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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar» 



ago, when grandmother used to bake Lady Fingers 

 in the ashes on the hearth of the wide old fireplace. 

 Well, the experiment stations say the sole trouble 

 with the Lady Finger nowadays is, that it is an ex- 

 tremely poor } ielder. And now you can see what 

 it is that 1 want. I want a potato as good as the 

 old-fashioned Lady Finger, that yields well. Can 

 any of the brethren furnish it? If so, send me one 

 or two by mail, and I will have Mrs. Root roast 

 them in the ashes; and if they even come pretty 

 near the Lady Finger we will give you a free ad- 

 vertisement of your seed. Surely somebody ought 

 to have this potato. A catalogue is just at hand, 

 offering 700 different varieties of potatoes. It would 

 be a little sad if none of the 700 could come up to 

 the Lady Finger as a baker. 



We have at this date 8477 subscribers. 



jSPECI/m jMOTICEg. 



We now have Dadant's Langstroth Revised, and 

 can send them out by return mail. Price $2.00. 

 By freight or express, 15 cts. less. 



WANTED— SPIDER-PLANT SEED. 



Mail us a sample, tell us how much you have, and 

 we will write you what we can pay for it. We want 

 seed of last season's raising. 



ALSIKE CLOVER. 



We have a nice stock of alsike clover seed, to fill 

 orders on short notice. I believe it is the nicest 

 seed we ever had for sale. The secret is, we have 

 had a good many samples to choose from, and se- 

 lected only the best. Our prices: $2.25 per peck; 

 $4.40 per half-bushel; #8.50 per bushel. In lots of 

 5 bushels, $8.00 per bushel. 



TBE IGNOTCM TOMATO SEED. 



Since my last mention of it, we have given away 

 about 1000 more packages, making 2000 in all. And 

 now the friends begin again to say, " Send me a 

 package if it is not all gone." Why, bless your 

 hearts, there are at least 3000 more packages to be 

 given to subscribers of Gleanings. Just say, 

 "Send us a package of that tomato seed," and do 

 not put in any thing about its being gone. 



FOR SALE, ENGINE LATHE AT ONE-HALF PRICE. 



It swings 15 inches over bed; takes 40-inehes be- 

 tween centers; has both foot-power and counter- 

 shaft; is back-geared, screw-feed, and screw-cut- 

 ting; cost *150.iK). Will clean up, paint, and pack 

 for shipment, for #75.00. It is now in use in our 

 machine-room, and we would not think of selling it 

 except that our work now demands a heavier and 

 larger tool. This is undoubtedly a good opportu- 

 nity for some one to secure a valuable tool cheap. 



THE CHARTIER RADISH. 



A great trade has sprung up on this favorite rad- 

 ish, and we have bought such large quantities of 

 the seed of the originator, Wm. C. Beckert, that we 

 can give the following low prices: 5 cts. per oz.; 10 

 cts. per Ji lb.; 35 cts. per lb. If wanted by mail, add 

 at the rate of 3 cts. per % lb., or 9 cts. per lb., for 

 postage and packing. See the latest issue of our 

 seed catalogue, giving reductions on many kinds of 

 staple seeds, issued Feb. 15— mailed free on applica- 

 tion. 



"KING OK THE GARDEN" LIMA BEANS. 



Since my test i mentioned in another column) of 

 dry lima beans, I have concluded that we did not 

 quite appreciate the King of the Garden last sum- 

 mer. Their immense size makes it much easier to 

 pick and shell a quart of them than the common 

 li mas, and they are certainly fully equal for table 

 use. We planted quite a large patch of them last 

 season, and we propose this season to plant a larger 

 patch. Price 5 cts. a package; 15 cts. per half-pint; 

 50 cts. per quart: $2.75 per peck, or $10.00 per bushel. 



THE CARPENTER'S STEEL SQUARE, AND ITS USES. 



