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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 



gPECI^Ii pi0¥ICEg. 



HENDERSON'S BUSH LIMA BEAN. 



As the bush lima bean does not seem to go off 

 this spring as we expected it, we reduce the price 

 one-fourth after June 1. Alter June 15, if we have 

 much stock on band the price will be one-half the 

 rf g-ular price of 1^1.00 per quart. 



THE PLANT-TRADE, JUNE 1. 



We have been short on almost every thing this 

 spring, except celery. We have now in stock, and 

 have had all along, large transplanted celery-plants. 

 White Plume and Golden Self-blanching, and these 

 are considered best for early. We have also at 

 present all kinds of cabbage and all kinds of toma- 

 toes, advertised in our seed catalogue. We are 

 short on cauliflower, in spite of all the efforts we 

 have made to set them growing. We are also short 

 on pepper-plants. 





JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT. 



It will soon be time to sow buckwheat, and, of 

 course, no one will think of sowing any thing else, 

 after the record the Japanese has made. It has, in 

 fact, brought the price of buckwheat down to a 

 point seldom if ever known before. In our locality, 

 from the aOth of June to the 1st of July is the usual 

 time for sowing it. It will, however, usually give a 

 crop almofct anytime during the month of July. 

 As much as 50 bushels per acre have been secured, 

 and it rarely fells for less than 50 cts. per bushel. 

 It is harvested so soon after sowing the seed that 

 you get quick returns. We have a large stock of 

 seed ready to ship by the first train, at following 

 prices. Per lb., 5 cts.; 40 cts. per peck; 75 cts. per 

 X bushel, or $1.00 per bushel: *3 .'iO for 3 bushels; 

 in lots of 10 bushels or more, SI. 10 per bushel, bag 

 included in eveiy case, without charge. Put in two 

 or three pecks per acre, according to the condition 

 of the soil. Now, please bear in mind that there is 

 always trouble in shipjiing small lots of buckwheat, 

 either by freight or express, because the charges 

 are more than the value of the seed. A few days 

 ago a friend wanted a peck of buckwheat sent 

 away down to Texas. Alter the figuring up, we 

 found the cheapest way to get it to him was to send 

 it by mail, at an expense of over $1.00 for postage, 

 while the buck when t and bug cost him only 40 cts. 

 To prevent disappointment, ask what the probable 

 expense will be, before you make your order. 



FILLING ORDERS AT THE HOME OF THE HONEY- 

 BEES. 



At this date. May 38, we are still running night 

 and day, and every thing is booming in every de- 



partment. Hold on! There is one room in our es- 

 tablishment that has been for one or two days de- 

 serted and dull. When orders poured in until we 

 were a full Uunixand behind, we decided to stop 

 sending but price lists except to applicants; there- 

 fore the big printing press was shut down, and the 

 pressman went to helping the boys in the next 

 room to fill orders. For a time it seemed that noth- 

 ing could keep pace with the flood of orders. We 

 were .500 orders behind, then 700; and when it was 

 more than 1000, things began to look desperate. 

 By redoubling our efforts, however, and permitting 

 those who could stand it to put in U or 15 hours 

 a day, in one week we got the lOlO back to 700 again, 

 and now we are reducing it still more; but many of 

 our customers have lost all patience, and are de- 

 manding their money back. 



Now. do not imagine, dear friends, that we are 

 not able to fill ordei s for any thing promptly. One 

 poor friend asked if we could not possibly send him 

 a sheet of perforated zinc, letting the rest of his 

 order remain. Why, we could send you any 

 amount of zinc by return train, and, in fact, almost 

 any thing else, except bee-hives and sections. All 

 goods ordered by express or mail, have, with hard- 

 ly an exception, gone within 34 hours. The great 

 unfilled want is for sections, and the rainy weather 

 has made it impossible to dry the bass wood, and 

 this has been one great obstacle in the way. We 

 are now having beautiful warm sunshiny dajs, and 

 the basswood is last getting fit to work. 



Of course, our dry-kiln is running night and day, 

 with the rest of our machinery; but we find even 

 that inadequate, unless backed up by bright sun- 

 shiny weather. As heretofore, many of our trou- 

 bles and delays have been caused by hasty writing 

 and imperfect addresses. We had a list of seven 

 men who had sent us money, and yet their orders 

 could not be found. Four of the seven have been 

 straightened out and their things sent. The trou- 

 ble was, in their letters of inquiry they wrote their 

 names so badly that nobody could decipher them 

 accurately. Oh, if you only would have your cor- 

 rect name and address printed on your stationery, 

 all of you, what a great help it would be ! 



^HTire Clotli. 



For door and window screens, tacking over hives 

 and nuclei for shipping, making bee and queen 

 cages, and a variety of purposes. We have the fol- 

 lowing list of green and black wire cloth which is 

 not exactly first class, but is practically as good for 

 the purposes mentioned, and at prices much below 

 the ordinary price. You can no doubt select from 

 this list a piece to suit your needs. Price in full 

 pieces, lU cts. per square foot. When we have to 

 cut it, 3 CIS. In case the piece you order may have 

 been taken by some one else before your order 

 comes, please say whether we shall send the nearest 

 in size, or cut one the size ordered at 2 cts. per ft., 

 or give a second or third choice. 



Pieces less than 100 ft. long. These 

 figures are the number of square 

 feet in each piece. Multiply by 

 I'X cents for the price of piece. 



5.25 

 5.25 

 5.. 54 

 5.64 

 5.83 

 6.12 

 6.42 



65, 65, 64, 63, 63, 63, 62, 54. 40, 33 

 44, green ; price 77 cts. 



110 sq. ft., black; price 81.92 

 140, ItO, 90, 40, 30, 20, 8, green. 



I This is below reg. pr. of IX c. 

 I 224, 224, 117, green; 233, black. 



2.53, black; price S4.43 

 255, black ; price $4.46 

 270, green; price 84.72 

 150, black; price $2.62 

 269. black ; price 84.70 

 258, black ; price 84.60 

 317, black ; price $5.64 

 .350, green; price $6.12 



A. I. ROOT, Medina, Ohio. 



