March, 1910. 



American Hee Journal 



PROTECTION HIVE 



AH arguments 

 lead to a matter 

 of protection, 

 look where you 

 may. Dead • air- 

 spaces or pack- 

 ine.asyou prefer. 



The hive that is 

 sold at less than 

 the material in it 

 will cost you at 

 your local lum- 

 ber-dealers, 

 equally good 

 stock being used. 



Send us a list 

 of goods wanted, 

 and let us figure 

 on Dovetail hives 

 sections, founda- 

 tion, and ail bee- 

 keepers' sup- 

 plies. We will 

 save you money. 



Send 

 for 



Circular. 



A. G. WOODMAN CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 



Pkase mention Am. Bee Journal when writing. 



Poultry and 

 Bee-Supplies 



We keep on hand at all times the largest 

 and most complete line of things used by 



Poultry and Bee Men. 



Prairie State Incubators 

 and Brooders 



Root's Bee-Supplies 

 Standard Bone-Cutters 



Our //-ir Catalog for the asking. We save 

 you freight on goods from TOLEDO. 



Beeswax— Wanted at all times. Send 

 list of goods you will need. 



The GRIGGS BROS. CO. 



24 North Erie St., Toledo, Ohio. 



Advocates Double Disking. —J. A. Mc- 



Glvnn. of Sidney. Montana, a prosperous 

 farmer, wrote the Cutaway Harrow Co.. 

 Higganum. Conn., the makers of this famous 

 tool, the following letter, which shows how 

 useful a "Cutaway " Double -Action Harrow- 

 is to them: 



Sidney. Mont.. Dec. 21. igog. 

 CiT.wvAV Harrow Co., Hieganum. Conn. 

 (/V«^A-w<//.— Enclosed you will find a pho- 

 tograph of one of your A-6 D. A. Harrows at 

 work on tough, heavy Buffalo grass-sod 



breaking, preparatory to sowing flax— photo- 

 graph taken June Zi. 1000. 



I disked 75 acres for crop last spring, using 

 4 bronchos, and they handled it easily. It is 

 a great improvement, even on double disking 

 with the old style single discs, and I consider 

 it the most valuable piece of machinery I 

 have. 



I send you this photograph, these state- 

 ments, and a reference to pages 60 and 01 of 

 Montana's P'armers' Bulletin No. i (in which 

 your machine is mentioned}, to lend force to 

 the suggestions I wish to make. You have, 

 no douDt. heard of the agitation or move- 

 ment known as " dry farming." lama" dry 

 farmer." I consider this "dry farming" 

 movement a great chance for you. and a 

 world of good for the farmers. The bulletin 

 referred to advises the use of your machine, 

 and <?// lecturers on this subject advocate 

 double disking. J. A. McGlvnn. 



Full particulars regarding the Cutaway 

 Tools, and their many uses, can be had by 

 writing the Cutaway Harrow Co. 013 Main 

 St.. Higganum. Conn., and mentioning the 

 American Bee Journal. 



Ruby Nugget Tomato.— For several years 

 the Golden -NugKet. a popular yellow English 

 variety of Tomato, has been grown, and has 

 been kept quite pure. Two years ago. how- 

 ever, one plant produced bright red fruit 

 which w'ere a trifle larger than the Golden 

 Xugget. It was so loaded with fruit that 

 count was kept, and it was found that over 

 700 were produced on the one plant. During 

 the past season quite a large field of this 

 variety was grown, and it retained its char- 

 acteristic branching habits, enormous yield, 

 beauty and quality of fruit, which, while not 

 large, is of exquisite flavor. The Iowa Seed 

 Co.. of Des Moines. Iowa, has exclusive sale 

 of it this season, and are introducing it un- 

 der the name of "Ruby Xugget Tomato." 

 Believing that our readers would be glad to 

 give it a trial, we have arranged with the 

 above company to send a trial packet of 

 about 25 seeds free to every one who wishes 

 to test it. A postal card request sent to them 

 is sufficient. Itnn'iJcd you mention the American 

 Ih-e Journal. They will also send a copy of 

 their large illustrated seed catalog with the 

 seed, if desired; but if you have tneir cata- 

 log for this year, please say so. 



