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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Jan. 



buzz-saw slices off another blank, and so on. The 

 machine is quite simple, and does its woi-k perfect- 

 li'. AVe can fill orders on short notice, for $33.00 

 for a complete machine. This machine will make 

 about 8330 or 10,000 sections per day; and as it dis- 

 penses with the cigar-box planer (the sandpaper 

 wheel taking its place), it is the cheapest rig, per- 

 haps, for making sections, all the machinery needed 

 being an ordinary buzz-saw table and set of groov- 

 ers. Of course, you will need a planer to plane the 

 plank, unless you have it done at some planing- 

 mill. 



<)UI{ TEN-CENT INDUSTRIAL I.TlUiAHV. 



A BOOK on horses. We have just made arrange- 

 ments whereby Kendall's treatise on horses can be 

 furnished for only 10 cts. We have sold hundreds 

 of the books for 25 cts., as many of the friends will 

 remember. This, with the poultry-book mentioned 

 elsewhere, makes two toward our ten-cent industri- 

 al books. We expect to buj- these books by the 

 thousand, and therefore we ought to have a pi-etty 

 fair little treatise on matters in special rural in- 

 dustries for the above amount of money. If want- 

 ed by mail, add two cents extra for postage. 



IILING GKOOVING-SAWS. 



In my remarks in regard to the matter last month 

 I omitted to state that these should be properly ad- 

 justed on the mandrel, with the necessary washers 

 and papers to make the dovetailing as tight as you 

 want it; and after being so screwed up, the saws 

 should be filed right on the mandrel. Under no 

 circumstances think of filing them separately. If 

 you once get the adjustment changed, it is next to 

 impossible to get them in place again. Always file 

 gangs of saws right on the mandrel. Our cant files 

 on the different counters are right for the purpose. 



AN APOLOGY FOR AN UNINTENTIONAL BLUNDER. 



I AM ashamed to say it, but quite a number of 

 cast-iron hammei-s have been sent out where steel 

 ones were ordered, and should have been sent. 

 They are worth 15 cts. each, while the steel ones are 

 worth 35 cts.; and therefore if any of the friends 

 who have received them can make use of them so 

 as to allow us 15 cts., we will give them credit for 30 

 cts. on account, if they will notify us of the fact. 

 If that won't make it pleasant, tell us what to do, 

 and we will try to do it. The fault was with the 

 manufacturer who shipped us the hammeis; but as 

 he failed in business soon after they were sent (is it 

 any wonder?) it seems I have nobody to fall back 

 on. When the matter was submitted to me I re- 

 monstrated because the clerks did not know by 

 their looks what the hammers were. They said 

 they knew they did not look just right, but supposed 

 they must bo, because they came out of the right 

 box. We found three dozen of these hammers mix- 

 ed in among a gross of steel ones. 



advertising your business. 

 May be you think by the above that we are fish- 

 ing for advertisements for our journal. Well, just 

 see now how much you are mistaken. What I had 

 in mind was some little sign-boards to tack up on 

 the gate-post, or on the barn, or may be on a tree. 

 In fact, you can put them in all these places if you 

 wish, and you won't be much out of pocket then, 

 for they cost only 10 cts. each, and yet they are 414 

 inches wide and 18 inches long, and are very pretti- 

 ly lettered, " Honey for Sale." They are, in fact, an 

 improvement on the sign-boards advertised in our 

 price list. But they are made by a new process. 

 They are, in fact, printed on a large printing-press 

 made expressly to print sign-boards. The only way 



Icould buy them so as to sell them at this extreme- 

 ly low price was by buying 10.)0 " at a lick." Now, 

 you see, I can not get my money back unless I sell 

 an " awful lot" of them, and that is what's the mat- 

 ter. If you want them by mail, add 6 cts. for post- 

 age and tying them up. 



REVERSIBLE FRAMES. 



