January, 1915. 



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American Hee Journal 



LET me send 

 you a WITTE 

 ENGINE to earn its 

 cost uhlle yoa pay 

 lor it. It's clieaper 

 than doing without 

 one. 



Ed. H. Witte. 



WITTE Engines 



Kerosene, Gasoline 



Sold Only Direct from Factory to User. No matter where you 

 live or what work you have that can be hitched to a belt, you can own a 

 WITTE to better advantage than any other engine. Sizes are 2, 4, 6, 

 8, 12. 16 and 22_Horse-Power. Styles. Stationary. Portable. Skidded 

 and Saw-rigs. Over 27 years in the lead in engine-quality 

 Better now than ever, with prices that can't be beat. 



No need now to do without a good engine, or to take chance on 3 

 poorer unknown one, to get a low price. The Witte fills the bill. 



IHv Fl*PI> RnAlf ^ furnish highest standard engines for 

 iUj 1 1 CC UUUn pric. 3 less than aaked for rattle-traps. ^ 

 My Free Book explains th^? insido of engine selling as 

 well as manufacturing. Write today for my Sales 

 Plan with Easy Terms. 



Ed. H. Witte. WItte Iron Works Co.. 

 278b Oakland Av., Kansas City. Mo, 



Efriciency and Durability 



BEES DIE IN CELLARS 



tliat are too damp. .'\ fine nickel-plated instrument that indicates percentof moisture 

 postpaid for only $1.75. .'\ necessity in every home and bee-cellar. PVee advice how to 

 dry out cellar. CEO. A. BOYUM, RUSHFORD, MI|t|NESOTA. 



THREE-BANDED BEES— GET THE BEST 



Twenty years of breeding and selection has resulted in an exceptionally vig- 

 orous and long-lived strain of bees, unexcelled for gentleness, prolificness and 

 honey-gathering qualities. No disease. 



Before May 1st 

 1 I 6 I 12 



After May 1st 



1 I 6 I 



12 



Untested I $1.25 I $ 6.50 1 $11.50 I $ .75 I $4.00 I $ 7.50 



Tested I 1.50 | 8.00 j 15.00 | 1.25 | 6.50 | 12.00 



Select tested 2.00 I 10.00 I 18.00 I 1.50 8.00 I 15.00 



1-lb. pkg. bees I 2.00 | 11.00 | 21.00 | 1.50 | 9.00 | 18.00 



Breeders, $5.00 each, any time. 

 Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed on all queens to all points in United 

 States and Canada. Qaeens for export are carefully packed ii\ export cages ; but 

 safe arrival is not guaranteed. Bees by the pound guaranteed within si.x days of 

 Mathis, Tex. If queen is wanted with bees by the pound, add price of queen 

 wanted to price of bees. Better let me book vour orders now. 



H. D. MURRY, MATHIS, TEXAS 



WESTERN BEE KEEPERS ll"„,r.ll 



get tha best goods obtainable, especially 



made to meet \V«stern condition. Send for 



new catalog and special price list to 



Colorado Honey-Producars' Association 



Donver, Colorado 



WHITE SWEET CLOVER SEED 



10,000 pounds unhulled at I2c per pound. 

 Hulled, cleaned. 20c per pound f. o. b. Cow- 

 ley. Sacks extra at 25c, Immediate ship- 

 ment. B. F. Smith. Cowley, Wyo. 



SWEET CLOVER SEED 



We ndw have on hand a good supply of sweet clover seed as per prices 



below. The r«cleaned seed is machine cleaned, and entirely free from 



chaff, dust and straw sometimes found in unhulled seed : 



I lb. 10 lbs. 25 lbs. 100 lbs. 

 White Sweet Clover— unhulled iMelilotus alba recleaned 



seed 25c J225 $5-00 J18.00 



White Sweet Clover— hulled. (Melilotus alba) hand screaned.2»c 1.80 400 is.oo 



Yellow Sweet Clover— hulled (Melilotus officinalis) 26c 2.40 5-75 2200 



Alsika Clover seed 25c 225 5.00 ifl.oo 



When wanted by parcel post, bags will be included in weight. N'o charge 



for bags. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, Hamilttn, Illinois 



ARE YOU GOING TO BUY LANB? 



If so. you should read the Farm and Real 

 Estate Journal. Its editors are authorities. 

 They will keep you informed on the possi- 

 bilities in all sections of the country, and 

 will save you money and mistakes in buying. 

 Only publication of its kind. Kstablished 

 lu years. Send loc today for 4 months' trial 

 subscription, or 25c for one year. It will be 

 stoi)ped at the end of the time ordered un- 

 less you renew. 



Farm and Real Estate Journal 

 Box 32, Traer. Iowa 



LOOK! BEEKEEPER 



E 3 SQUARE SHEARS 

 Tv,v vui Ai-inch foot power; one cuts 

 30. Hand-lever power in good condi- 

 tion ; cuts fine. Just the thing for 

 beekeepers. Price, $10 each f. o. b. 

 Square, N. Y. 



H. E. HESSLER CO. 



Paint Without Oil 



Remarkable Discovery that Cuts Down 



the Cost of Paint Seventy-Five 



Per Cent 



A Free Trial Package is Mailed to Every- 

 one Who Writes 



A.L.Rice, a prominent manufacturer of 

 Adams. N. Y.. has discovered a process of 

 making a new kind of paint without the use 

 of oil. He calls it Powdrpaint. It comes in 

 the form of a dry powder, and all that is re- 

 quired is cold watertomake a paint weather 

 proof, fire proof, and as durable as oil paint. 

 It adheres to any surface, wood, stone or 

 brick, spreads and looks like oil paint, and 

 costs about one-fourth as much. 



Write to Mr. A. L. Rice. Manufacturer. 216 

 North St.. Adams. X. Y.. and he will send 

 you a free trial package, also color card and 

 full information showing you how you can 

 save a good many dollars. Write today. 



HONEY AND BEESWAX 



Chicago. Dec. lu — Comb honey is steady 

 with no change since last quotations. Prices 

 are easier on extracted, with white clover 

 and linden bringing gSioc per pound, the 

 other grades from i@3C per pound less ac- 

 cording to grade. Beeswa.x steady at from 

 3i@33c per pound. R. A. Burnett & Co. 



Kansas City. Mo.. Dec. 17 —The supply of 

 both comb and exracted honey is light; the 

 demand good. We quote as follows: White 

 comb. $i 25 to $3 50: amber. $3.00 to $3.25. 

 White extracted. 8c per pound; amber. 7C. 

 Beeswax. 25@28c. 



C. C. Clemons pRODicE Company. 



Denver. Dec. 19.— There is no comb honey 

 left for home trade, but there is still a good 

 demand for carload lots. Stock should be 

 cleaned up everywhere before another crop. 

 There is a fair demand for strictly first- 

 class white extracted honey. Our local job- 

 bing prices are a'sc for white; 7!r@8'3C for 

 light amber; bg-c for strained. We pay 26c 

 in cash and 28c in trade for clean yellow 

 beeswax delivered here. 



The Colo. HoneyProducbrs' Ass n. 

 Frank Rauchfuss. A/er. 



Cincinnati. Dec. 22.— Little demand for 

 camb and extracted honey. Comb honey is 

 moving fast at $3.50 to $4 00 per case. Fancy 

 white clover, extracted, from 8(sioc per lb., 

 and amber has been selling from s!^®7c per 

 pound. Beeswax. 28(? IOC a pound. 



The Kked W. Muth Co. 



