1901 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



953 



crops to improve our soil and diminish washing by 

 winter rains, and incidentally as forage for the fowls, 

 who keep the more accessible strips sheared as closely 

 as %vith a lawn-mower. The season has been favora- 

 ble, and the plants on early-sown strips are now seven 

 to eight inches high ; bi t wc find such leafy plants do 

 not, as a rule, winter as well as those closely picked by 

 the fowls Chickens are fond of green food, but eat 

 very few weeds with relish. If not provided with 

 clover in this manner they are very troublesome on 

 the lawn, when at liberty The-e clover strips entice 

 them away, and thus fit in all along the line. 



The above touches on another thing- that 

 has been on my mind a g-ood deal. It costs 

 so much to hire labor nowada3's (more in 

 Michigan than down here in Ohio) that we 

 must study to grow crops that can be pro- 

 duced with little labor. I have told you 

 about our winter onions. They have never 

 had au}^ attention whatever except to gather 

 the crop of sets. Well, in the Traverse re- 

 gion they grow beautiful grapes on the 

 hillsides, without any ctiltivation whatever. 

 The owners say they do better to let them 

 trail on the ground; and they ripen quicker 

 becatise of the heat of the sun on those 

 sand}' hills. 



Well, there is quite a list of things that 

 may be grown for poultry, and the poultry 

 be allowed to gather the crop and do their 

 own feeding ; and I doubt if any system of 

 feeding will give as good results as letting 

 the fowls go out in the fields and gather 

 their own food, helping themselves to the 

 sweet corn as it stands in the fields, shell- 

 ing out the cow peas, and helping them- 

 selves to grains of different kinds sown in 

 waste places expressly for the poultry. 

 They will lay more eggs and raise more 

 chickens, and I do not know but I may say 

 hettcr ones, where they are educated to do 

 this kind of foraging. I have seen a great 

 brood of chickens hatched out in a buclt- 

 wheat- field, and they grew to maturity 

 without ever being fed or cared for in any 

 shape or manner. The mother hen hap- 

 pened to hatch her chickens just as the 

 buckwlieat was far enough along so the 

 chicks could eat it. 



Now, friends, do not let any stuff be 

 thrown awaj' or go to waste until you have 

 faithfully tried getting some of your domes- 

 tic animals to learn how to eat it. 



CONVENTION NOTICE. 



There will be a bee keepers' convention (annual) 

 held in Canandaigua, N. Y , by the Ontario Co. B. K. 

 .\ on Dec Vi, and 18 Frikdkm.ann CtRKINKK, 



Naples, N. Y., Nov. 1.5. Secretary. 



Minnesota Bee-keepers' Supply Mfg. Co., 



Manufacturers of 



Bee-hives. Sections. Shipping-cases, and 

 Everything Used by Bee-keepers. 



Orders filled promptly We have the best .shipping 

 facilities in the world You will save money by send- 

 ing for our price list. Address 



Minnesota Bee=keepers' Supply Mfg. Co., 

 Nicollet Island Power Building, Minneapolis, Minn. 



liecrK I Untested, «1.00 ; tested. $1.2.5 and up- 

 ^^'^**® • ward. See former ads. and circular. 

 J. B. Case, Port Orange, Florida. 



Wants and Exchange. 



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ifANTED.— To sell my entire bee business, conjsist- 

 ing of a 10-acre ranch three miles west of Phoe- 

 nix, all in alfalfa, with water, for f 1:500 ; a 20-acre 

 ranch with water, S miles from Phoenix, for |1000 ; 

 bee sheds and fixtures on a rented o-acre lot, wagons, 

 two extractor tanks, oOO colonies of bees at $.5 W per 

 colony, in two-story hives. Reason for selling, I wish 

 to retire, because I am tired of doing my own cooking, 

 and have enough to live on anywav. 



John Nippkrt, Box 1051, Phoenix, Arizona. 