Wants and Exchanges. 



(Advertisements in this department will 

 be inserted at 1.=; cents per line, with no dis- 

 countsof any kind Notices here cannot be 

 less than two lines. If wanted in this de- 

 partment, you must say so when ordering.] 



Bee-keeper's Exchange.— Those wishing to 

 buy or sell, please sendlist of wants. 

 Edwin Evvei.i., 701 Elm St.. Waseca, Minn. 



Eggs for Hatching. —Single Comb White 

 Leghorns. Send for prices. 

 aAjt Samuel Rahp. Morton. III. 



Wanted — Old bee-keeper's literature. 

 Send descriptive lists, priced. 

 Edwin Ewei.l, 704 Elm St , Waseca. Minn. 



Golden Wyandots. Best and most beauti- 

 ful chicken on earth. Stock and eggs for 

 sale. J. R. Douglas. Mound City. Kan. iA\ 



Will Exchange Gladioli —I have quite 

 a collection of these flowering bulbs. To in- 

 crease the same. I will exchange good bloom- 

 ing-size corms for varieties I have none of. 

 I will also exchange Dahlias, only one tuber 

 of a kind. What have you? Address. W. .A. 

 Prval, 50th St.. near College Ave., Oakland. 

 Calif. 



Gladioli and Dahlias.— I have a splen- 

 did mixed collection of Gladioli in various 

 colors, shapes and sizes that I am offering in 

 bulblet form at 25 cents for 2 hundred, by 

 mail. This is a good way to get a start bv 

 growing your own bulbs. Some will bloom 

 the first year; the great majority the second 

 year. Dahlia tubers, named kinds. 15 to 25 

 cents each, .'\ddress. W. A. Prval. sgth St.. 

 near College Ave.. Oakland. Calif. 



Strawberries Lead to Fame!— Can you do 

 one useful thing better than any other living 

 person? If you can. you have a fortune with- 

 in your grasp. Here is an example that illus- 

 trates the point: 



Once upon a time a young farmer named 

 Thomas decided that he would spend his 

 life learning one thing thoroughly. He de- 

 termined to grow strawberry plants and 

 nothing else. 



His first move was to find the best straw- 

 berry-growing soil in the United States. 



Next, he bought the most select varieties 

 of strawberry plants on the market. 



Then he gave his thoughts and energies to 

 producing new and more productive strains 

 of strawberries. For 3 or 4 years Thomas 

 kept "sawing wood, ' though nobody paid 

 any attention to him. 



Buttoday—2oyears later— nearly everybody 

 knows of W. W. Thomas, the Strawberry- 

 Plant Man. Thomas' strawberry plants are 

 flourishing in every berry-producingdistrict 

 in the United -States. Thomas' strawberries 

 —rich, red and juicy— are in strongest de- 

 mand in the great New York. Chicago and 

 other world markets. 



The best plants take up no more space, 

 need no more attention, and cost little or 

 no more than the ordinary kind. So ad- 

 dress a post card to 'W. W. Thomas, the 

 Strawberry-Plant Man. 152 Main St.. .■\nna. 

 III." Tell him that you want his loio Straw- 

 berry Book and prices. Thomas is the au- 

 thority on strawberry plants. His place is 

 headquarters for strawberry information. 



Engravings for Sale. 



We are accumulating quite a large stock 

 of bee-yard engravings and other pictures 

 used from time to time in the --Vmerican Bee 

 Journal. No doubt many of them could be 

 used by bee-keepers in their local newspa- 

 pers, on their letterheads, on souvenir cards, 

 or in other profitable or interesting ways. 

 If we can sell them it will help us to pay for 

 others that we are constantly having made 

 and using in these columns. 



We do not have a catalog or printed list of 

 the engravings, but if you will let us know 

 just which you want w-e will be pleased 10 

 quote you a very low price, postpaid. Just 

 look through the copies of the Bee Journal 

 and make your selection. Then write to us. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 



MS West Superior Street, - CHICAGO, ILL. 



