1901 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



691 



co-operation of all the sciences as well as the school 

 board," and names some professional men who are 

 interested in our specialty and will be at the conven- 

 tion to help. 



In a long letter from Mr. Hershiser, just received, 

 he closes by saying, " Call upon me for whatever fur- 

 ther assistance lam able to render ; " and Mr. Penton, 

 an ex-president of the Erie County Bee-keepers' Soci- 

 ety, and others, have offered to do all they can to pro- 

 vide for the comfort of the delegates. 



As stated in my previous convention notice in 

 Gleanings, there will be no fixed program and no 

 papers, and the time will be occupied in answering 

 and discussing questions, except that on Thursday 

 evening there will be a joint session of our association 

 with the American Pomological Society, to discuss 

 " the mutual relations of bee-keeping and fruit-grow- 

 ing;" and Prof. Beach, of the N. Y. Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station, and Prof. Fletcher, of the Central 

 Experimental Farm of the Dominion of Canada, will 

 help talk for the bees at that session, and it is hoped 

 that much good will result to fruit-growers and bee- 

 keepers from this joint session. 



If any bee-keeper who can not be at the convention 

 has any que.stions, knotty or otherwise, he would like 

 to have answered at the convention, will send them 

 to me I will see that they are presented. 



A. B. Mason, Sec, Sta. B, Toledo, O. 



5P^ECIAl^N0TjcEsVl| 



•^' '-^' BUSINESS MANAGER ^ 



HONEY-PACKAGES OF TIN. 



Owing to the strike of the members of the Amal- 

 gamated A.ssociation and those who sympathize with 

 them, and the consequent stoppage of the larger num- 

 ber of mills making tinplate and sheet metals, there 

 is a sheetmetal famine, and prices are abnormally 

 advanced for the time being, not only on the sheets 

 but on articles made from them as well. The last 

 price quoted us by the tin-can trust on one-gallon cans 

 is 81.50 to S^! 50 higher than the price we are selling 

 them for. We do not propose to increase our price so 

 long as our stock lasts ; but we can not fill orders aft- 

 er stock on hand is used up until we can obtain more. 

 •Of tin honey-packages listed in our catalog we have 

 the following in stock. 



RAISED-COVER PAILS. 



300 pint, 150 quarts, 200 2-quarts, boxed separately. 

 400 nests Yi, 1, and 2 quarts. 

 350 nests 5^, 1, 2, 3 and 4 quarts. 



RECORD'S TIGHT SEAL-COVER PAILS. 



150 No 1 ; 400 No. 2 ; 575 No. 3 ; 1000 No. 5, and none 

 of No. 10. 



CANS WITH SCREW CAPS. 



2000 5-gal. cans with 14^-inch screws, and a few with 

 2-inch lever seals, which will be boxed one or two in a 

 box as required. 



•500 1-gal. square cans with 2;^-inch screws. 



1400 Igal. .square cans with IJ^-inch screws. 



300 1-gal. oblong cans with I'-^^-inch screws. 



700 ^-gal. square cans with 2;/4-inch screws. 



300 Yi gal square cans with 1'^ inch screws. 



1000 5<(-gal. square cans with IJ^-inch screws. 



We have also some 600 ]{-ga\. oblong square cans 

 with 2-iiich lever seal, which we do not list, which we 

 •offer at 86.00 per 100 or .$5.50 if the whole lot is taken. 

 We have also 400 1-quart round cans with 2-inch lever 

 seal, which we offer at $4 50 per 100, or $4.00 if the lot 

 is taken. 



HONEY PACKAGES, GLASS. 



We still have a good supply of half-gallon Mason 

 jars ; only a few ot quarts are left, and none of the 

 pints. Prices remain the same for such stock as we 

 have. 



Of No. 25 jars holding a full pound of honey we 

 have on hand and engaged, 100 gross, part packed one 

 gross in a barrel and part 2 dozen in a partitioned 

 case. We have also 25 or 30 gross of the .same style of 

 jar holding about 14 oz of honey. No. 100, which we 

 sell at 50 cents per gross less than No. 25. 



