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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Jan. 1 



SFEClAbiNOTJCES 



BUSINESS MAN AGERI^ 



WANTED 



No more A B C of Bee Culture and 1888 and 1895 edi- 

 tions. Over one hundred responses have been receiv- 

 ed in answer to an adverlisenient in last issue. 



BUSINESS AT THIS DATE. 



We never in all our experience had so many carload 

 orders booked ahead a;- at the present time They 

 have been coming in so much faster than we have been 

 shipping that we were twenty cars behind a few days 

 ago. Ve have shipped five or six the past week, and 

 should get 12 to 15 more off this month. We did not 

 get the catalog completed before we had to go to press 

 with this issue, but it will be completed immediately 

 atler. 



HONEY FOR SALE. 



We archaving a fair trade in h ney, both comb and 

 extracted ; but with the stock on hand we could han- 

 dle more orders to advantage. V\ e shall be pleased to 

 hear from those in need of honey, either comb or ex- 

 tracted. In spite of what some of the papers are .say- 

 ing about us, and about adulterated comb honey, we 

 guarantee the honey we lurnish to be pure bees' hon- 

 ev, and we stand readj' to make good our guarantee, 

 issued more than ten years ago, to pay one thousand 

 dollars for a pound of manufactured comb honey (made 

 at a 'yi)c/()7 v" where such stuft" is made), filled and 

 capped without the aid of the bees: 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



Our abbreviated price list of garden seeds, etc., was 

 crowded out of this issue, but it will be in the next. 



THE TRAP NEST — A NEW USE FOR IT. 



The venders of the various trap nests claim a great 

 deal for them ; but there is one thing I think thev have 

 overlooked. A few days ago Mrs. Root found the trap 

 nest shut ; but instead of a hen inside > f it there was 

 a big la/ ofinssiiin. He was foraging for eggs and I 

 suppose he thought that, if he squeezed into the nest, 

 he could in bke manner squeeze out But he discover- 

 ed too late that the thing did not work " both ways." 

 He had been for some time getting my eggs. 



ONIONS — STARTING THEM IN HOTBEDS AND COLD- 

 FRAMES FOR TRANSPLANTING IN THE OPEN 

 FIELD. 



There is one advantage in thi= method of working 

 that 1 think has never been mentioned. It is this : 

 If you sow seed that is a year old or more you do not 

 know whether it will come up or not. nor how perfect 

 a stand it will make, even if some of it does come up. 

 But if you plant this old seed under glass, and grow 

 plants, you can take the plants, few or many, and get 

 a perfect stand by transplanting. We have a few 

 pounds of almost all the kinds of seed we advertise, 

 which we will sell at half price, to be used for plant- 

 ing under glass. It niav .grow just as well as any seed 

 - in fact, it usually does when it is not more than a 

 year old ; but, of course, we would not want to sell it 

 without sayingthat it is last year's seed left over. New 

 seed of 'Vellow Globe Danvers and Red Wethersfield 

 is 7.5c per pound, so this o'd seed will be only 37'/^ cts. 

 If you wish to .sow it under gla.ss it will be time pretty 

 soon to get it started, especially if you want to catch 

 the early market and get a big price for your new 

 onions. Onions, like potatoes, are now " way up," as 

 you may have noticed. 



THE GIANT GIBRALTAR ONION ONCE MORE. 



The big onion I mentioned on page 961, Dec. 1, is 

 still on my table, perfectly sound and firm, not even a 

 sign ( i a sprout. This has been all this time in a 

 warmed-up office 70 degrees, and sometimes more. 

 Now, if these onions will keep like this until the 1st of 

 January, even in a hot room, there is a small gold- 

 mine in starting the.se onions under glass, and plant- 

 ing them out in the open ground. Here is what Tuskio 

 Greiner says about them in a recent number of the 

 /■av m and Fireside: 



H. L., of Millersburg, Ohio, says: " I must thank you for 

 your ;)rticl( s on Gil)r;iltar and Prizetaker onions. I Kought 

 this year a iJarkaKi- of the Gibraltar onion, sowed in a hot- 

 bed, and traM--|)lanted, and gathered three bushels of the 

 finest onions 1 evt r saw. The Prizetaker did not d.o so well. 