VVANTED.— To exchange Dadant uncapping-cans, 

 '* Root's No. 5 extractor, and other supplies, for 

 honey or wax. O. H. Hyatt, Shenandoah, Iowa. 



VyANTED.— To sell cheap, 20 acres of good Florida 

 ^' land, well situated, at a low price. Address for 

 particulars, Mrs. 1. B. Weir, Toledo, Florida. 



VVANTED.— A good farm hand, with temperate hab- 

 '' its, by the year, who wishes to learn the bee-busi- 

 ness. I keep .500 colonies 



W. J. Stahmann, Bruce, Wis. 



YY ANTED. —To buy 300 colonies bees in Mississippi, 

 ' ' i,ouisiana, Arkansas, or Texas. Write 



M. Stevenson, Dardenne, Missouri. 



■W/^ANTED.— To .sell a custom saw and feed mill and 

 '"^ 27 swarms of bees with supplies, all in first-class 

 condition. F I.,. Riggs, Box 48, Bucktoii, N. Y. 



YY ANTED. —To exchange Barred Plymouth Rocks— 

 '" single birds, trios, and breeding" pens— and eggs 

 in season, for Root's 8-frame hives, extractor, or offers. 

 My birds are a combination of best strains in America. 

 Chamberlin Hill Poitltn.- Farm, Jordan, N. Y. 



YYANTF;d.— To sell or exchange tliree saw-benchts 

 '" with saws (J15 each), one ditto (S20), machines 

 for boring, matching, sanding, dovei ailing, and press- 

 cutting ($5 to S15 each), leather belting, sh fling, pul- 

 leys, etc , at half price: all in good riiiining order; 

 will take honey or offers; will take 10 per cent less for 

 cash. Write. C. vv. Costellow. Santord, Maine. 



VVANTED.— To exchange a No. 1.5 two-frame Cowan 

 '' honey-extractor fur a No. 5 Novice extractor. 

 Adolph Segeri,in. Anita, Pa. 



YVANTED.— A queen-breeder with experience. Cor- 

 '"^ respoiidence solicited. Refereiic s required and 

 given. Address G. F. Davuison, F'airview, Texas. 



VLTANTED.— To sell 600 colonies of bees in 8 and 10 

 '' fr-me Dov'd and Danzenbaker hives at <2.00 and 

 $2.25 each. W. N. Cannon, Oreenville, Ala. 



W^^NTEn.— To sell our entire plant and situation, 

 ' ' including a complete line of machinery for man- 

 ufacturing bee hives, comb-foundation, etc. In con- 

 nection with same we have a first-cliss up-to-date 

 planiiig-mill in every respect. Our good will and list 

 of customers go with it. This is a bargain, and will 

 pay you to investigate. Address 



W. R. Graham & Son, Greenville, Texas. 



Y^AISTTED. — To buy a home somewhere in a good 

 '' bee locality, and in a mild climate, and where 

 there is a good chance for good schools.^"?°*r 



Daniel Danielsen, Clarkson, S. D. 



Y^ANTED — A situation as assistant apiarist, or 

 "' charge of small apiary and fruit or poultry farm, 

 in the southern or western >States. Good reference 

 can be given. Chas. G. Gibbs, Brunswick, O. 



For ,S.\LE.— Fine ripe extracted touch-me-not honey, 

 in ()0-lb. square tin cans, 2 cans to a case, delivered at 

 R. R. station at 7;4c. .Sample postpaid, Sc. 



C. A. Bunch. I.,a Paz, Marshall Co., Ind. 



For Sale.— 1000 lbs. light amber extracted honey at 

 5c per lb. W C. Gathright, Las Cruces, N. M. 



Wanted— Comb and extracted honej'. State price, 

 kind, and qyiantity. R. A. Burnett & Co., 



199 South Water St., Chicago, 111. 



Wanted. — Comb honej' and beeswax. State price 

 delivered at Cincinnati. " C. H. W. Weher, 



2146-2148 Central Ave., Cincinnati, O. 