We have 11 bbls. of Mb tumblers. No. 789 ; 2 bbls. 

 '788 and 789, ne.sted, and 2 bbls. of 788: 1 bbl. of 775 

 glass pails, and 2 each of 776, 777, and 778. 



Prices on all the above will be found in our catalog, 

 pages 2() and '27. If in need, order while we have the 

 stock to furnish. 



SECOND-HAND 00-LB. HONEY-CANS. 



We still have on hand about 100 boxes of second- 

 hand honey-cans in fair condition, which we offer, to 

 close out, at 40 cts. per box in 10-box lots ; 25 boxes or 

 more at 35 cts. per box. These cans need scalding out 

 before they are used. They would be a very cheap 

 package for amber or low grade of honey, and most 

 of them, when properly scalded out, will do nicely for 

 good honey. 



GLASS FOR SHIPPING-CASES. 



The price of window glass is so high that at present 

 market price we should have to ask S5 00 a box for all 

 strips up to 16 inches in length, and 85 50 for those 

 over 16 inches. It is onlv by getting strips cut from 

 waste, as we are able to find them, that we maintain 

 present catalog prices on cases including glass strips. 

 We can not agree to furnish glass alone at catalog 

 pi-ices, only as we have a surplus. Any thing cut to 

 order will have to be 85,00 per box at least. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



Travels, both in Florida and Northern Michigan, 

 are crowded out of this issue for want of room. 



WHAT TO PLANT THE LAST OF AUGUST ; SEE P. 655, 

 LAST ISSUE. 



We are just in receipt of a letter from a friend in 

 Kansas who says he has excellent success in sowing 

 alfalfa during the last of August and first of Septem- 

 ber. The ground is to be made very fine by repeated 

 workings, and very firm by repeated rollings, just as 

 you fix it for wheat. Then sow 20 lbs. to the acre. 

 Full particulars will be given in our next issue. 



ANOTHER LOW-PRICED EXCURSION TO NORTHERN 

 MICHIGAN. 



We have just received another notice from the Pere 

 Marquette Railroad Co., Toledo, as follows: 



" On September 3d, we will have a 8.5.00 ten-day ex- 

 cursion to Ludington, Manistee, and all points north 

 of Baldwin as far as Harbor Springs : 86.00 to Mack- 

 inaw City and return for the same dates." 



W. C. TousEY, D. P. A., Toledo, Ohio. 



You will see the above takes in all of the places I 

 have been recently writing about. This low rate to 

 Harbor Springs, only 85.00, is less than one-fourth the 

 regular fare. The excursion starts from Toledo. 



Readers of Gleanings who expect to buy a queen 

 or two to test the merit,'- of different stock, will do 

 well to read H. G. Quirin's advt. on last cover page. 

 Good stock at prices which are right, is his motto. 



V^ANTED. — To sell my entire and complete apiary 

 ' '^ consisting of 75 colonies of bees, on L,ang. and 

 American frames, hives, winter-cases, extracting- 

 supers with comb, extractor, and all other necessary 

 equipments. Big bargain. Write for particulars. 

 Also good 40acre farm to rent or sell, 



W. H. Allswede, Sanford, Mich. 



\VANTED. — A helper in the bee and honey business; 

 '' one who has had success in this direction ; an ac- 

 tive young man ; one with a conscience, good habits, 

 and who can give references to cover the case ; a 

 steady job to the right person. 



Byron Walker, Clyde, Cook Co., 111. 



gleanings as an advertising medium. 



We wish to say that our ad't in your journal paid us 

 back many times the cash expended for it. The in- 

 quiries and orders received were treble what we had 

 from the others. We did a better business than we 

 expected. The reason we stopped our ad't was that 

 we had sold all we cared to sell, as we did not wish 

 to lose trade by returning money ; and, what was 

 more satisfactory, we have not had a single complaint 

 so far. All reports from patrons are satisfactory. 



Meldrim, Ga., June 18. Christian & Hall. 