NiMSHi NuzuM. of Boothesville, W. Va., has sent 

 us a model of the best dcnMce for a reversible 

 frame, in my opinion, of any thing heretofore pre- 

 sented. I should say there was no question but 

 that it would work, and the expense need not ex- 

 ceed two cents per frame. In fact, we will agree to 

 furnish tlicm for that, and I think likely they can 

 be turiiislicil lor less, with proper machinery. It is 

 made 1 roiii a single piece of tin, by cutting and fold- 

 ing, without any solder, and yet it is strong and 

 substantial when finished, like the device in the 

 last volume, p:tge 15(5. Friend N.'s device, with ap- 

 propriate engravings, will be given in our next 

 issue. We will furnish reversible frames, made on 

 this plan, for «;5.()J oer lO'J in the flat, or $6.00 per 100 

 put together and wired. Sample by mail. 15 cts. 



P. S.— Dear me! who shall say again what can or 

 can not be done? Our friend M. Broers, of Gonzales, 

 Texas, sends us a reversible metal corner that 

 beats friend Nuzum's, and all that have heretofore 

 appeared. It is strong and simple, and reverses 

 without any loose traps. We can furnish them for 

 one cent each, aud they can be put on any frame in 

 a moment. This is the best thing at present writ- 

 ing, but no one knows what the next mail will 

 bring. 



CIRCULARS RECEIVED. 



J. S. Tadlock. Lulin?, Te.xas, sends us a 1-page circul.ir. 



B. .J. Miller & Co.. Nappanee, Ind., semi us a 12-page list of 

 hives and supplies generally. 



Kennedy & Lo xhy, Higginsville. Mo., sonl out a 6-pije circu- 

 lar. Hives, and supplies generally. 



E. L. Goold & Co.. Brantfovd, Ontario, send out a 40-page 

 circular, giving much valuable information. 



F. Boomhovver. Gallupville. N. Y.. 12-pa)je circular, printed 

 at this ofHce, and contains much useful information. 



Drake & Smith, successors to A. K. Manum, Bristol. Vermont, 

 send out a 12-page circular; specialty, white-poplar sections. 



hives, Italian hees and queens. 



The H F. Moeller Manvifacturin:; C.> , D ive:iport, lowv. send 

 us a 28-nage ci-cular of hives, nn:l suiMiIii'^ f»v bee-keepers 

 generally. This firm also manufaitui i w.isliin ,' mxc^iines. 



F. A. & H. O. Salisbuiy. Geddes, \. V s, n l ,..it a very pretty 

 22-i)agp price lis"-. One of their six. I;iltiis i> tlie Shipman au- 

 toiimtic piTjin". It needs no cngiiini nor lireiuen, but runs 



Fiirii I llcil 1 .!i sen Is us a very pretty 32-pa<re catalogue, full 

 of iinirh VI hi il.lp Information In it liisnew reversible frame 

 is illnsiiMt. I Tliis :iccomplislics the oliject completely; but 

 vou<Tini.' 11 till I run. - ilnii.lv ill use. iinlpss von enlarge 



your hix. i,i i ! Hi .i sort, Frii-iul H does not 



'advorii-.- i . i . I. ...s ..f any kiii.I. if 1 am cor- 

 rect, but ! ,i.v..ii til., .-..mmon I.fcs and 



lt:iti.niis 1, I,, I, ,1 >. .,- u..rkiim- with .1 particu- 



th'i' '!'•'"' .1 ''i'''i' '■' i'' ! ' ■: '^'I'l ■' ". "l. '','t'.'r .'.•M!llV''takinff 



FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE. 



I have the following goods on hand, that I will sell 

 cheap, or exchange for anything useful to me. 

 Fourteen second hand Pianos and Organs, six Sew- 

 ing-machines, new, a large ()uantir.\- of Shoct Music, 

 and Instruction-books. Also siiuill instru incuts. 

 All are the stock of my discontiiinod music-store. 



F. W. WALTEU. 

 2d Staunton, Augusta Co., Va. 



IF YOU WANT 



A (JOOI) ONE-PIECE SECTION CHEAP, 



Send to us. Sample and Price List Free. 



SMITH & SMITH, KENTON, HARDIN CO., OHIO. 



2tfdb 



100 



Scroll-saw designs for 10c, for working brack- 

 ets, easels, etc., etc. J. L. HYDE. 



Pomfret Lauding, Conn. 



DADANT'S FOUNDATION FACTORY, Whole- 

 sale and retnil. See advertisement in another 

 column. 3btfa 