 I shall try onions on a larger scale in 19(r2." I can only urge 

 my friends once more, and as emphatically as ever, to make 

 a trial with these tine sweet Spanish onions, and of the new 

 (transplanting! method of growing them. If done with 

 reasonable care, such trial will prove highly satisfactory. I 

 prow the Gibraltar for early sales and for table pleasures 

 during the earlier part of the fall and winter. The Prize- 

 taker onions, large, l)ut not reaching the extraordinary size 

 of till- Gilir.ilt.irs, .irt- far bt-tter kt-epf r-. and I nuist have 

 them to lie on hand during the bitter part of thcwiiUerand 

 up to spring. So I want both kinds, and I tiel ieve you will 

 too when you have learned all their good points. 



THE, NEW HAND POTATO-PLANTER. 



La.st year we sold several hundred of these new 

 planters : and although I have asked for reports as to 

 how they arswered the purpose in different localities, 

 very few have come to hand. In the Traverse region 

 they are almost if not quite the only tool used for 

 planting potatoes, and everybody succeeds with them. 

 Almost every man or boy you come acro.ss handles 

 these potato-planters as hatftlily as he would an ax. 

 But here on our own premises there was a prejudice 

 against them, and only one or two of our boys perse- 

 vered with them long enotigh to get the hang <f the 

 tool One great trouble is, our clay soil is .seldom soft 

 and fine enough to get the planter down a sufficient 

 depth ; but even if you have to make a furrow, an ex- 

 pert with the machine will put the pieces in the fur- 

 row much faster and more accurately than he could 

 bv anv other method. Now, I wish yni who have 

 tiiese tools would tell me briefly how you like them. 

 I do not wish to sell any thing, jnuch less i ecommend 

 anv thing that is not a real benefit to the purchaser. 

 Ju.st put it on a postal when you, are writing us, or add 

 a postscript to your letter. 



One Dollar Does the Work of $2.00. 



W^e call attention to prom.inent advertisement of The 

 Ohio Farmer in this is.sue under this heading. It in- 

 terests ever>- farmer. 



A New Game. 



A new guessing game is to show .some illustration, 

 or ,eive a name, either of them made familiar through 

 advertising, and guess who uses the illustration, or 

 what line of goods is handled by the advertisers 

 named If one were to mention the name Shimiway, 

 almost every one would .say at once, " .St eds, ' so thor- 

 oughly have the two been "advertised for more than 

 thirtv vears. Mr. .Shumway's announcement appears 

 eksewhere in this issue, »vd is headed " Good Seeds 

 Cheap " It contains a special offer, and mentions his 

 new catalog. Write for it to day. Address R. H. 

 Shumway, Rockford, 111., and mention this paper. 



Sesd Time and Harvest. 



A good time to think most seriou.sly of the harvest is 

 seed time. The decision you make then will determine 

 the value of your crops biter The growing; competi- 

 tion in seed-selling is an increasing temptation to tni- 

 scrnpulous dealers to make extravagant claiins for 

 their seeds, both in price and producing qualities. The 

 wisest farmers are those who are influenced most by 

 what experience has proven to be good and true. 

 Thousands of seed-sowers in all sections of the coun- 

 try sow Ferry's famous seeds year after Vear, and have 

 the satisfaction of good hai-v-ests to justify their con- 

 tinued faith in the Ferry firtn. They pay a few cents 

 niore at seed time, but realize many dollars in better 

 crops at the harvest. The natural consequence of this 

 confidence is an ever increasing business. D M. Fer- 

 rv & Co. sent out last vear more seeds than any other 

 seed-house in the world The 1902 catal -g "of this 

 house is now ready and will be found a useful guide in 

 S' lecting the choicest seeds for the farmer, the truck- 

 gardener, and the flower-gardener. It is sent free, on 

 request Address D. ]M ' Ferry & Co., Detroit. Mich., 

 and mention Gleanings in Bee Culture when you 

 write them. 



Kind Words from our Customers. 



Don't stop Gleanimhs until I so order. The old 



gentleman's Home Talks are worth the price of the 

 paper many times over. S. A'VARD. 



L,eesville, L,a., Dec. '23 



