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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 1 



can grow roots that will give a "crop of pies " next 

 winter. 



The book is nicely bound in cloth, full of illus- 

 trations, mostly photos from real work, 130 pages, 

 and yet it is offered at the low price of 50 cts. We let 

 the readers of Gleanings have it for 40 cents— 5 cents 

 more if wanted by mail. Or we will send Gleanings 

 one year, and the book, postpaid, for SI. 25. Every 

 market-gardener should have this book, for the les- 

 sons taught indirectly, in regard to forcing other crops 

 besides rhubarb. 



LEAFLETS AND PAMPHLETS FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION. 



For some time back, both Ernest and myself have 

 been having extra copies struck off, of articles appear- 

 ing in Gleanings on subjects that there is very much 

 inquiry about. As an illustration, so many have been 

 asking about sweet clover, where it would grow, what 

 it is good for, etc., that we made a collection of arti- 

 cles from different writers, and put them in the form 

 of a little pamphlet. We have also similar leaflets or 

 pamphlets on spraying fruit-trees while in bloom, on 

 bees and fruit, bees and cider-mills, etc., besides the 

 leaflets mentioned in our .seed catalog. Below we give 

 a list of everj; thing we have in stock. These have 

 been used mainly heretofore to mail to people who 

 made inquiries about things that had been thoroughly 

 written up in Gleanings; but I have thought best to 

 offer them free of charge to anybody who may want 

 them. They are intended to be given free of charge 

 only to those who subscribe for Gleanings; therefore 

 our subscribers need not take the trouble to send 

 stamps unless they choose to do so. Just tell us on a 

 postal what leaflet or leaflets you want, and they 

 will be mailed you. If you want to help us in this 

 work of educating the rising generation, free of 

 charge, you can do it by recommending and helping 

 to extt nd the circulation of Gleanings. Below is our 

 list: 



LEAFLETS ON HONEY-PLANTS.— THE CLOVERS. 



White Dutch Clover ; Alfalfa, or Lucerne ; Crimson, or 

 Scarlet; Sweet, or Bokhara (the latter is quite a pamphlet). 



seeds OF OTHER HONEY-PLANTS. 

 Growing Basswoods from the Seed; Japanese Buckwheat 

 (pamphlet): Dwarf Essex Kape; Cow Peas; Soja Beans and 

 American Coffee-berry. 



LEAFLETS ON TRUCK-FARMING, ETC. 



Celery-growing by Sub-irrigation near Sanford, Fla.; Di- 

 rections for Using the Grand Traverse Potato - planter ; 

 Mushroom Culture; Starting Onions in the Greenhouse; 

 Sweet Potatoes. 



LEAFLETS ON BEES AND FRBIT, ETC. 



Bees on Fruit ; How Bees are Sometimes wrongly Blamed; 

 American Gardening on Bees Puncturing Fruit; Bees and 

 Grapes— Bees not Guilty; How and When to Spray; Spraying 

 Trees when in Full Bloom; Spraying Fruit while in Bloom 

 —Experiments at the Geneva Station; Shall We Spray Trees 

 when in Bloom? from Green's Fruit-grower; Agency of 

 Bees in Fertilizing Fruit-blossons; Bees as Fertilizers. " 

 MISCELLANEOUS LEAFLETS AND PAMPHLETS. 



Temperance and Government ; Salisbury on Lean-meat 

 Diet; California as a Honey Country; Water Cure Applied 

 Internally as well as Externally; Child-training, by Miss 

 Sarah W. Smith. 



HONEY-LEAFLETS, ETC. 



Food Value of Honey ; Peddling Honey ; Steam Wax Ex- 

 tractors and Presses; Foul Brood. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



We get better returns from Gleanings as an adver- 

 tising medium than from anj' other journal. 



Feb. 21. J. W. K. Shaw, Loreauville, La. 



Through the medium of my want adv't in Glean- 

 ings I have secured a good position. 



Feb. 17. H. J. Bromwich, Stedman, N. Y. 



I purchased five hives of your agents, John Nebel & 

 Son, last spring. I am well pleased with your goods, 

 and will use more in future. They were the cleanest, 

 nicest lot of hives I ever saw. 



S. Maxwell, Regina, Mo. 



THE A B C as an INVESTMENT. 



I find more useful information in regard to apicul- 

 ture in the ABC than in any other bee work, and I 

 would not be without it, as, cut off from the outer 

 world as we are. with no one to consult with, it is a 

 great help, and has saved me many a dollar. 



