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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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CO-rOUND HONEY-CANS AT SPKCIAL PRICES. 



We have secured in Buffalo, N. Y, a choice lot of 

 second-hand 5-gallon hout y-can.s, put up two in a case. 

 We are assured that they have ben cleaned inside 

 and out with steam, and thoroughly dried before they 

 were repacked in the boxes We offer them in lots of 

 10 cases at 50c per case; 5()-case lots at 45c per case; 100 

 or more cases in one order. -12c. Where cans have 

 been properly handled they should be ju«t as eood to 

 use a second time for honey as the first, and this price 

 is less than two-thirds what new cans cost at present. 

 There are about 1000 cases in the lot, and they should 

 tiot last long at this price. 



EXTRACTED HONEY. 



r'We have on hand the following lots of extracted 

 honey, which we offer while they last at price- annex- 

 ed : 



BUSINESS AT THIS DATE. 



While business was rather quiet through the fall we 

 have had plenty to do siuce Dec. 1, and are alreidy 

 somewhat behind on our caiload .shipments. With 

 the .'■everal cars we are working on as we go to press 

 we have shipped twenty cars of bee-ke^ pers' supplies, 

 a half of them being exported, and the other hal' go- 

 ing in vaiious diiections. We have orders entered for 

 ten cars more, and others expected before these are 

 completed. Mr Danzenbaker has been developing 

 such a trade in his hive that he has thought best to 

 put in a carload of stock in Washington, D. C, where 

 those in the East and South can order of him direct. 

 In thisconnection we might say that the Danzenbaker 

 hive for comb honey is becoming more popular each 

 year, especially in the East. 



Special Notices by A. 1. Root. 



WANTED — SWEET-CLOVER SEED. 



If any of you have any. send us a sample and tell 

 us how much you have and what you want for it. 



RICE POPCORN, EXTRA FINE. 



We can furnish a very superior article of rice pop- 

 corn, either for pipping or planting, as vou choose, for 

 10 cts. per quart, 60 cts. per peck, or S2 25 per bushel. 

 If wanted by mail, add 15 cts. per quart for postage. 



STRAWBERRY-PLANTS, VEGETABLE PLANTS, ETC. 



With all the other busine.ss we have on hand at the 

 present time, we are, somewhat re'uct!»ntly obliged 

 to give up dealing in plants. We shrill grow choice 

 strawberries, mainly in order to test new varieties, 

 and may offer them for sale at the proper season in 

 tens and hundreds. Forany larger quantity, we take 

 pleasure in referring you to Flansburgh & Peirson. of 

 Leslie, Mich. We have just printed for them 15,000 

 very pretty catalogs of .strRwberry-plants, seed pota- 

 toes, etc. Better send for their catalog, anyhow ; and 

 if you send them an order I am sure they will give 

 satisfaction. We h^ve never received any nicer plants 

 than those we had fiom the above firm. 



ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF CLOVERS. 



All of the clovers except white — namely, alsike, al- 

 falfa, white Dutch, mediiim, peavine, or matnmoth, 

 are worth now, bushel, S8.00; half bushel. S4.2.5; peck, 

 $2.25 : 1 lb., 20 cents ; 1 pound by mail, 30 cents. The 

 above prices take the place of all other previous quo- 

 tations; and we can not guarantee them except for 



immediate orders as soon as this reaches you. Prices 

 are going up so rapidly it is almost impossible to guar- 

 antee quotations one day ahead. Ni w, then, this is 

 rather bad for the p^ ople who are obliged to buy; but 

 it offers a splendid chance for those who are prepared 

 to grow clover sec'l. If farmers u.-^ed to make a fair 

 living at three or four dollars a bu^-hel, what should 

 they be able to do at present prices? 



STODDARD'S NEW EGG-FARM. 



The above book seems to be getting your humble 

 servant into trouble. While many who have purchas- 

 ed it report that, all together, they think it worth 

 what it C( st, there are quite a good many who rather 

 lost confidence in A. I. Root when they came to see the 

 book he gave such a trf mendous recommend. Well, 

 friends I first wish to humbly beg pardon. Isuppo.'ed 

 that such a plant for growing chickens by machinery 

 was in actual operation ; but since I have not found 

 it, all you who did not get the worth of your money 

 mav mail th- book back and I will extend Gleanings 

 to the amount you paid for it, and after this 1 will go 

 slower in recommending nice chicken-books, even if 

 they are full of pictures. 



THE PLANET JR. CATAXOG FOR 1901. 



It seems to me that every one engaged in market- 

 gaidening, etc., should send for one of these catalogs, 

 just to look at the pictures. The photos of the 

 grounds of successful high-pressure gardeners ought 

 to be woith a great deal in the way of an object-lesson 

 for one to look at. It shows what crops are possible, 

 and also shows the importance of getting your 

 ground in excellent condition. It gives you glimpses 

 of succe.ssful work that you might have to travel a 

 thousand miles or more to see otherwise, describing 

 all the latest improved tools for both man and horse 

 power. We can furnish you the catalog on applica- 

 tion, and we can also furnish the tools described in 

 it. As a work of art this new catalog is a gem. It 

 contains halftone pictures of 28 different farms and 

 gardens to illustrate how these tools are used on 

 growing crops. See advertisement of S. I,. Allen & 

 Co., Philadelphia, Pa., on page 117. 



THE AMERICAN COFFEE-BERRY, OR EARLY SOJA BEAN. 



We have received two communications recently in 

 regard to the value of the abnve for food. On page 

 1.57, 19('0. Mrs. Axtell says : " We like them very much; 

 we like the taste of them, and then they are so bene- 

 ficial to our health. They seem to be nutritious and 

 very laxative. Until u'ing them Mr. A. had to use 

 cathartics every day ; now, scarcely ever." Now, this 

 is an important matter where wholesome food can be 

 made to take the place of medicines. In our next we 

 will give a report of where eight bushels of mature 

 beans were grown on \i acre, on poor soil in our 

 neighborhood, and that with ordinary culture. We 

 have secured the crop and offer it for sale as fol'ows : 

 Pint. 10 cts.; quart, 15; ptck, 75; bushel, 82..50 If 

 wanted by mail, add 15 cts. per quart for po'itage. 

 R* member, these beans are just as good for coffee as 

 they ever were. Mrs. Axtel suggests usirg a fourth 

 of real coffee; then you have the coffee taste together 

 with the nou' ishing properties of the soja bean. Our 

 experiment stations tell us there is scarcely any thing 

 grown with the amount of nutrition in so .small a 

 compass as the soja-bean. The crop we offer for 

 sale was planted May 15, and the beans were matured 

 and harvested Sept 5 Soja beans, same as above, 

 only longer in maturing, peck, 60c ; bushel, $2.00. 



OFF FOR FLORIDA. 



Providence permitting, I expr ct to leave home Feb. 

 4, to be gone until about M-rchl. Will the friends 

 who usually correspond with me direct in regard to 

 gardening, fruit, etc., please bear this in mind? 



CONVENTION NOTICE. 



The Wisconsin State Bee keepers' Association will 

 hold its 17ih annual convention at the State Capitol, 

 Madison. Wis., Feb. .5th and 0th. 



E. R. Root, editor of Gleanings in Bee Culture, will 

 present his stereopticon views on the evt ning of Feb- 

 ruary 5th These we know to be highly entertaining 

 as well as instructive, and to be appreciated they must 

 be seen. Since Mr. Root presented these at the Na- 



