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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Jan. 15 





A CORRECTION. 



An ir fortunate error occurred in our catalog bv 

 which it appears that Glkanings can be had for 50 

 cents a year by any one wlio buys a single article from 

 our catalos:, no matter how insignificant in v^lue It 

 should read that the 50cent rate can be secured only 

 when parties buy $io north or more of supplies at reg- 

 ular prices. The correction was made while the forms 

 were on the press ; but as some catalogs have gone 

 out with the wrong reading, we think it best to men- 

 tion it here. 



MAPLE SUGAR. 



We have a very choice lot of matile .sugar which, 

 when being made up from .syrup, had about 20 per 

 cent of granulated siigar added to make it grain prop- 

 erly. Ordinarily this is not necessary; hut this was 

 pn unusual lot ' We shall be pleased to mail sample 

 to any one interested. Price 10c per lb. In barrel lots 

 of about % lbs., 9c. M:iple products, both syrup and 

 sugar, are scarcely to be found in the market till the 

 new crop is ready this coming season. 



TIN CANS FOR SYRUP AND HONEY. 



We have made favorable arrangements for the com- 

 ing .season on tin cans of ^. 14, 1, a"ci 5 gallon capaci- 

 ty, and have just received one car from the factory, 

 and expect another one later. Unless otherwise spec- 

 ified, our cans this year will have 1^-inch screws with- 

 out the inner seal. We can suppU* them with \% inch 

 screw a little cheaper if that size is large enough. We 

 shall be plea.sed to hear from those in need of cans. 

 We will not carry sap-buckets in stock, but we can fur- 

 nish them direct'from the factory at favorable prices. 

 If interested let us hear from j-ou. 



HONEY MARKET. 



The extracted-honey market seems to be a little 

 firmer than it was six weeks to two months ago. 

 There has been no rain in Southern California since 

 the middle of November, and the ovitl ok for a crop 

 there this season is very poor unless rain comes soon. 

 We have sent out various inquiri- s for white-sage ex- 

 tracted, but do not find it. We could use a car at the 

 right price. Other honey, both comb and extracted, is 

 selling fairly well We could take care of more orders 

 for comb honey, as we have quite a large .stock. In- 

 quiries solicited. 



GLASS HONEY-P.^CK.^GES. 



We recently laid in a stock of over 50 gross of Muth 

 square jars with corks, and are prepared to quote spe- 

 cial prices on large lots, and to ship promptly. 



We have on the way here a carload of Mason fruit- 

 jars and No. 25 and 1-13 honev-jars. Our orders for 

 these No. 25 jars have increased at such a rate that we 

 have several times the past season disappointed sever- 

 al good customers by delay in shipping their orders 

 promptly The factory has been slow in filling our 

 orders, and the increa.sed demand has used up stock 

 sooner than we calculated. We hope from now on to 

 keep pace with orders The No. 25 holds an even 

 pound of honey, and No. 148 about 14 oz. See our cat- 

 alog for prices. 



We have in stock a limited quantity of glass tum- 

 blers, pails, and jars, such as we have listed in our cat- 

 alog for a number of years, and which are omitted 

 from the last editi n. We offer these, to close out, at 

 the following prices : No 788, 5^-pint tin-top jellies, 

 holding 10 oz. of honey, in barrels of 21 dozen at SI. 50 

 per bbl. 



No. 789, ^-qt., holding 1 lb honey, 16=^ dozen to bbl., 

 at 1.5.00. 



1 bbl. of 16?^ dozen of each size, nested, at ^.Od. 



No 776 glass pails holding 14 oz. honey, per bbl. of 

 \e>% dozen, $(3.00. 



No. 777 glass pails holding 17 oz. honey, per bbl. of 

 12 1/5 dozen, $.5.40. 



No, 778 glass pails holding 24 oz. honey, per bbl. of 

 Wi dozen, $,5 40. 



Also a few jam-jars and oaken-bucket jellies, which 

 ■we will price to those interested. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



GOOD AND USEFUL BOOKS AS PREMIUMS TO SUB- 

 SCRIBERS. 



