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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar. 15 



nicely, both in the greenhouse and outdoors. As a rule 

 we prefer to get all of our seeds from some man who 

 has a reputation at stake, like our great seedsmen ; 

 and we seldom buy any thing, even of as good a man 

 as a bee-keeper, in the way of seeds. I can hardly 

 think it possible we have a bee-keeper in our land — 

 that is, one that is a real substantial man like the one 

 I bought these seeds of — who would send out a bushel 

 or more of seeds that he knew would swindle and in- 

 jure every purchaser. Now, will not all ot you who 

 bought Hiibbard squash seed of us last season tell us 

 on a postal card whether it is true to name? We want 

 to vindicate our friend who furnished us the seed. 

 True Hubbard squash seed is now very scarce and 

 high. The best price we can po.ssiblv make is : Ounce. 

 5 cts.; 1 lb., GO ; 5 lbs., $2.75 ; 10 lbs.. $.5.00. 



THAT BEAUTIFUL LARGE POULTRY- BOOK SENT FREE 

 OF CHARGE TO SUBSCRIBERS TO GLEANINGS. 



We are having a " raft " of calls for the poultry- 

 book, and quite a few of the friends are it rgetting to 

 send t) cts to pay postage. Others are sending the 

 postage without any dollar. Of course, they say they 

 sent a dollar a spell ago, etc. >ow, we do not like to 

 be close: but, dear brothers and sisters, I think we 

 shall have to say that you must either send the dollar 

 in addition to the 6 cts., before we can send you the 

 poultry book, or else your sub.scription must be al- 

 ready paid for at least a year or more ahead. We can 

 not send the book to any one who sent a dollar several 

 months ago ; and although Gets, is a small sum to hag- 

 gle over, if we give you the book right out yen must 

 pay the actual postage. By getting these books by 

 the hundred or thousand, they are made at an aston- 

 ishingly low price, and we can manage so as to make 

 the low offer of the poultry book. But please keep in 

 mind that Uncle Samuel does not sell postage-stamps 

 any cheaper, even if yovi buv a ton. We give away 

 books and .some other goods, but we really can noi 

 give away postage-stamps. 



POTATOES FOR PREMIUMS. 



We are having s )mething the same trouble with po- 

 tatoes. Any oiie wh > sends a dollar for Gleanings, 

 asking for no other premium, may have 25 cents" 

 worth of potatoes, according to prices in our seed cat- 

 alog You can have your premium potatoes sent by 

 mail, express, or freight ; but if you want them by- 

 mail, you must send the nioney for postage. For 25 

 cents you can have 5 lbs. of potatoes ; but the postage 

 and packing amovints to 10 cents for each pound ; and 

 I do not believe you want to pay 50 cents in postage for 

 25 cents' worth of potatoes As a rule, potat es should 

 go only by freiyht ; 25 cents' worth is hardly enough 

 for a freight shipment ; so by far the better way would 

 be to have them shipped by freight with other goods. 

 The express charges on only 25 cents' wo th are very 

 often as much as the postage, and .sometimes more. 

 Now, when you ask for potatoes for premium, will you 

 please be sure to say how they are to be sent, .so our 

 clerks in th^ rush of the busy season, will not be 

 obliged ti puzzle their heads and go from one to the 

 other and ask what to do under the circumstances ? 



THE EVERLASTING METAL LABEL. 



I can think of hardly any one thing that has bother- 

 ed me more than to keep the names of trees and 

 plants scattered over the fields, as well as the names 

 of new things in the greenhouse, so they will not get 

 lost or become so^im they can not be read. Outdoors 

 the label has got to stand sun, frost, snow, and rain. 

 In the greenhouse it has got to stand dampness, and 

 po-ssibly be spattered with muddy water Sooner or 

 later every label we have ever got hold of has become 

 illegible, and then it was gone entirely Well, Willis 

 G. Young, of Dayton, (>., has got something, for either 

 tree or pot, he says will never rust, tarnish, corrode, 

 break, split, nor fade ; and, judging from samples he 

 has sent me, I think probably he is right. The label 

 and wire are, I suppose, of aluminum. If you are sell- 

 ing plants, and want a lot of the same kind, the name 

 is stamped on the metal. If you want only one of a 

 kind he sei ds along a little steel marker, with which 

 you can write on the metal almost as easily as you can 

 with a leadpencil. Price, including marker, 40 cts. per 

 100 ; still lower figures by the thousand. I regard it as 

 an acquisition. See ad. on page 2G0. 



