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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Jan 1 



apiece for his eggs he could get several dollars 

 a dozen. The advent of the Light Brahma 

 gave the whole poultry business a boom, and 

 added, I think I might say, millions to the 

 wealth of the world. 



^'^5 PECI Ab-'NOT,! c Es 



*'• "-^ BUSINESS^ MANAGER 1^ 



BY Y/ 



BINDERS FOR GLEANINGS. 



We can supply a very simple binder for Gleanings, 

 called the Monitor, at 15 cents each, postpaid. These 

 are made of tin in the form of two half-round tubes, 

 between which the copies of Gleanings are placed 

 as received. They are held securely in good shape, 

 and you would find them a great convenience Then 

 we have a much better and more expensive binder 

 which incloses in a cloth-bound cover the numbers as 

 they arrive until the year's volume is complete. Price 

 60c ; or with leather back and corners, 75c ; by mail, 8c 

 extra for postage. 



gleanings and AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 



A great many have written us within the past two 

 ■weeks, inquiring if they can not, as usual, have the 

 American Agriculturist or Orange Judd Farmer, or 

 A^. E. Homestead, clubbed with Gleanings for SI 00, 

 We have betn compelled to reply no, because the pub- 

 lishers of these papers have withdrawn the special 

 clubbing arrangement they formerly made, and that 

 the best rate we can now offer on the two is f 1 50. 

 Some have not taken the precaution to write, but have 

 sent on their order for both papers with 81 00. If we 

 can get such through on the old rate we will do it ; 

 but we have scarcely a right to ask it after the arrange- 

 ment has been withdrawn, and we no longer include 

 the paper in our clubbing offers. Please make note 

 of this, as we can not accept any more such combina- 

 tions at the old rate. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



advance in prices on medium, and peavine (or 

 mammoth) red clovers. 

 Instead of $5.50 per bushel, as in our catalog, the 

 lowest price we can possibly make at present writing, 

 Jan. 1, is S6 00 per bushel, sack included. Price for 

 small quantity will be the same as given in our cat- 

 alog. 



the book, STODDARD'S NEW EGG-FARM. 



Just about a year ago I became very much taken up 

 with this book ; and because of the big write-up I gave 

 it we have sold toward 100 copies ; and to tell the 

 truth, my friends, it is this very fact that troubles nic . 

 When I read the book I took it for granted that the 

 author either had an egg-farm of his own where the 

 work of caring for the poultry was managed by ma- 

 chinery, or that there were some institutions operated 

 on some such plan scattered over the land. So far I 

 have not been able to find any such establishment, 

 neither have I been able to find an egg-farm any thing 

 like the one described there. I have written theo. 

 Judd Co., the publishers of the book, and they have 

 promised me to look into the matter and see why the 

 author of the book does not answer nie. If the plans 

 outlined in the book are all on paper, and have never 

 been demonstrated in actual practice, we who have 

 purchased the book have a right to know it I still 

 think the book is a valuable one in exhorting, not 

 only that poultry shall be cured and kept well by a 

 large amount of outdoor exercise, but in teaching us 

 that a like principle runs through the whole animal 

 kingdom. I do not believe the book is a bit exagger- 

 ated in this respect, and I think pjultrymen are fast 

 accepting this great truth. We know something has 

 been done in the way of using machinery to care for 

 poultry, because many of the cuts in the book are 

 from actual photos. Now, then, if any reader of 

 Gleanings knows where Stoddard's system is in ac- 

 tual practice I wish he would write and let me know 

 about it. I wish also I could get at least a postal card 

 from each one of you who have purchased the book 

 through my advice, telling what you think of it, and 



state whether the purchase of the book was a good 

 investment or not. 



CLOVER FARMING, BY HENRY WALLACE. 



The above is the title of a little book, paper covers, 

 from the Wallace Publishing Co., Des Moines, la. It 

 is a volume of 220 pages, and contains a veny large 

 amount of valuable matter. It discusses all the 

 clovers ; how to sow the seed, and when : enemies of 

 the clover; and it discusses briefly the different varie- 

 ties of clover, and certainly ought to be worth many 

 times its price to any farmer who is interested in clo- 

 ver. I confess, however, I was somewhat disappoint- 

 ed at not finding a single hint that clover seed might 

 be put in in the fall, and get root enough to winter 

 over. There is a slight mention of crimson clover, 

 but not very favorable. (While I write, Dec. 4, a most 

 beautiful stand of criinson clover greets my eye just 

 out of the window, over in the lot ; and if this winters 

 over— and lam sure it will— it will make the sixth sea- 

 son I have succeeded perfectly in carrying through 

 crimson clover sown in August). Sweet clover is al.so 

 noticed very briefly. Perhaps half a page is given 

 to it out of the whole 220. There is just one para- 

 graph, however, that partly atones for its very brief 

 mention. 



When, however, other grasses fail, it is found to have very 

 considerable feeding value; and as a fertilizer, it is doubtful 

 if it is exceeded or even equaled by any of the clovers. 



Alsike clover is also briefly touched on, but the book 

 does not accord it any thing like the value made out 

 of it by the three recent writers in Gleanings. If 

 the author could have talked a little more with sjme 

 bee-keeper before his book was put out, I think he 

 might have made it more valuable. 



As it is the only book we have, devoted entirely to 

 the clovers, we welcome it, and it ought to have a 

 large sale. We can mail it from this office for 35 cents; 

 or you can have it for 30 cts. shipped with other goods. 

 The book is written in such a familiar, off hand way, 

 that if you once begin it you will be likely to want to 

 read it through, even if you are not particularly in- 

 terested in the growing of clover. 



CONVENTION NOTICE. 



The annual meeting of the New York State Asso- 

 ciation of Bee-keepers' Societits will be held in the 

 Kirkwood, Geneva, N. Y., on Wed., Jan. 9, 1901, at 10 

 A. M,, and continue through the afternoon and even- 

 ing. C. C. Howard, Sec'y, 



W. F. Marks, Pres. Romulus, N. Y. 



HONEY FOR SALE. 



strictly pure extracted honey, in original five-gallon 

 cans, as received from the apiary, 2 cans in case, 7J^c 

 per lb., f. o. b. Provo Utah; or if wanted East, Sc per 

 lb. f. o b. Chicago. Write S. T. Fish & Co., Chicago, 

 111., who will ship from there. Honey guarauteed. 

 strictly pure. WM. M. ROYLANCE, 



Wholesale Fruits and Produce, 



Established 1885. Provo City. Utah. 



S. C. BROWN LEGHORNS. 



I use well-striped breeding cocks Eggs, SI. 00. 

 Cockerels, Jl.OO and up. Also Italian bees. Circular 

 free. H. M. Mover, Shanesville, Pa. 



The Modern Farmer and Bnsy Bee. 



Emerson Taylor Abbott, Editor. 



A live, up-to-date Farm Journal with a Gen- 

 eral Farm Department, Dairj', Horticulture, 

 Live-stock, Poultry, Bees, Home and General 

 News. The Editor has had practical experi- 

 ence in every department of farm work. To 

 introduce the paper, it will be sent to New 

 subscribers one year for 25c. Sample copies 

 free. Best Advertising Medium in the Central 

 West. Clubbed with Gleanings for $1.00. 



Modern Farmer, St. Joseph, Mo. 