Any one sending us $1.00 for Gleanings, and a.sking 

 for no other premium, may have books from the book 

 list in last issue to the am unt of 25 cents. And any 

 siihsrrjbei wiowill send us $1 CO for a w^?*' subscriber 

 — that is. where he by so d^ ing starts Gleanings 

 going into a new familv or a new locality- the sub- 

 scriber who sends us this new name, without asking 

 for anv other premium, inav have 50 cents' worth of 

 books from the look list. These offers refer to the 

 books themselves, not to the postage. .Send the prop- 

 er postage for every book you order as a premium. 



growing tobacco ; giving the industry counte- 

 nance AND assistance. 

 The first seed catalog for 1P02 placed on my table is 

 from our old friend A. T. Cook. Hyde Park, N. Y. It 

 is gotten up in excellent style as usual. But what 

 pleases me in particular about it is a paragraph right 

 in the middle of the book, saying : " Don't ask me for 

 tobacco seed I do not think'it right to raise the vile 

 stuff, sell, or use it." Now, there may be other seeds- 

 men in the United States who have the courage to 

 come out this way before the world — especially when 

 we are t Id that three-fo'irths of all the men use to- 

 bacco. Very ikely friend Cook loses some trade by 

 coming out thus boldly for principle. If so, let us who 

 love righteousness and hate iniquity stand by him and 

 give him encouragement. If there are other seeds- 

 men who have the courage to come out boldly and 

 fearlessly in a like manner, I should be glad to pub- 

 lish their names. P'riend C. sells seeds in packets only, 

 never in bulk. 



FERRETS for BANISHING RATS. 



For years we have been troubled more or less with 

 rats and mice. They got into the potato cellars, into 

 the seed-room— in fact, into the basements, more or 

 less, of all our buildings They were baited a good 

 deal by the workmen' throwing away fragments of 

 their dinner when they had more than they needed 

 I tried to stop this, hut had to give it up. Well for 

 vears past we have kept the vermin down pretty well 

 with a "gang" of cats ; but a good many times our 

 people voted the remedy worse than the disease. In 

 spite of every thing 1 could do the cats were clulibed 

 out of the way, and sometimes shot, before I knew 

 what was going on. Of course, some cats were 

 "brought up" proprrly ; but occasionally we had 

 trampcats tint had no bringing up, and, as it often 

 happens, the innocent ones had to suffer in place of 

 the guilty. Ernest has for a long time urged eetiing 

 a ferret. " Ferrets cost money, and I thought it would 

 be an added responsibility. 'A few days ago, howfver. 

 I found a relative who owned a ferret. I telephoned 

 him to come and banish our rats. He feared, however, 

 he would lose his ferret in a place so large as ours; 

 but when I volunteered to pav him for it (price 13 50) 

 if lost, he went ahead. We first took the potato-cel- 

 lar. As soon as he was out of the bag he put down 

 under the floors into every rat hole he could find ; in 

 fact, he went everywhere" a rat could go. Every little 

 whi e he would come ont, or. rather, look out. anrl 

 take a peep at his owner to see he was not 1 ntircly 

 among strangers, and then back he went. We did not 

 see any rat- in any of the factory buildings ; but in 

 the course of two hours his owner said they were 

 gone, and there would be no more around here for a 

 week or two. for they will always leave as long as the 

 scent of the ferret remains. The next day our team- 

 ster informed me that, for some reason unknown, the 

 barn and stables were full of rats. He said he found a 

 good bushel of dirt carried out into one of the stables 

 during one night : and then I remembered I had for- 

 gotten all about the barn, for I supposed half a dozen 

 cats would take care of that. We sent for the ferret 

 again, and he went into a rat-hole where they had been 

 digging, " quicker than a shot." I told the boys they 

 had better have some clubs, but they were in too nnich 

 of a hurry; in about a minute after the ferret went 

 into one liole a rat came out of another. There was 

 lots of .stamping and yelling, but the rat got away. 

 Another rat went through the same pr.-gram. and a 

 third one poked his head out and concluded, evident- 

 ly, it would be jumping o\it of the frying-pan into the 

 fire, so he went hack. Pretty soon out came the ferret. 

 He was so excited that his master could hardlv restrain 

 him ; and in just no time he explored every rat-hole 

 and every nook and cranny in the barn. We after- 



