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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 15 



Books for Bee 'keepers and Others. 



Any of these books on which postage is not given 

 will be forwarded by mail postpaid, on receipt of price. 



As many of the bee-books are sent with other goods 

 by freight or express, incurring no postage, we give 

 prices separately. You will notice that you can judge 

 of the size of the books very well by the amount re- 

 quired for postage on each. 



BIBLES, HYMN-BOOKS, AND OTHER GOOD BOOKS. 



Postage.] [Ppice without postage 



8 I Bible, good print, neatly bound 20 



10 I Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress** 40 



6 I Christian's Secret of a Happy l,ife,** cloth 25 



1 I Gospel Hymns, consolidated, Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4, 



words only; cloth 10 



2 I Same, board covers 20 



3 I New Testament in pretty flexible covers 05 



One-third off on all Gospel Hymns mentioned above. 



5 I New Testament, new version, paper covers 10 



10 I New Testament, both Spanish and English ... 25 



6 I Christian's Secret of a Happy Life. Cloth 25 



For several j'ears we have been unable to get a nice 



substantial copy of this book at a reasonable price. 

 We are glad to tell our friends now, however, that we 

 have a very pretty edition, bound in cloth, at the very 

 reasonable price of ".^5 cents. If wanted by mail, add 

 6 cents for postage. This book has had a very large 

 sale for more than 20 years, and when I tell you that 

 quite a number of people have been converted to the 

 Lord Jesus Christ simply by reading it j'ou will no 

 longer wonder why it sells. At one time it was carried 

 and sold by the newsboys on our railways. It not only 

 contains a wonderful "secret" for unbelievers, but for 

 many who have been church-members all their lives, 

 but not the "happy" church-members that God in- 

 tended we should be. 



5 I AmerikanischeBienenzucht. 



95 



BOOKS ESPECIALLY FOR BEE-KEEPERS. 



25 1 A B C of Bee Culture, cloth 1 25 



I Bienenzucht uhd Honiggewinnung 25 



Or "Bee Culture and the Securing of Honey," a Ger- 

 man bee-book by J. F. Eggers, of Grand Island, Neb. 

 Postage free. 



15 I Cook's Manual, cloth 1 00 



5 I Doolittle on Queen-rearing 95 



I Dzierzon Theory 10 



15 I Langstroth Revised, by Chas. Dadant & Son 1 10 



10 I Quinby's New Bee-keeping 90 



5 I British Bee-keeper's Guide-book, by Thomas 



William Cowan, England g 95 



5 1 The Honey-bee, by Thos. William Cowan 95 



3 I Merrybanks and His Neighbor, by A. I. Root... 12 

 10 I The Honej--makers, by Miss [Margaret W. 



Morley 1 40 



This is a story of the life of the bee, told in very in- 

 teresting style— how it lives, gathers honey, and all 

 about it. While clothing the general subject with an 

 air of poetry, it seems to be entirely within the limits 

 of known facts while attempting to deal with them. 

 We believe it will give all thoughtful bee-keepers a 

 greater liking for their business to read it. Probbaly 

 it has more to do with the curious traditions connect- 

 ed with bees than any other book of the kind. 



10 1 The Life of the Bee 1 30 



Thos. Wm. Cowan, editor of the British Bee Journal, 

 in his review of Maeterlinck's work, says: "Not since 

 the appearance, in 1876, of Bucher's 'Mind in Animals' 

 have we had a book about bees more charming, or one 

 that we have read with greater pleasure, than Maeter- 

 linck's ' Life of the Bee.' " 



I Bee-keeping in Jamaica. By F. A. Hooper, 



Kingston, Jamaica. Paper covers 10 



10 I Forty Years Among the Bees. By Dr. C. C. 



Miller, Marengo, 111 90 



15 I Modern Bee-farm. By S. Simmins. New edi- 

 tion; cloth bound 1 85 



MISCELLANEOUS HAND-BOOKS. 



