1901 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



611 



BOtiou. The wood in our No. 2 sections is every bit 

 as strong as the No. 1. W.e put absolutely no heart 

 timber into sections at all. I have so much faith in 

 our No. 2, as thej' are now put up, that I feel satisfied 

 that fully half 'of those now using No. 1 would be 

 well pleased with the No. 2, and prefer them at the 

 reduced price. 



BEESWAX. 



Until further notice we will pay 26 cents cash, or 28 

 in trade, for average wax delivered here. Be sure to 

 mark your package so we maj' know whom it comes 

 from. We are continually being anno\ed by careless 

 people shipping us wax without the sli,ghtest sign or 

 mark of identification. They seem to think they are 

 the only people sending us wax, and, of course, we 

 ought to know that it comes from them without any 

 identification marks. If you will please bear in mind 

 that some days we have as high as ten or a dozen 

 shipments coming in from as many different people, 

 and that there are six days in every week, and 52 

 w^eeks in a year, and will try to put yourself in our 

 place, I am sure you will not think we are unrea.sona- 

 ble in asking you to place your name and address in 

 or on each package, and write us when you can make 

 shipmetit, giving the gross weight of each package, 

 also its weight before the wax is put into it, and the 

 net weight of wax. Get a receipt from the railroad 

 agent, with the rate of freight inserted, if possible, 

 and send that with your letter. Be careful also to 

 «end us nothing but pure beeswax, as we have no use 

 for any other kind. 



MASON FRUIT-JARS AND NO. 2.5 JARS. 



Our carload of jars reached us just before going to 

 press for July 1st, but space was so crowded I was un- 

 able to get in a notice. We were disappointed in not 

 getting any flint jars except in the pint size. All the 

 <|uart and two-quart jars are green glass. They are 

 not as green as the jars we have handled in the past, 

 and few will find them objectionable as regards color. 

 They are smoother, better-made jars than any we 

 have had for years. The top-; are zinc, porcelain- 

 lined. We have pints in both green and flint glass. 

 In the same car we received a good supply of No. 25 

 jars which hold just one pound of honey. The prices, 

 till further notice, will be as follows: 



1-pint flint-glass, (Wc doz.; 6 doz., 83.45; 12 doz., $6.75 



1 " green " 58c " 6 " 3.35; 12 " 6.50 

 l-quart " ' 60c " 6 " 3 45,12 " 6 75 



2 •' " " 85c ': 6 " 4.85; 12 " 9.50 

 2-gross lots deduct 2.5c per gross. 



5 " " " 50c ■' 



Jars are all put up one dozen in a case, with parti- 

 tions. These prices are below the market, and are 

 not guaranteed. When our stock is exhausted we 

 ■can not replace them nor offer them at these prices. 

 If you need jars, send on your orders. These prices 

 are only for shipment from Medina. 



NEW ROOT PERFORATED ZINC. 



The illustration below shows the size and style of 

 perforations in our new queen excluding zinc made 

 on our Root perforating-machine. We have expended 

 a large sum in refitting this machine with new dies 

 and punches, and the product is as near perfection as 



it is possible to reach. The perforations are uniform 

 in size, and i\"po, which seems to be the correct size 

 for surely excluding all queens and drones, and allow- 

 ing the workers to pass freely. The rows of holes 

 although not quite as clo.se together as in the Tinker 

 zinc, are much closer than in the old Root zinc. In a 

 sheet of zinc 28 in. wide there are 87 rows of holes, 

 while in the old there were 70 rows — an increase of 25 

 per cent. Then the holes are longer and with round- 

 ing ends, making the increase in total space of per- 

 forations over the old zinc fully .30 per cent. We shall 

 list only one kind hereafter, as we regard this fully 

 equal to the Tinker zinc. We shall be pleased to 

 mail samples to those interested. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



BUCKWHEAT — TIME TO SOW IT. 



