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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 15 



Cur Advertisers. 



Mr. I,. W Fullerton, Wadena, Ind , writes the Ohio 

 Carriage Mfg. Co. 27 West Broad St., Columbus, Ohio: 

 " Received my sp'it hickory buggy to-day, and am 

 very much pleased with it, and feel that I saved at 

 least 2.5 per cent in price." We are sure every one of 

 our readers will be pleased equally well. Send for 

 catalog. 



One of the best booklets which has come to our desk 

 is Seed Truth, issued by Northup, King & Co., Seeds- 

 men, of Minneapolis, Minn., and which is sent free 

 to those who wrile for it. 



Seed Truth not only offers valuable suggestions to 

 those wishing to purchase seeds, but takes a strong 

 stand against the exaggerations which characterize 

 so many seed catalogs. 



Ten Days on Trial. 



In the past several years certain manufacturers and 

 others, with that knowledge and unbounded faith 

 born of experience have been sending out all sorts 

 of things to the farmer to be first tried by him and 

 paid for only after he is convinced of their merit, and 

 satisfied with the bargain. So far as we know, how- 

 ever, the Kalamazoo Carriage & Harness Co., of Kal- 

 amazoo, Michigan, is the first firm in the United 

 States offering to send out carriages, buggies, wagons, 

 harness, etc., on this plan. Those of our readers who 

 have followed their advertising as it appeared from 

 time to time in our paper will have observed the prop- 

 osition. The plan is to send any article which appears 

 in this catalog to anybody, anywhere, on ten days' 

 free trial. The purchaser orders the vehicle he may 

 wish, and when it is shipped he goes to the railroad 

 station, hitches up to it and drives home. He can use 

 it in any legitimate way, and subject it to any test 

 arising from reasonable use, for the space of ten days. 

 If at the end of that time he is satisfied with the job, 

 he simply pays the catalog price for it. If not, he 

 ships it back to the factory. 



This appeals to us as being about as fair and open a 

 method of doing business as it is possible to adopt It 

 is certainly a most gracious compliment to the hon- 

 esty and fairness of the farmers of our country. It 

 gives them the opportunity to see and try just what 

 they are buying, and to test it in every way before 

 being obliged to pay for it. Certainly the manufac- 

 turers who will offer their goods to people on such 

 liberal terms have unbounded confidence in the value 

 of their wares. We should expect under these condi- 

 tions that the Kalamazoo Carriage & Harness Co. 

 made only first-class vehicles, and trimmed and fin- 

 ished them in only a first-class and enduring manner. 

 Any of our readers who are in need of a vehicle or 

 harness of any kind should write them at once for 

 illustrated and descriptive catalog. They mail it free. 



S50.00 POP CORN. 



100 seeds of this wonderful new Pop Corn for 

 25c and chance to compete for our cash 

 prizes. Seed Due Bill good for 25c worth of 

 other goods FREE with every order for Pop 

 Corn. First-prize winner last year raised at 

 the rate of 188 bushels per acre. We will pay 

 $50 for-its equal in quality. Handsome seed 

 catalog and free presents with every offer. 



C. Nl. Coodspeed, Skaneateles, N. Y. 



PfiPi Pnnn \ Xhekind that tones and keeps up the hen 

 Cil'J ruwu . so that she .simply must lay. LEY'S POXTL- 

 TRY CONDITION POWDER puts good red blood into poul- 

 try veins; kills all disease germs; tones and nourishes fowls 

 —big and little get all there is in the food when fed in eon- 

 junction with it. Price 25c pkg.; 5 for .*]. Ley's Thorough- 

 bred Minorca eggs, §1 for 13. Thoroughbred Belgian Hares. 

 Greo. J. Ijoy, DPlcaironce, Ca.lifoz-xiia,. 



\\^ ANTED. —ALL TO KNOW that I sell my hives 

 ~~ and Root's goods at Root's prices, and will pay 

 $50 in three cash prizes for the best white honey ex- 

 hibited at the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo 

 this year, produced in Danzenbaker hives in New 

 York State ; also the same for the three best lots out- 

 side of New York State. Specific information given 

 on application. F. DANZENB.\KER, 



Box 66, Washington, D. C. 



Mr. A. I. Root's Writings 



of Grand Traverse territory and Leelanau Co. 

 are descriptive of Michigan's most beautiful 

 section reached most conveniently via the 



Pere Marquette R. R, 



For pamphlets of Michigan farm lands and the fruit 



helt, address W. 0. Tousey, D. P. A. Toledo, Ohio. 



The Modern Farmer and Bnsy Bee. 



Emerson Taylor Abbott, Editor. 



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

 eral Farm Department, Dairy, 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. 



ADDRESS 



Modern Farmer, St. Joseph, Mo. 



Belgian Hares 



I have some fine hares for 

 sale at reasonable prices. 



F. Moore, : Tiffin, Ohio. 



S. C. BROWN LEGHORNS. 



T use well-striped breeding cockst. Eggs, $1.00. Cockerels, 

 $1.00 and up. Also Italian bees. Circular free. 



H. M. MOYEK, Shanesvidle, Pa. 



EGGS 



$1 00 for 15 best Brown Leghorn or B. P. 

 Rocks. Illustrated descriptive egg circu- 

 lar free. H. B. Gekr, Nashville, Tenn. 



1200 FERRETS. 



All sizes; some trained; first- 

 class stock. New price list 

 free. N. A. Knapp, Rochester, Lorain Co., Ohio. 



To make cows pay, use Sharpies Cream Separators. 



Book "Business Dairying" & cat. '288 free. W. Chester, Pa. 



