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GLEANINGS EST BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 



f cm% %clm^n. 



Under this head will be inserted, free of charge, the names of 

 nil those having honey to sell, as well as those wanting to buy. 

 Please mention how much, what kind, and prices, as far as pos- 

 sible. As a general thing, I would not advise you to send your 

 honey away to be sold on commission. If near home, where 

 you can loo*k after it, it is often a very good way. By all means, 

 develop your home market. For 25 cents we can furnish little 

 boards to hang up in your dooryard, with the words, ' ' Honey 

 for Sale, ' ' neatl v painted. If wanted by mail, 10 cents extra for 

 postage. Boards saying ' ' Bees and Queens for Sale, * ' same 

 price. 



[ wish to purchase a quantity of comb or light ex* 

 tracted honey. Correspondence solicited. 



F. L. Wright. 

 Plainfleld, Liv. Co., Mich., Box 32. 



I have for sale one barrel of extra nice linden hon- 

 ey granulated. Sample can be had by applying to 

 J. B. Mukkay, Ada, Hardin Co., Ohio. 



I want choice extracted, botb light and dark, and 

 comb bonev. PI ase send sample with price. 



T. L. Vondokn, 820 S. Ave., Omaha, Nebraska. 

 Nov. 11, 1b80. 



CITY MARKETS. 



Cincinnati.— H>ney.— Scarce, both Extracted and 

 Comh ; demand sl'>w. We piy 10c per lb. for Ex- 

 tracted Clover Honey, and 16c for choice white Comb 

 Honey. Oi her good qualities. 18 c. 



Beewax — Is •»u@25c per lb on arrival. 



Cincinnati, O., Oct. 21, '80. C. F. Muth. 



Friend Ro"t:—l was away from h<">me, and return- 

 ed ltte list night. Excuse delay. Demand for comb 

 hon"y, slow; supply, good. The mark"t for extract- 

 ed clear honey is very lively, and supply scant. The 

 prices are the same as quoted last. Snpplv and de- 

 mand of bfi-gwax is about medium. Prices range 

 from 18 to 22 cts. C. F. Muth. 



Cincinnati, Nov. 23, 1880. 



Chicago. — Honey.— Comb Honey is in slow de- 

 mand al 2U@22c, for nice light lots; dark, 12 to 14c. 

 Extracted Honey, 7@9c. 



Beeswax.— I9@21c for light, and 15@17c for dark. 

 Alkhkk H. Newman. 



972 West Madison St., Chicago, 111., Nov. 23, '80. 



New York.— Honey — Best white Comb, small 

 boxes, new, 17@20c; fair, ditto, I5@l6c; buckwheat, 

 ditto, ll@13c; ltrsre boxes, 2c per lb. less. White 

 Extracted, k 1 / 2 @9 i / 2 c; Dark, ditto, 6@7c. Southern 

 strained honev, H5@95c per gal. 



Beeswax.— ::i®iic. A. Y. Thurber. 



158 Duaue St., New York, Aug. 26, 1880. 



St. tons— Honey— Our market for honey contin- 

 ues steady at 1M to 21c. for choice comb, and 8 to lie. 

 for choice extracted The market is nearly bare of 

 good comb honey, but it is reported here that there 

 is a large shipment cming of California comb, and 

 mav look for 1 >wer prices. 



Beeswax,— Quiet and steady; saleable at 21 to 23c. 



Oct. is, ikho. R C. Greer & Co. 



No. 117 North Main St., St. Louis, Mo. 



"MISCELLANEOUS COUNTER. 



FOR $2.50. 



"Little Detective" Scales. This little Scale is made 

 with Steel Bearings and a Brass Beam and will 

 weigh accurately any package from M oz. to 25 lbs. 

 It is intended to supply the great, demand tor a 

 Housekeeper's Scale. It is hardly as rapid a 



weigher as the "Favorite,"' and does not, like it, 

 take off the tare; but it weighs a smaller quantity, 

 does it rather more accurately, under all circum- 

 stances, and costs $1.00 less. Every scale guaran- 

 teed perfect. Not mailable. 



FOE. $2.00. 



Nutmeg Clock. A good, serviceable, Seth Thomas 

 clock; requires No Key, and the hands are set 

 without opening it; beautifully finished in Nickel 

 Case. By mail, 15c extra. 



FOR $3.50. 



Knives, Table, triple plated on steel, best, per doz- 

 en, $3.50. By mail, 40c extra; y 2 doz., at doz. rates. 



FOB. $4.00. 



At first. I was somewhat prejudiced against these, 

 thinking a good time piece could not be made for 

 such an insignificant sum of money; but after hav- 

 ing sold over a gross of them, and carried one sev- 

 eral months in my pocket, I am fully convinced we 

 have never before had any thing like it for twice the 

 money. The only inconvenience 1 know about it is, 

 that it takes from one to two minutes to wind it up. 

 This is in consequence of the very long mainspring,, 

 which till-" a barrel almost the full size of the watch. 

 This very feature, however, avoids the great strain, 

 in so small a c >mpass. which we rind in all ordinary 

 watches, to such a degree that I have never yet had 

 a mainspring break, nor have I ever heard of one 

 breaking. As the watch can easilv be wound with 

 one hand (no key being required), it is an easy mat- 

 ter to wind it while walking along, or even when ta- 

 king it out to observe the time. Only one pattern is 

 m;tde, and that is open face; but it has a heavy 

 ground-glass crystal that is seldom broken. As the 

 greater part of my life has been spent in repairing 

 watches, I feel myself competent to judge. 



For a Christmas or New-Year's present, it is the 

 prettiest and most usetul article for a boy, man, or 

 even for a lady, who teaches, or for any one who 

 needs a timepiece (as they are rather small in size), 

 of any thing that ean well be imagined. The cases 

 are heavily nickel-plated, and wear with a luster, 

 when carried in the pocket, surptssing even silver. 



The whole is put up in a very pretty box, with a 

 book of interaction in the care of it, and every time 

 I look at one, I can only wonder that ihey can be 

 furnished for any such sum of money. We shall 

 have every one carefully regulated and tested be- 

 fore sending thetn out, and every one that does not 

 please you may ho sent 'rack anytime within 30 

 days, you paying all postage. This will save all need 

 of a long description of them I carry one myself, 

 and it gives me more pleasure than any watch I ev- 

 er before owned. If you wish, you can have the one 

 in my pocket. By bu>ing so many, I am enabled to 

 furnish them, by the dozen, for $36.00, hy cxjjress. 

 Not less than a whole dozen will be sold at this price; 

 but, for accommodation, I will sell two watches for 

 $7.50; three for $11.00, or six for $20.00. If you will 