NEW RURAL BOOKS. 



The O. Judd Co. have just sent out three new ones. 

 The first is entitled " Prize Gardening ; How to Derive 

 Profit, Pleasure, and Health from the Garden." Cloth- 

 bound, 32:5 pages ; price $1.00. This book is mostly a 



series of letters from men, women, and children who 

 have made a success with different fruits and vegeta- 

 bles, flowers included, in towns and cities t-s well as in 

 the country. The book is peculiarly interesting, as it 

 consists of accounts of what has been done. It is fill- 

 ed with beautiful photos, making a series of object- 

 lessons, and showing just how and in what manner 

 certain desirable things are done. 



Another book is devoted entirely to asparagus — its 

 culture for home use and market. It tells all about 

 raising the crop, from the seed to the mature product 

 ready lor the table ; and it also tells about selling to 

 the best advantage. By Dr Hexam r. Forcing in 

 hot-beds and frames is most fully discussed ; also forc- 

 ing in the open field by running .'team between the 

 rows ; and tinally there is quite a chapter, with several 

 illustrations and full particulars, about putting up as- 

 paragus in cans. The S'ze of the book is5x7, 170 pages, 

 bound in cloth. Price 50 cts. postpiid. Kither of the 

 above books can be ordered from this office. 



FRUIT-HARVESTING, STORING, MARKETING, ETC. 



It has been well said that it is an easier matter to 

 grow stuff than to sell it at a proper price after it is 

 grown; and many men fail, n t because they are in- 

 expert in getting a crop, but because they do not know- 

 how to sell their crops to the best advantage. This is 

 the fi- St book of the kind we have had as an aid in 

 selling. It not only tells all about picking, sorting, 

 and packing, but gives all the best methods for storing 

 for one or two days or a longer time. It also tells 

 about evaporating and canning when there is a glut 

 in the market. It discusses fruit packages and com- 

 mission dealers, and even takes in cold storage. It is 

 a new book of 250 pages, full of illustrations. Pub- 

 lisher's price (fl.OO. We furnish it to our readers for 

 75 cents; by mail, 10 cents extra 



While admiring these new books devoted to special 

 subjects I fell to thinking how the world nowadays 

 has branched of into specialties We used to have 

 books devoted t'> agriculture, some of them attempt- 

 ing to cover the whole field. A little later horticulture 

 and agriculture became separate. Pretty soon fruit- 

 growing and market-gardening were discu-ssed sepa- 

 rately, and then gardening under glass became a sep- 

 arate line of work from outdoors, and florists began 

 to confine tReir attention to flowers and nothing else. 

 When our advertising agent, a few days ago, sent our 

 advertisement to a floral publication they objected to 

 it because it was not in their line of business ; and I 

 am really glad to see a periodical that objects to ad- 

 vertising any thing of any kind that is not in line 

 with that particular cla-s of journal. Well, just yes- 

 terdav I got quite a pretty little book in paper covers, 

 devoted to the cultivation of the petunia. It is not a 

 book on flowers— it is devoted to just one flower. The 

 author of the book has originated the famous star pe- 

 tunia, and he w 11 send the book, telling all about it, 

 on application. Address A. B. Howard & Son, Bel- 

 chertown, Mass. 



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: POOT'^^ ^^ CENTRAI^ MICHIGAN. Best = 

 Z l\yjyj I O 5 goods; best shipping-point; cheap- E 

 est place to buy in state. Try me. S 

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If You Want 

 Root's Goods 



we have them at Root's prices. 

 Also A B C in Bee Culture — one 

 of the best books printed on bees. 

 Catalog free. Address as below. 



D. Cooley & Son, Kendall. Mich. 



1700 PPPPPT^ All sizes; some trained; first- 

 l&UU 1 l_,l\IVLr 1 o. class stock. New price list 

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



Angora Goats 



are handsome, hardy, profitable. 

 Prize stock ; low price ; circular. 

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



POULTRY PAPER 3 Honths 



and book, "Plans for Poultry-houses," 10 cts. Paper one year 

 and book, 25 cts, if you mention Gleanings (reg. price, 50 cts). 

 Inland Poultry Journal, Indianapolis, Indiana. 



FCiflS from all varieties of fancy chickens FREE. Send 

 ^ 10c for atrial subscription to our 16-p. journal if 



interested in fowls, and get our Free-ego plan. Address 



The Farm & Poultr7 News, Bcz 702, Middlestoro, K7. 



