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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apr. 1 



Statrt Right. 



Success depends upon it. 



■\Vith the "incomparable"' 



NOZZLE, 



and one of our "World"* best"' spraying outfits, 

 you will save 75 per cent of the usual loss from in- 

 sects,and disease. We save money for 

 you. Makes Emulsion while pumping-. 

 Kills insects and lice on chickens and 

 animals. Made only by 



THE DEMINQ CO., SALEM, OHIO. 

 Twelve varieties of sprayers. Write 

 for our booklet treating of all kinds 

 of diseases and insects. Sent free. 



Write us or our Western Agents. 

 Ileiiion Jk Ilubbell, Clileiieo, Illo. 



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Of Course You Know 



all fibout the advantapeB of and the necessity for aprav 

 ^^f n ay not, howevtr, havekuown about the beet and most 



"'"■riLra^lT-'HiRDIE SPRAY PUMPS 



hare n ade that kind of a reputation 

 wherever tht-y have been u*>ed. and for 

 all classes ot work. We make them 

 in great variety^ embracing bucktt. 

 kna|.B:ick and barrel sprayer;. Full 

 line ot spray nozzles, eivns'on rod^ 

 and other spraving arceseories. Sen^ 

 for free illNsiiated catalogue. Tells all 

 about plant and fine di eases, ant. 

 gives foiuiulasfor their treatmrUt. 



The Hardie Spray Pump Mfg. Co.. 



63LaraedSl., Detroit, Mich. 



FENCE! 



SmOHGESW 



MADE. Ball. 



strong. CblPken- 

 tight. Sold 'o the Farmer at Wk.l«sal« 

 Price.. Fallv (farrantrd. Catalog Free. 



COILDD SPRING FENCB CO., 

 BazlOl WlBchMter, ladiua, V. 6. ^ 



PAGE POULTRY FENCE 



weighs ten pounds to the rod. Tsn't that better ? 

 Page Woven Wire Fence Co., Box S, Adrian, Micliigan. 



Stone 

 Bruise. 



This is a dangerous 

 disease among' Rura 

 Mail Boxes. If the 

 box is light weight, oi- 

 has (cast) iron in its blood, the 

 disease very often proves fatal. 

 Even when the victim pulls 

 through it will have a pock-marked ap- 

 pearance. The Steel'plate Mail Box is per- 

 fectly immune to this disease. Made onh- by the 



Bond Steel Post Co., Adrian, Mich. 



RUBBER STAMPS. Send us 25 eta. for year's 

 sub to our 16-p. monthly journal and we will mail you FREE 

 as a premium a two-line Rubber Stamp, or two one-line 

 Stamps, to print any wording you want. 



The Farm and Poultry News, Middlesboro, Ky. 



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TEXAS QUEENS!! 



From the l,one Star Apiaries. 

 G. F. Davidson & Son, prop's, 

 have made great prep- 

 arations for the com- 

 ing season to accom- 

 modate their many 

 customers with either 

 L,ong-tongue, Import- 

 ed Stock, or Golden 

 Queens. They have 

 bought out the queen- 

 rearing business of O 

 P. Hyde & Son, Hutto, 

 Texas, and by buying 

 and increasing their 

 number of nuclei, they are better prepared than evf r 

 to cater to the trade of the bee-keeping public. One of 

 Root's L,ong-tongue Breeders; Imported Stock direct 

 from Italy; Goldens from leading queen-breedeis 

 Fine breeders of each of the above have been added 

 to their yards. Safe arrival and satisfaction guaran- 

 teed. Send for queen circular and price list We are 

 now prepared to fill orders for Cyprian and Carniu- 

 lan queens. Good strains. Address 

 G. F. Davidson &. Son, Box 190, Floresville, Texas. 



Business Bees! 



Are the kind vou want for honej'. We have them in 

 our select five-band strain. J. F. Aitkins, Reno, Nev., 

 has been buying several dozen queens a year — last 

 year 180; have his order for 100 in April. F. I,. Crav- 

 craft, Havana, Cuba, bought about 200 in fall of 1900; 

 also 100 last April; has placed his order for 100. These 

 men are large honey-producers. They know what 

 they are about. We are better prepared than ever to 

 handle orders. Prices: Untested queens, $1.00; dozen, 

 Sg.OO; after May 1st, $8.00; tested, $1..50; select, $2.00. 

 Send for circular. J. B. Case, Port Orange, Fla. 