From now on to the middle of August is the time to 

 sow buckwheat, in my opinion. I know a good many 

 think it ought to be sown in June, and some say the 

 fore part of July. But buckwheat is a cold-weather 

 plant, and it does not set its grain well unless the 

 weather is cool. The largest crops I have ever seen 

 matured just before the first killing frost. Of course, 

 it is a little risky to get too close to the frost line, but 

 I do not believe a frost is very much worse than hav- 

 ing it almost or quite ruined by hot weather when it 

 comes into bloom. Perhaps it may be well to make 

 two or three sowings, and then some of them may hit 

 it just right. We have a nice stock of Japanese 

 seed at 81.10 per bushel, or a two-bushel sack for 82.00; 

 half- bushel, 60 cts.; peck, 35 cts. 



CRIMSON OR SCARLET CLOVER. 



Now is the time to get it in whenever the ground is 

 vacated by any thing else. You certainly can not 

 afford to let any piece of ground grow up to weeds, 

 and I believe there have been very few failures with 

 crimson clover where it was put in in July; and, so 

 far as I can learn, medium red and mammoth clovers 

 have also succeeded when sown by themselves in 

 July. Up in the Traverse region, Michigan, they suc- 

 ceed by sowing any of these clovers in August; but, of 

 course, they have more snow for protection, as a rule, 

 than we do here. In our locality, on our rich ground, 

 we succeed with crimson clover year after year when 

 put in at any time in August : and we usually get a 

 good stand if sown during the fore part of September. 

 A year ago we put in a piece where mammoth clover 

 failed because our wheat grew so rank. After the 

 wheat was cut we sowed cimson clover on the stub- 

 ble, and went over it at once with the cutaway har- 

 row. The clover made a dense mat before winter, 

 and the ground was so thickly covered with this same 

 mat in the spring that the frost had no effect on it 

 whatever. From 8 to 15 lbs. of seed is sown to the 

 acre. On poor land, put more seed ; for in rich land 

 it branches out so one seed makes a great mass of 

 clover-stalks. We consider it worth almost as much 

 as red clover to turn under, and it blossoms so much 

 earlier we can get it out in full bloom (getting the 

 advantage of a honey crop) and then have time to 

 turn it under for potatoes and get them in early. We 

 rather prefer mammoth clover for enriching the 

 ground; but it does not get in full bloom till the last 

 of June, and a good many people object to waiting till 

 so late for planting potatoes. 



The present price of crimson clover, new seed, is, 

 two-bushel sack, 810.00 ; bushel. $o .50 ; half-bushel. 

 $3.00 ; peck, $1.60 ; half-peck, 85 cts.; 1 lb , 15 cts.; by 

 mail, 1 lb., 25 cts. 



I know crimson-clover seed is offered at a lower 

 price than the above ; but after having had some sad 

 experience with crimson clover that germinated only 

 from 10 to 50 per cent, and one lot, in fact, that would 

 not grow at all, although it looked all right, I do not 

 dare, hereafter, to handle any thing except the best 

 new seed. The seed we offer for sale is absolutely 

 new, and what is called "fancy." As the seed is 

 mostly grown in the latitude of Philadelphia, quota- 

 tions on it will always be a little lower in the south- 

 east. Of course, we have to add something for freight 

 from the place where grown. 



EXCURSIONS TO NORTHERN MICHIGAN. 



When this reaches our friends I shall probably be 

 in the Grand Traverse region, but for only a brief 

 stay, however. The friends who have been thinking 

 about an excursion to Northern Mich'gan may be 

 pleased to know that a very low price for the round 

 trip from Toledo is to be made July 25. The Pere 

 Marquette Railway Co. write us as follows : 



We are to run an excursion to Ludington, Manistee, and 

 Traverse City, July '25th, at $4.00 for the round trip. Tickets 

 may be u.sed out of here on all trains on the '25th, good re- 

 turning in 15 days. For the accommodation of excursionists 

 we will arrange to run through coaches. 



W. C. TousET, Toledo, Ohio. 



The Pere Marquette Railway Co. will, on applica- 

 tion, send you descriptive pamphlets, free of charge, 

 describing the attractions of Northern Michigan, tell- 

 ing all about crops grown there, price of land, etc. 

 Address S. S. Thorpe, Majestic Building, Detroit, Mich. 