After long months of waiting and putting off our 

 customers having orders in for the above book, we 

 finally gave up all hopes of getting them again 

 from the publisher, and accordingly sent back the 

 money we had received, and crossed them out of 

 our book-list. No sooner had this been done than 

 we received word from the publisher that the 

 books were out at last. We sent him an order by 

 first mail, and now have 200 in stock, ready to send 

 by return mail for 17 cts. each, postpaid, or 15 with 

 other goods by express or freight. 



JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT. 



We notice in most of the seed catalogues so far, 

 that seedsmen are asking $3.00 per bushel, retail, 

 for new Japanese buckwheat. No doubt this extra 

 price is to help pay for fancy lithograph covers and 

 chromo pictures that come with the catalogues; 

 but please remember that our price is only $2.00 per 

 bushel; $1.25 per l A bushel; 75 cts. per peck. In lots 

 of five bushels or more, $1.75 per bushel. We have 

 a very large stock of very choice seed. We have 

 made arrangements with a party in Wisconsin, 

 whereby we can fill orders from that point, of 

 two bushels or more, to customers in the West, to 

 save freight. 



PRICE LIST OF DOVETAILED HIVES. 



We append here a list of prices on the Dovetailed 

 hive, illustrated and described elsewhere in this 

 issue. Please notice that we give prices in differ- 

 ent quantities per hive, under the quantity named 

 at the top of the column. 



DOVETAILED HIVES PUT UP AND IN THE FLAT. 



Description. Price each. , In lots of . 



(Please order by number). 1 5 10 20 50 



No. 1. Eight-frame Dovetailedgihive, shown to the 

 right, over, with oue bottom, body, one super, 

 slatted honey-board, 8 all-wood frames and cover, 

 Wi story, for comb honey, complete, put up and 

 painted | 1 50 | 1 45 | 1 40 | 1 35 1 



No. 1. Eight-fr. Dovetailed hive inflat,\v\th sections, 

 starters, and tin sep's.. | 1 20 | 1 00 | 90 | 85 | 80 



No. 1. Eight-fr. Dovetailed hive, in flat, with frames 

 and section-holders, but no sections, starters, nor 

 separators | 90 1 75 1 70 | 65 1 60 



No. 2. Eight-frame Dovetailed hive, shown to the 

 left, over, is furnished just like No. 1, with one 

 more super added, making a two-storv hive com- 

 plete, put up painted. .|200|195|190|186| 



No. 2. Eight-fr. Dovetailed hive in flat, with sect's, 

 starters, and separa's. | 1 50 | 1 30 | 1 25 | 1 20 | 1 15 



No. 2. Eight-frame, Dovetailed, in flat, with frames 

 and section-holders, but no starters, separators, 

 nor sections | 1 10 | 90 | 85 | 80 | 75 



No. 3. Same as No. 1, except that it has T tins in the 

 supers, instead of section-holders. Same price. 



No. 4. Same as No. 2, with T tins instead of section- 

 holders. Same price. 

 We will make the Dovetailed hive 10-frame instead 



of 8-frame, in any of above numbers, as follows: 

 Nailed and painted, complete, 20 cts. each extra. 

 In flat, complete, 15 cts. each extra. 

 In flat, without sections, starters, or separators, 



10 cts. each extra. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



Gleanings is so valuable and interesting I 

 should not want to do without it. 

 New Philadelphia, O. Dr. G. L. Tinker. 



Really, Bro. Root, and no "taffy," Gleanings 

 does grow better and better. Thank you for the 

 biographies. They are good. H. E. Miller. 



N. Searsmont, Me., Jan. 9, 1889. 



The type-writer came all right. We are Very 

 much pleased with it. It is very nice, and a better 

 machine than we supposed it to be. 



Wells, Minn., Dec. 31, 1888. J. P. West. 



We were really delighted with the account of the 

 travels in California. Your way of describing it, 

 and mentioning the little things, makes a person 

 seem to be traveling with you. We think Ernest 

 did well upon Gleanings while you were gone— 

 not only well, but splendid. He gave us an excel- 

 lent Gleanings, especially the last one. 



Roseville, 111., Dec. 15, 1888. Mrs. L. C. Axtell. 



