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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov. 



free to new subscribers. Remember it is only the 

 numbers remaining after the subscription is taken 

 that we give free, so it is to their interest to sub- 

 scribe at once. When the premium list comes out 

 with the next number, we will make further an- 

 nouncements; and we trust many of you in the 

 meantime will secure a good number of names. 



A BUSH LIMA BEAN AS LARGE AS THE POLE LIMAS, 

 AND AS EARLY. 



Mr. J. Atlee Burpee has been kind enough to send 

 me a single plant, that in every respect seems to be 

 like the Henderson or dwarf Sieva lima bean, only 

 the pods are full size. He will offer the beans for 

 sale next year in limited quantities, but as yet no 

 price has been fixed on them. This bean, we are 

 told, was from a sport from the regular pole lima 

 beans, and is just like them, except it does not need 

 a pole to run on. 



ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF HONEY-EXTRACTORS. 



We have sold, in the past, over 10,000 of our Novice 

 honey-extractors, and the complaints in regard to 

 them have been very few indeed. Some few, how- 

 ever, have complained that they are too light, and 

 others that the honey-gate is a little too small, so 

 that real thick honey will not run through it as 

 fast as it is extracted. Another source of com- 

 plaint has been that the honey was thrown over the 

 edges because the can was not quite deep enough. 

 We have decided to remedy all these defects, but 

 will not be ready to place any new machines on the 

 market before March or April. We make this an- 

 nouncement at this time so that, when new lists 

 are printed, the correct price may be put in. We 

 have outlined the improvements to be made, as 

 follows: The bore of the honey-gate at present is 

 lVs inches. We expect to make it about VA inches. 

 We have heretofore made the extractors of IX tin, 

 and of several pieces. We have ordered a special 

 importation of IXX tin in large sheets, so as to 

 make one entire can of one sheet. These sheets 

 are large enough to make the cans two inches deep- 

 er than at present, to prevent the honey from be- 

 ing thrown over the edge. The bottoms of the 

 large cans, 20 inches in diameter, will be IXXX tin. 

 These extractors will be worth fully twice as much 

 in point of wearing qualities as the old ones, and 

 yet we shall advance the price only to what it was 

 two or three years ago; namely, $1.00 more than the 

 present price. The revised price will be as follows : 

 Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, $7.00 each. No. 6, $7.50; 

 and Nos. 7, 8, and 9, $8.00. We will also furnish an 

 upright gearing, which some prefer, for 50 cents 

 additional. We shall then have, we think, the best 

 extractor, for the money, in the market. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



The queen shipped in August was received in 

 good order, and has been safely introduced twice. I 

 have hatched some fine queens from her. 



Arthur Shepardson. 



Freeport, Wash. Ter., Oct. 10, 1889. 



The plants were received in good condition. I 

 am surprised at the size of the asparagus-plants. 

 I did not suppose they would be so large at that 

 price. K. A. Clarke. 



Groton, Conn., Sept. 23, 1889. 



GOOD ADVERTISING. 



Please tell the friends not to send me any more 

 orders this fall, for I have as many booked as I can 

 fill. I return seven orders to-day, which I could 

 not fill. Does everybody take Gleanings? 



Morgan, Ky., Sept. 24; 1889. J. P. Moore. 



The 00-lb. square tin cans are received, and are 

 very nice. I have been shipping honey to all parts 

 of the IT. S. Surely it pays to advertise in Glean- 

 ings. E. J. Baxter. 



Nauvoo, 111., Oct. 14, 1889. 



The goods I ordered of you arrived safely and in 

 good order. I am much obliged for your prompt 

 attention. Although I live in the northern part of 

 Michigan, I was extracting with the extractor the 

 fourth night after ordering it. Geo. Hall. 



East Tawas, Mich., Aug. 4, 1889. 



value of the honey column as an advertis- 

 ing medium. 



