of "FALCON" supplies it 

 has been our ondeavor to place upon the market the very best possible line of supplies. 

 And we pride ourselves in having accomplished this . " FALCON " supplies have not 

 only been recognized as the best in this country, but also a leader in other countries. 

 Nothing expresses the superiority of the " FALCON " ware better than the many kind 

 and pleasing words we receive from oiir satisfied customers, and the ever-increasing 

 demand for ' ' FALCON ' ' supplies. 



The season is drawing nearer and beekeepers should endeavor to order early. By 

 making up your wants now you will be better fitted to go into the season with a view 

 of not only obtaining a bigger crop but to facilitate matters thruout the season. If 

 you will make up a list of requirements for quotation we shall be glad to quote. 



Red Catalog, postpaid Dealers Everywhere " Simplified Beekeeping," postpaid 



W. T. FALCONER MFG. COMPANY, FALCONER, NEW YORK 



where the good beehives come from. 



ORDER NOW 



A big year is before the beekeeper. There will be a 

 rush for supplies the last thing. Don't get caught short. 



RIGHT PRICES . . . GOOD SERVICE 



If you order of 



A. M. MOORE, ZANESVILLE, OHIO 



Established 1885 



It will pay you to get our 50-page 

 /4fe^|^ catalog and order early. 



Beekeepers' 

 Supplies 



The Kind That Bees Need. 



The A. I. Eoot Co.'s brand. A good assort- 

 ment of supplies for prompt shipment kept 

 in stock. Let us hear from you ;full in- 

 formation given to all inquiries. Bees- 

 wax wanted for supplies or cash. 



John Nebel & Son Supply Co. 



High Hill, Montgomery Co., Mo. 



When Ordering Supplies 



remember we carry a full stock and sell at the 



lowest catalog price. Two lines of railroad — 



Maine Central and Grand Trunk. 



Prompt service and no trucking bills. 



THE A. I. ROOT CO., Mechanic Falls, Maine. 



J. B. MASON, Manager. 



Around the Office — Continued 



herself or go to Timbuektoo just as she 

 pleased. 



That's why I say just what happened to 

 me out in my old barn last night I wish 

 had a-hai:)pened to the whole shebang of 

 these Eoots and all these other goody people 

 that are choking me off from natural ex- 

 pression and so paralyzing a good many of 

 my profoundest thinks. I'd have just liked 

 to have been there secret and seen if they 

 would have said: "Oh, dear me! How pain- 

 ful it is! I must go right into wifey and tell 

 her how it all happened! " 



[A week later. — I am awful sorry I wrote 

 the above now. I wish it hadn 't a-been 

 printed. I would unprint it now if I could. 

 I see I was unreasonable about the potatoes 

 and the lawn-mower, and thirdly about my 

 wife. I apologize to the potatoes and the 

 lawn-mower. Things also are getting normal 

 at the house again and I have taken back 

 my old commission as second lieutenant in 

 the Home Co., N. G. A fellow's awful fool- 

 ish to get mad that way. I made just about 

 such a enormous fool of giyself as my neigh- 

 bor Harvey Beach did with his pigs last 

 spring when the sleet and ice storm was on. 

 It got 'most all-fired slippery that time. Ice 

 everywhere. Harvey had put off carrying 

 the swill out to his pigs for two days, telling 

 it was dangerous it was so icy. He is 

 naturally of a sort of waiting and shy dis- 

 position about advancing too tumultiiously 

 on any form of labor. But when both his 

 swill -pails got swimming full he just had to 

 go, ice or no ice. He was balancing along, 

 one foot then another, and got all safe 'most 

 up to the hog-pen when those dozen or more 

 half-choked hogs came squealing and grunt- 

 ing out to the outside trough. Harvey says 

 they rattled him. Any way, he changed 



