1902 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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ry He goes over so explicitly every thing about this 

 matter of potting plants, how to do it right, giving his 

 reasons gathered from long years of experience, and 

 soitietinies prettv dear experience, that the book actu- 

 ally makes you feel as if you had a kind friend stand- 

 ing by your side tellaig you what to do and what not 

 to do, and the whys and wherefores ; and it is so all 

 through. The only fault wiih the book that I know of 

 is the price— *5 00 ;'but the beautiful pictures, taken in 

 some of the finest parks of our great cities, are alone 

 worth $5.00 to me without any instruction The book 

 is a specimen of the highi st mechanical skill in the 

 way of half-tones and printing that is in existence, so 

 far'as I know. I wish it were in mv power to make 

 the book cheaper for our readers who are interested 

 in greenhouses, hot-beds, and cold-frames ; but > s o\ir 

 discount is quite limited from the retail price I do not 

 see how I can do anj' more than to offer you the book 

 for $5 0(1. including Gle nini.s for a year. If j'ou 

 have already paid for Gleanin(;s quite recently we 

 will mail you the book postpaid for an even f4.00, and 

 I think it is worth that for the wife and children to 

 look at just to encourage them in making their own 

 home more beautiful and attractive. 



Just one more extract from the book, in regard to 

 having your mind on your work : 



You can't talk to a fellow-workman and intelligently and 

 faithfully water a Jot of plants in pots, much less syringe 

 them. Your work needs all your thought and attention, and 

 I will conclude this chapter by saying th it a man who chat- 

 ters or smokes at his work is of little use. Work in work 

 hours, give all your mind to your work, and when the noon 

 and evening hour come you w llen.ioythp rest far better 

 than if you had been discussing ^our mother-in-law or last 

 employer. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The annual meeting of the South Dakota Bee-keep- 

 ers' Association will be held at the City Hall in Yank- 

 ton, South Dakota, on Wednesday, February 19th 1902. 



The Committee is making special effort to make this 

 meeting of interest to all who are any way connected 

 with bees or fruit. 



Let all who are interested in bees come and bring a 

 friend with them. By order of 



The Executive Committer. 



Kind Words from our Customers. 



I have lots of literature on tomatoes, but jours is the 

 best and most practical of all. 



Walpole Nockolds. 

 Oakley, Tex., .Sept. 21., 1901. 



Inclosed find check for S2.50, for which please credit 

 me with subscription to Gle.\nings for two years, and 

 send me a Post fountain pen. The p-n I rfceived of 

 you two years ■ go is just as go d as new, although I 

 carrv it every day. a d use it constantly. 



Roselle, Iowa, Dec. 16. I. W. Hoffmann. 



HAND POT.ATO-PL.'\NTER -ONE MORE REPORT FROM IT. 



I got a hand potato-planter of you la.st summer, and 

 it worked like a charm. I plowed in a heavy crop of 

 grass and weeds so we had to have a chain "to pull it 

 in the furrow. Being so much pi wed under it could 

 not be furrowed out; but the planter put them in in 

 good shape, although ours is clay land. S. Minch. 



Divide, Oregon, Feb. 15. 



Too dry in Iowa for bees My bees averaged 21 lbs. 

 I have 30 colonies. They are in the cellar. I have 

 wintered in the cellar tw > winters, and have not lost 

 one colony, and am a green hand with bees. But I 

 had good help in the A B C and Gleanings. I like 

 Home Talks. I am thankful to A. I. Root for his talk 

 on tobacco, for it broke me of using it. 



Griswold, Iowa, Dec. 20. W. P. Willot-qhby. 



[Thank God for your concluding sentence, friend 

 W. Can we not have some more such testimony ?] 



I inclose 12 months' subscription to Gleanings. 

 Gentlemen. I can not find words to express the satis- 

 faction that I have received by reading GLEANiNciS— 

 not only from the amount of information I Imve re- 

 ceived on bees, but from Our Homes I often feel, 

 when reading them, that I would like to have the 



pleasure of shaking hands with Mr. A. I. Root, and 

 asking him to have a cup of tea with me. 



JOHN H Jenkins. 

 Wellington Gardens, Sandy Bay, Tasmania. 



A QUEEN FREE. 



Our stock is the very b st that moufyaud experi- 

 ence can procure. J HSt give our stock a trial and be 

 convinced. We will give one warrniited queo free 

 in July for every order for one dozen queens before 

 Mav 1, in order to have you try our stock. Prices : 

 Untested, each, $1,00; (i for $5 00;" 12 for t9.00. .Select 

 tested, $2. .50. Tested, SI 25. Two-frame nu leus and 

 warranted queen, $3.00 ; three - frame nucleus and 

 que n. $3.50. Send for our catalog of bee-keepers' 

 supplies and our price list of Italian queens and nu- 

 cleus col nies. with description of our strain of bees. 



PRESTON STORE & PRODUCE CO., 



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for queens ot my impioved selected strain of golden 

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 customers stay with us. We use them right. Write 

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we have them at Root's prices. 

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If You Want 

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1200 FERRETS. 



Angora Goats 



All sizes; some trained; first- 

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 free. N. A. KNAPP, Rochester, Lorain Co., Ohio. 



are handsome, hardy, ptolitable. 

 Prize stock ; low price ; circular. 

 Ed. W Cole & Co., Kenton, O. 



\VANTED. - A buj-er for my 20 -acre tract r f land in 

 *' Benzie Co., Michigan, at $1.00 per acre, or $3.50 

 per acre if p id before April 1st. 1902. 100 acres most- 

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 W. A. HoBBS, Traer, Iowa. 



\V^ANTED —Bryan Edwards' Hi.st-ry of the West In- 

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.'V. L,. Boyden, Medina, Ohio. 



Wanted. — Honey; car lots or otherwise. Will send 

 man to receive when .sufficient amount to justify, and 

 pay highest market price, spot cash. .\ddre.ss. stating 

 quantity, quality, and price desired at your station. 

 Thos. C. Stanley & Son,' Fairfield, 111. 



Wanted — Comb and extracted honey. State price, 

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199 South Water St., Chicago, 111. 



For Sale.— Extracted honey from alfalfa, in 60-lb. 

 cans, tinted or white, 7 cts. a lb. Also honey in small 

 friction top pails. M. P. Rhoads, Las Animas. Col. 



For Sale. — Choice amber comb honey, in 24-lb. 

 cases, at lie. Edw. Wilkin.son, Wilton, Wis. 



For .Sale— A quantity lot of well-ripened clover 

 honey in (iO-lb. cans. " B. W'alkkr, Clyde, 111. 