H. H. Smyth. 



Kailua. N. Kona, Hawaii, Feb. 20. 



I got my A B C in due time. I am wonderfully proud' 

 of it. It is just what I have been looking for. It is 

 worth ten times what it is sold for, to a man who has 

 just five stands of bees. J. L- Reid. 



Peoria. Tex., Mar. 21. 



AN OPINION OF gleanings FROM AN OLD BEE JOUR- 

 NAL EDITOR. 



Gleanings for April 1 came to hand this morning. 

 You fairly outdid yourselves in this particular num- 

 ber. Bee-keepers who do not take Gleanings will 

 find themselves far behind, by and by. You not only" 

 keep abreast of the times, but well ahead at all times. 



Wenham, Mass. H. Alley. 



THE POST FOUNTAIN PEN. 



I received the Post fountain pen all right, and I am 

 inclined to believe it is the best fountain pen yet 

 known. The filling of the barrel with ink, and the 

 cleaning of the pen, all done with one sj'ringe, with 

 so little trouble, there is no excuse for not having the 

 pen alwaj'S ready. It is a neat pen to use. I do not 

 get ink on my fingers while using it. I have three 

 other fountain pens besides this one; but the Post 

 beats them all. Accert thanks for the small cost you 

 have made this excellent pen to me with subscription 

 to Gleanings. N. D. West. 



Middleburgh, N. Y., Mar. 27. 



THE HOME PAPERS, ETC. 



I read with interest Mr. A. I. Rojt's papers describ- 

 ing his combats with the Devil in various forms, also 

 his description of travel and gardening. I take it 

 that Mr. Root is a gentleman of the old school, with 

 honesty and the golden rule his principal guides- — a 

 class, by the way, that has become almost extinct in 

 commercial and political circles in the past forty 

 years. I trust he will be long blessed with health and 

 strength to make his fight against the great odds by 

 which he is confronted. A. W. Carson. 



Joplin, Mo., Apr. 6. 



THE 4X5 vs. THE 4J^X45^ FOR MARKET. 



I did not have very good luck with the 4X5 sections, 

 in the legular size Langstroth hive (sections cross- 

 wise). Bees did not fill them as satisfactorily as the 

 old-style. The poor season, and a little bungle in 

 management, may have helped to give poor results ; 

 but one thing I do know, that is, they all sold in pref- 

 erence to the old-style — in fact, before one of the old- 

 style sections was' sold, all the 4x5 were eone. I 

 shall use nothing else when I get rid of about 2000 old- 

 style I now have on hand. W. H. I,ewis. 



New Westminster, B. C, Mar. 20. 



THE TOBACCO HABIT. 



I am with you heart and soul in the fight against to- 

 bacco. We have enough of its use here so that any 

 one can see the results of its use. Men who can not 

 get clothes to cover their children can and will con- 

 sume ten cents' worth of tobacco every day of their 

 lives Not only this, but many men standing high in 

 the church are constant users of the vile stuff. It is 

 high time that every one should be aroused to the evil 

 and power of this deadly habit, and that all profess- 

 ing Christians should stand shoulder to shoulder in 

 the endeavor to rescue those who are its victims. 



East Dixfield, Me., Apr. 8. H. L. Smith. 



A TOBACCO testimony WITH THE RIGHT RING TO IT. 



Mr. Root: — I enjoy your Home talks very much. 

 They can not help doing good. I am with you on the 

 tobacco and saloon question. Keep on in the good 

 work. Almost every one here in Southern Illinois 

 uses the filthy stuff e.xcepting the ivomen, and some 

 of them use it, and, I am sorry to say, some ministers. 

 How can one who professes to be Christlike use the 

 nasty stuff ? When I became a Christian I quit using 

 it, and I was keeping store too; but I cleaned it out 

 and would not handle it. E. M. Reed. 



Benton, 111., April 14. 



"STEPPING HEAVENWARD." 



I have been trying for some time to quit the use of 

 tobacco, but somehow I could not give it up till I read 

 your article in Gleanings, April 1. It gave me 

 strength, and I have not touched it since. I was in 

 the habit of smoking. I am working in a store where 

 people are smoking every day, but it bothers me but 

 little, because I have made up my mind to quit. I 

 hope you will continue to speak out on the subject. 



Loachapoka, Ala. T. W. Cox. 