Postage.] [Price without postage. 



5 I A B C of Carp Culture, by Geo. Finley ii5 



5 I A B C of Strawberry Culture,** by T. B. Terry.. 



New edition, revised and enlarged; paper, 45c ; 



cloth, 68c; by mail, 75c. 



5 I A B C of Potato Culture, Terry** New edition, 

 revised & enlarged ; paper, 4.5c; cloth, 68c, mail 7.5c. 

 This is T. B. Terry's first and most masterly work. 

 8 I Barn Plans and Out-buildings* 90 



2 I Celery for Profit, by T. Greiner** 25 



The first really full and complete book on celery 



culture, at a moderate price, that we have had. It is 

 full of pictures, and the whole thing is made so plain 

 that a schoolboy ought to be able to grow paying 

 crops at once without any assistance except from the 

 book. 



10 I Draining for Profit and Health, Warring fO 



8 I Dome.stic Economy, by I. H. Mayer, M. D.** ... 30 



This book ought to save at least the money it costs, 

 each year, in every household. It was written by a 

 doctor, and one who has made the matter of domestic 

 economy a life study. The regular price of the book 

 is SI. 00, but by taking a large lot of them we are en- 

 abled to make the price only 30 cents. 

 10 I Fruit Harvesting, Storing, Marketing, etc 75 



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 manj' men fail, not 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 first 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 2.50 pages, full of illustrations. Pub- 

 lisher's price, $1.00. 



I Farming with Green Manures, postpaid** 90 



This book was written several years ago; but since 

 competent labor has got to be so expensive, and hard 

 to get, many farmers are beginning to find they can 

 turn under various green crops cheaper than to buy 

 stable manure, and haul and spread it — cheaper, in 

 fact, than they can buy fertilizers. This book men- 

 tions almost all plants used for plowing under, and 

 gives the value compared with stable manure. Some 

 of the claims seem extravagant, but we are at present 

 getting good crops, and keeping up the fertility, by a 

 similar treatment, on our ten-acre farm. 



7 I Farm, Gardening, and Seed-growing** 90 



10 I Fuller's Grape Culturist** 1 15 



5 I Garden and Farm Topics, Henderson** 60 



12 I Gardening for Pleasure, Henderson* 1 10 



While "Gardening for Proflt" is written with a view of mak- 

 ing gardening pat, it touches a good deal on the pleasure part , 

 and "Gardening for Pleasure" takes up this matter of beauti- 

 fying your homes and improving your grounds, without the 

 special point in view of making moiiey out of.'it. I think most 

 of you will need this if you get "Gardening for Profit." This 

 work has 246 pages and 134 illustrations. (Retail price $2.00.) 



12 I Gardening for Profit** 1 10 



This is a late revi.'iion of Peter Henderson's celebrated work. 

 Nothing that has ever before been put in print has done so 

 much toward making market^gardening a science and a fasci- 

 nating industry. Peter Henderson stands at the head, without 

 question, although we have many other books on these rural 

 employments. If you can get but one book, let it be the 

 above. It has 376 pages and 138 cuts (Retail price $2.00.) 



8 I Gardening for Young and Old, Harris** 90 



This is Joseph Harris' best and happiest effort. Al- 

 though it goes over the same ground occupied by Peter 

 Henderson, it particularly emphasizes thorough culti- 

 vation of the soil in preparing your ground ; and this 

 matter of adapting it to young people as well as old is 

 brought out in a most happy vein. If your children 

 have any sort of fancy for gardening it will pay you to 

 make them a present of this book. It has 187 pages 

 and 46 engravings. 



3 I Grasses and Clovers, with Notes on Forage 



Plants 20 



This is by Henry A. Dreer, author of the book 

 " Vegetables Under Glass" that has had such a large 

 sale of late. This little book tells how six tons of 

 grass has been grown to the acre, and gives much 

 other valuable matter. 



