1887 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



THAT WHEELBAUKOW. 



The wheelbarrow is excellent, and groes beyond 

 my expectations. C. K. Decker. 



Hiinford, Cal., Jan. 2a, 1887. 



KUBBER STAMPS. 



You will see by this card that we have received 

 our rubber stamp, and are well pleased with it— the 

 handiest thing- we have got hold ol' for some time. 



LaSalle, Iil. T. & B. Yoiino. 



I am well pleased with Gle.\nin(js, and I do not 

 think 1 can do without it. It is much company to 

 me. As there are so many g-ood Christian friends 

 who contribute to its pages, it is like conversing- 

 with dear friends I have known. N. A. E. Bi.lis. 



Astoria, Mo., Jan. 5, 1887. 



OUK new reversible frame, and how it 

 pleases. 

 ■ Please send me the price of .500 wired reversible 

 frames, L. size, put together, ready for the fdn. I 

 have 3.50 now iu use, and 1 like them better than 

 any other frame I ever used. J. G. Norton. 



Macomb, HI., Feb. 4, 1887. 



1 have enjoyed reading- the few copies of Glean- 

 ings I ordered with my bill of notions last fall so 

 much that I think I shall be able to read it the 

 coming year or will subscribe for it. 1 "glean "a 

 great deal from it. D. C. Ayers. 



Moawequa. TIL. Dec. 3, 1886. 



HOW THE A B C BRINOS ABOUT SUCCESS. 



I must say that I have derived such a vast amount 

 of good from the ABC that I am astonished 

 myself to think what a powerful thing is knowledge. 

 1 have followed jour directions, and have succeed- 

 ed. I have a splendid honey-crop, if T may call it a 

 crop. A. H. Baum. 



Ashland, Ohio. 



AN IMPORTED QUEEN IN HER THIRD VEAR, AND 

 STILL DO] NO GOOD SERVICE. 



1 had, Oct. 1, the imported gueen I got from you 

 in May, 1884. You said she was in)ported the year 

 before. She has been a very prolitic gueen, and 

 has given my bees lots of " vim," or vigor, and was 

 well worth the price paid. She has kept her hive 

 full of bees this season. She looked i-ather old the 

 first of October. G. W. Gillet. 



Wellington, O., Nov. 34, 1886. 



don't know how I'o get along without it. 



Since writing to you to stop my journal I have 

 repented, and don't know how to get along without 

 it, so here 1 send a dollar, for which to renew my 

 subscription. I just want to say, that I appreciate 

 your kind words of counsel and instruction very 

 much. I have learned much in your journal that 

 has done me good. I wish you success in the good 

 work. Wm. Senff. 



Bremen, Ind., Dec. 31, 1886. 



THE A B C OF CARP CULTURE. 



The ABC of Carp Culture came to hand all 

 right. 1 think itis40cts. wc^ll invested. When I 

 go home to Michigan for the purpose of occupying 

 my land in that State I expect to start an apiary, 

 and will construct ponds, and get them well start- 

 ed with water-plants, preparatory to receiving the 

 carp for propagation. A. Richmond. 



Keenansville, Ont., Nov. 29, 1886. . -j 



1 consider Gleanings the best bee-journal 1 

 know of, and 1 could not well keep house (or bees) 

 without it; neither is the attractiveness impaired 

 by the work done under the head of "Our Own Api- 

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 your list each year, and these topics that were ven- 

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 are an.xious for these facts. S. S. Lawing, P. M. 



Henderson, Mo. 



THAT ABC BOOK ON TRANSFEIIKING. 



Friend Root, let me tell you how 1 have got ac- 

 quainted with Itees and your valuable books. Last 

 August a friend invited me to see his bees. 1 visited 

 him, and he opened one of his hives, showed how it 

 worked, and explained to me all about it. He gave 

 me one of your catalogues. 1 went home and got 

 80 interested in the matter that my mind is wholly 

 taken up with bees, I then sent immediately for 

 the A B C, which 1 have been reading all the time. 

