f Jan. 2'), 1903. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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EI}-9iau Pattern, Seml-Porcelain Ware. 



This ^lepant ware is made ^v J. .<:: 'I- Menkin 

 [ Hanley. England. Kach pi'^--- )■■ ms tin- stamp 



.f the Royal e 



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like Kreni'h china. The shapo 1 . n-wn 



in the cut. The decoration i- ;i ! l>...,|< -r of 



-i.Toll and flower work all un.lei ti.,.- K'"/i --<■ it is 

 (■erfectly smooth to the touch and can never wear 

 -IT. The color is a bluish green, something en- 

 tirely new and in excellent taste. It is all of the 

 lirst selection. No seconds or imperfect pieces, 

 and is such a set as vou would be lucky to get for 

 eia.OO in any retail store. The set contains 12 each 

 l-ie Tea. Breakfast, Sauce and Butter Plates; 12 

 Ciinsand Saucers, 2 covered Vegetable lUshcs. 2 

 ecallop Vegetable Dishes, 1 covered Butter Dish, 

 2 Meat Platters, 1 Sauce Boat, 1 Supar, 1 Creamer. 

 1 Bowl. 1 Pickle ^*fJ*^„l'^J[^*"^ '".fj" '"^""'L^^t'fH 



This would make 112 pli 



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only sell to the trade in Michigan, but .uiMa 

 Michigan you now have the opportumtv x<> 

 aiivthlnii vou want in Fiimiture. (_arp<t>, I 

 Curtains, Vall Paper, China, Silvers art-, 11 

 ware, and house Furnishing Goods at ac 

 Wholesale Prices. Tou can save h to l< on „.. 

 vour purchases in this line. All Furniture deal- 

 en? biiv in Grand Rapids. TVhy don't ynu! %V 

 manufacture or import direct almost everj-thin 

 we sell. Free samples of carpets or wall papt . 

 sent on receipt of 10c to pay postage. Send for 

 our 300-page illustrated catalog. We pay postage 



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"How to Make Money with Poultry and Incu- 

 bators" is Ihe title of the new V«I3 Poultryman's 

 Guide and Catalog 11% pagesi of the Cyphers Incu- 

 bator Co., of Buffalo. N. Y. It shows photographic 

 views of the largest and most successful poultry 

 plants in the United States, England, Germany, 

 New Zealand and South America, and contains 

 twelve special chapters, each written by an expert, 

 treating of prohtable poultry keeping in all its 

 ' -.^uches, as follows: Starting 

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I FROM MANY FIELDS | 



Encouraging Signs in California. 



I have the pleasure of tellinir that ■we had 

 about 2,'2 inches of rain, as a liod's blessinfj 

 on our dry earth. Since the middle of last 

 April we have had no rain, but we are haviiig 

 tine weather in Southern California. The new 

 life of green sliows everywhere, as the new 

 hope of a good crop of everything. 



At Christmas it is a beautiful sight to see 

 the valley flowering and green, and the heads 

 of mountains covered with snow. 



This last year our honey crop was almost a 

 failure ; some got only 300 pounds from 7.5 

 colonies. My bees gave me 4 tons of honey 

 from 200 colonies. F. S. BucnnEiM. 



Orange Co., Calif., Dec. 27. 



Good Convention— The Exeliange, 



I am going to take the American Bee .Jour- 

 nal as long as I live. It is worth more than 

 the dollar. 



We had a good convention at Barrie, and 

 started a Honey Exchange, the Directors 

 being as follows: H, G. Sibbald, C. W. Post, 

 Wm, Couse, W. A. Chrysler, and .John New- 

 ton. I have unlimited confidence in every 

 one of these five men, and in the near future 

 I expect to see them handle over 100 tons 

 yearly, of the best quality of honey in the 

 world. 



The bee-industry of Ontario is booming, 

 and after our Honey Exchange gets into good 

 working order it would not surprise me very 

 much if it would handle as much as 300 tons 

 or more of choice honey every fall. 



I canvassed every man at the convention, 

 and got nearly every one to join the National 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, While on my 

 rounds through the Province I will canvass 

 every bee-keeper to join the " Ontario Bee- 

 Keepers' Exchange" and National Bee-Keep 

 ers' Association. Wm, McEvot. 



(Jntario, Canada, Dec, 26. 



Indigo for Stings. 



sir. W. S. Harris recommends tincture of 

 arnica and tincture of myrrh for the sting of a 

 bee. I have used indigo, and recommended 

 it for others, and have not known it to fail to 

 stop the pain almost instantly. It is good tor 

 any insect poisoning. F, M, Kerk. 



Crawford Co., Ohio, 



Clipping Queens with Scissors. 



I am wondering very much whether our 

 Afterthinker holds queens differently from 

 the way I bold them when he clips with scis- 

 sors. He talks ipage 42 1 as it the queen 

 makes it her business to keep trying all the 

 timp to push the scissors away while the clip- 

 ping is going on, and the clipping is done by 

 a quick move on the part of the bee-keeper 

 during one of the times when, for an instant, 

 her feet are out of the way. There is nothing 

 of that kind in this locality. The work is 

 deliberately done on the part of the bee- 

 keeper, and the clipping is done when the bee- 

 keeper sees and l.numi that no foot is in pos- 

 sible danger. He cogitates that mathemati- 

 cally it can't be otherwise than that I have a 

 lot of maimed (|ueens this minute. 



Now^, look here Mr. Hasty, you keep inside 

 your own domain. You're not to make wild 

 speculations and guesses— you're to after- 

 think. And when you come to give a sober 

 afterthought to the matter, you will hardly 

 want to say that without my knowing it I 

 have a lot of niaimed queens just because you 

 don't know how to clip with scissors. 



Say, Mr. Hasty, come around with me at the 

 time of spring overhauling, and if you can 

 find a single queen that I have maimed by 

 clipping, I'll— I'll— I don't know what I will 

 do, but I believe I'd be willing to have you 



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SWEET CLOVER 



And Several Other Clover Seeds. 



We have made arran^ementa so that we can 

 famish Seed of several of the Clovers by freight 

 or express, at the following prices, cash with 

 the order: 



sft lom 25ns som 



Sweet Clover (white) $.75 ILW $3.25 $6.00 



Sweet Clover (yellow) 90 1.70 4.00 7.50 



Alslke Clover 1,00 1.80 4.25 8,00 



White Clover 1,20 2,30 5,50 10.50 



Alfalfa Clover 80 1.40 X2S 6.00 



Prices subject to market changes. 



Single pound 5 cents more than the 5-pound 

 rate, and 10 cents extra for postage and sack. 



Add 25 cents to your order, for cartage, if 

 wanted by freight, or 10 cents per pound If 

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