I received an offer from Plymouth, Ohio, for the 

 rest bf my comb honey, and all my extracted, in 

 answer to your insertion of my advertisement of 

 honey for sale, and I am more than ever convinced 

 of the value of Gleanings, both to producers of 

 and dealers in honey and supplies, and tender you 

 my sincere thanks for the favor. W. R. Haslet. 



St. Anthony, la., Oct. 7, 1889. 



I write to inform you that the Barnes combined 

 saw came all right, and in good time. The reason I 

 have not written sooner is, I wanted to try it be- 

 fore I said any thing about it. I have worked in 

 wood for the last 45 years, so that I think I am com- 

 petent to judge about the work it will do. Itdoes 

 all you claim for it, and will fully answer all the 

 purposes that I desire. Many thanks to you and 

 the Barnes Brothers for the machine, which I think 

 now I can't do without. Thos. Chapman. 



Rocheport, Mo., Oct. 14, 1889. 



A KIND word for gleanings, together with a 



GOOD TESTIMONY FOR CHRIST JESUS. 



Dear Friend:— May the Lord bless your good 

 work in the Master's vineyard, is my prayer. I 

 read Gleanings, and it does make my heart re- 

 joice to see the good work go on. I read Glean- 

 ings with pleasure. So far as the smokers are con- 

 cerned, I hold that, if the heart is clean, the mouth 

 will be clean too; for out of it are the issues of life. 

 I have not used tobacco in any form since my con- 

 version. G. D. Kunke. 



Sprague, Wash. Ter., Sept. 25, 1889. 



A PLEASED ABC SCHOLAR AND HIS SUCCESS. 



Those nice honey-jars arrived all O. K., as they 

 were packed very nicely indeed, and I am much 

 pleased with them, as also the vise and match-safes. 

 I took the premium. again at our State Fair, and al- 

 most everybody expressed themselves as seeing the 

 finest honey in the world, and those nice white sec- 

 tions of vours " took the cakes." "Oh what nice 

 white honey!" or, "how nice and clean those sec- 

 tions look!" As they looked on, they found some 

 very fine extracted honey in your glass jars; also 

 the expressions I heard were numerous, and great- 

 ly to the credit of A. I. Root; for if it had not been 

 for him and his A B C, I am pretty sure I should not 

 now be so far advanced, for it was only a few years 

 ago that I was a perfect " novice " in the business, 

 and had not even seen a queen; but now I am pret- 

 ty sure 1 can tell one, as 1 breed all my queens my- 

 self. Well, I think that, if we all try to put our 

 honey up in good shape, and in nice and attractive 

 packages, we shall all do well. For instance, here in 

 my own town of Reno there is lots of honey 

 brought into the market which sella for from 12 to 

 15 cts. per lb., and I command $20 to $25 per hundred 

 pounds. Now, how is it? I will tell you. The for- 

 mer is brought in boxes, leaky, and partly filled, 

 and the very looks of it is enough to condemn it, 

 while that of mine is all clean, and packed in your 

 nice 12-lb. shipping-boxes, and, as a gentleman said 

 to me yesterday, "You deserve a great deal of 

 credit for putting your honey up in such attractive 

 packages." You know the ones I got of you with 

 glass on both sides, so they would show three sec- 

 tions on each side. I have just received a premium 

 from San Francisco, from the Mechanics' Fair, the 

 finest and best in the State of California. I try 

 hard to do my best, and I hope all others will do the 

 same. E. A. Moore. 



Reno, Nev., Oct. 17, 1889. 



LITHOGRAPH LABELS. 



In 12 Colors, a-t $2.00 per lOOO. 

 The 12 colors are all on each label. They are ob- 

 long in shape, measuring 2 1 sx2?s. They are about 

 the nicest labels we ever saw for glass tumblers, 

 pails, and small packages of honey. We will mail 

 a sample, inclosed in our label catalogue, free on 

 application, and will furnish them postpaid at the 

 following prices: 5 cts. for 10; 35cts. for 100; $1.20 

 for 500; $2.00 for 1000. A. I. Root, Medina, O. 