 1 went to work and got 12 swarms in box-hives. 

 Following my ABC book in transferring, I trans- 

 ferred one late in September in less than half an 

 hour, without smoke, gloves, or veil. 



Brooklyn, N. Y. Anton Kirsch. 



SECRET.^RY CHAMBERLAIN'S OPINION OF TERRY'S 



POTATO CULTURE AND WINTER CARE OF 



HORSES AND CATTLE. 



1 have Terry's potato-growing, the best thing 

 ever printed oil the subject, in my opinion. I may 

 say the same of his work on cattle-feeding, which 

 he wrote (in substance) at my request, and gave at 

 many institutes as a lecture. 



Ames, la., .Ian. 31, 1887. W. I. Chamberlain. 



THE KITE FOR LITTLE ONES. 



You said, as 1 subscrilied in October I was hardly 

 entitled to a kite; but you sent it, as perhaps it 

 would gladden some young heart. Tt did gladden a 

 young heart. The owner of the kite is six years old, 

 and calls me papa. I thank God that A. I. Root 

 has such kind-hearted Christians in his employ, to 

 have such sympathy for our little children as you 

 manifest in your card. L. H. Wilcox. 



Farmington, W. Va., Nov. 23. 1886. 



a KIND word from MRS. HARRISON IN REGARD 



TO OUR ABC BOOK ON CARP, AND ALSO 



FOR OUR POTATO-BOOK. 



Please accept my thanks for your giving to the 

 world, in cheap form, two such excellent works as 

 the ABC on Carp, and on Potato Culture. I do not 

 expect to engage in the culture of either, but I 

 think their perusal paid me well. If they had cost 

 a dollar apiece, I should not have enjoyed the treat. 



821 Hurlburt St.. Peoria, 111. Mrs. L. Harrison. 



THE story of the BIBLE, AND WHAT OUR OLD 

 FRIEND WM. MUTH-RASMUSSEN THINKS OF IT. 



Please send me by mail 6 copies of the "Story of 

 the Bible." These are for the Sunday-school oi 

 which I am superintendent. 1 think the.\- will be 

 easier to learn and understand, than the common 

 lesson-papers. I have not been able to see all the 

 parents yet, and may therefore get orders for more 

 books. " Wm. Muth-Rasmussen. 



Independence, Cal^ 



OUR new flat-bottomed foundation. 



l''our sample of flat-bottom fdn. is at hand, and is 

 very nice. Could you tell me about how manj' 

 pounds of the flat-bottomed would be required to 

 fill full 1000 sections, 414x414-'' The .5000 Simplicity 

 sections are the nicest I ever bought. 



17— J. M. Brooks— .57. 



Columbus. Ind.. Feb. 11, 1887. 



[One sq. ft. is enough to fill 10 sections. You 

 would need, for 10(10 sections, 100 sq. ft.; and as this 

 flat-bottomed fdn. goes over 14 ft. to the lb., you 

 would need about 7 lbs. to the 1000 sections.] 



EVERY thing SATISFACTORY. 



I received my goods all right, for they were pack- 

 ed so neatly for shipping:. My wax-extractor I am 

 more than pleased with, for it is a little daisy. My 

 comb foundation is as nice as I ever saw. You 

 had my A B C book packed so well it would have 

 carried 1000 miles as well as the distance it did ride. 

 I would not take double for my book what 1 paid 

 for it, and do without it. for it is a perfect guide to 

 bee-keeping. Your book is so cheap that evei-j 

 bee-keeper ought to have one. John H. Pence. 



Terre Haute. O.. Dec. 3, 1886. 



THE ABC .A^ND THOSE SKll.MONS. 



Inclosed find ¥1.00 for Gleanings. About one 

 j'ear ago, becoming interested in bees, 1 accident- 

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