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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 



*onfynUcM. 



Notices of Conventions, condensed so as to occupy 

 not over two lines, will be inserted free of charge. 



WANTED to exchange— Thorough Bred Poul- 

 try for Novice Extractor, Comb Foundation, 

 or angthing necessary in the apiary. Correspond- 

 ence solicited with enclosed stamp. 



E. H. NICHOLS, Williamston, Mich., 

 12 Central Michigan Poultry Yard. 



CONVENTION DIRECTORY. 



TIME AND PL4CE OF MEETING. 



Dec. 10.— Michigan Bee Keepers' Association, annu- 

 al, State, at. Jackson, Mich. 



Jan. 13.— North Western 111., and South Western 

 Wis., annual, at Davis, 111. 



Jan. 13.— Indiana Bee Keepers' Association, at In- 

 dianapolis, Ind. 



Until further notice, we will pay 22 c. in cash, or 

 25 c. in trade, for beeswax. 



Our Medina Postmaster wishes it stated (see png-e 

 458 last month), that it was not his individual opin- 

 ion that Gleanings should be excluded from the 

 mails. He was simply undecided in the matter, and 

 therefore sent a copy to Washington, etc. 



Oh dear, Oh dear! this number is full, and much 

 that I had decided must go in is crowd-d out; some 

 nice pictures, too, including the prettiest match 

 box (sent by mail for 10c.) that yon ever saw, and 

 can be used on any smoker. Oh dear! 



A PRESENT EOR EVERY SUBSCRIBER. 



Any one who sends u-< $1.00 for Gi.eanimos, before 

 Jan. 1st, 1880, the subscription to begin with Jan. 1880 

 is entitled, for so remittiug, to any one of the pre- 

 miums mentioned below. We make this offer main- 

 ly to avoid, if possible, the necessity of taking- down 

 our subscription list at the end of the year, and the 

 mistakes that always occur more or less in setting- 

 up a new one. 



In ordering Gleanings, simply give the No. of the 

 premium you wish. 



No. l.-Two bee-keepers' badges, described on 

 page 4' 1. 



Mo. 2.— \ one foot, boxwood, folding, pocket rule. 



No. 3.— A 10c. tray of new grape sugar candy. 



No. 4.— Any two, 5c. packages of honey plant 

 seeds. 



No. 5.— A two oz. package of comb foundation. 



No. 6.— A pint bee feeder, either simplicity, 

 Hains, or pepper box. 



No. 7.— A 10c. hammer. Or a good Glass-cutter. 



No. 8.— A lithograph of our old apiary. 



No. 9.— A sample of our Medina to., white clover 

 honey. 



No. 10.— Three samples of the new tin plates 

 to give away with the honey, when retailing it. 



No. 11.— An all metal screwdriver. 



No. 12.— A two quart honey pail, japanned and 

 ornamented. 



No. 13.— A steel for your wife to sharpen her 

 cooking knife on. 



No. 14.— A spring balance, to weigh 24 lb. 



No. 15.— A two horse steam engine and boiler — 

 hold on I hold on! it won't go into the post office, 

 but I will tell you what I will do. Since I wrote a- 

 bout the importance of every boy's having a pocket 

 rule, I have sold many hundreds of the 12c. rules. 

 Well, I talked, too, about every boy's having a good, 

 sharp, pocket knife, and I have been looking for one 

 that just suited me a whole year, and it has just 

 come. Look at it. 



Sawing off a log, 

 Easy and Past. 



Our latest improved sawing machine cuts 

 off a 2-foot lopr in 2 minutes. A $100 

 PRESENT will be given to two men who 



can saw as much in the old way, as one man 

 can with this machine. Circulars sent free. 

 W. Giles, 741 W. Lake St., Chicago, 111. 



1 SHALL continue to keep on hand, and offer at 

 reasonable rates, a full variety of Bee-Ke.pers' 

 Supplies; such as 



Mulli's All iTIetal Honey Extractors, 

 Uncapping Knives, 



Wax I vliiiitiiis etc. Also 

 Lang'stroili's Bee Hives, and any Parts thereof, 

 1 A 2 lb. Square Glass Honey Jars, with 

 Tin Foil Caps and Labels, [Corks, 



l A lb. Glass Tumblers, 

 Fruit Jars, etc. 

 Comb Foundation, Bee Veils, Gloves, Straw Mats, 

 Alsike Clover, and a variety of Garden and Field 

 Seeds, etc., etc. For further particulars, address 

 CHAS. F. MUTH, 

 9T6 and 978 Central Ave., 

 eom Cincinnati, O. 



WANTED.— By a farmer, aged 23 years, a situ- 

 ation with an experienced apiaiist who is up 

 with the times. Reference given and reference re- 

 quired. F. MINNICH, Gratiot, 

 12 Licking Co., Ohio. 



HEADQUARTERS FOR WHITE LEGHORNS. 

 Stock first class. For sale, shipped 

 in light coops, at $3.00 per pair; 

 $4.00 per trio; 20 splendid breeding 

 L'ockerals at $2.00 each. Eggs pack- 

 ed in light baskets, $.'.00 per 13. 

 Postal cards promptly answered. 



Address all orders to 

 j JOHN VV.THORNRURG, 



IQ12 Winchester, Randolph Co., Ind. 



fl!AR Bee-Keeper's Magazine, 75 c. ; A. B. Journal, 

 ikUili), $1-25; Gardener's Montblv,$ .75; Seribner's 

 "■"»' Monthly, $3.05; Rural Life, $1.46; Fruit Re- 

 corder, 90 c, and a large number of other papers at 

 reduced rates. Subscribe and save money. 

 12d E. H. WYNKOOP, Catskill, N. Y. 



OUR 15C. AMERICAN POCKET KNIFE, FULL SIZE OF CUT. SENT BY MAIL AT THE PRICE GIVEN. 



It is an American knife made by the Empire Knife Co., West Winsted, Conn. The blade is of the best 

 English steel, hand forged, and the whole is bcantifullu finished. If it wouldn't make any boy turn sum- 

 mersaults on Christmas morning, I don't know what would. If your family is more girls than boys (like 

 ours), you can have a beautiful, white-handled knife instead of it. Either of these knives will be sent in 

 place of the " steam engine." 



If you wish to buy any of the above articles, the first 11 will be 10c. each, post paid; the last 4, 15c. eac'j 

 post paid. 



