1909 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



THE REASON WHY 



BLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Val uable 

 FOR GENERAL ADVERTISERS. 



Our last argument presented the broad claim that Gleajsings in Bee Culture is va 

 uable for general advertisers, and stated that we were prepared to prove it by reports froi 

 subscribers from the Atlantic to the Pacific. 



EVIDENCE. 



Gleanings has oever, to my knowledge, fallen down 

 on a single advertising proposition wf have put in that 

 paper. D. L. Taylor, Pres. Lorg-Ctitchfield Corp. 



In the twenty papers in which our advertising appeart d 

 last winter, there were only two which made a better 

 showing. National Fur ano Tanning Co. 



We received from Gleanings twice as many replies 

 as from any other paper used except one. 



Suburban Life. 



Considering the cost of space in your publication, Glean- 

 ings is the best producer we have on our list. 



Stromberg-Carlson Telephone Mfg. Co. 



The above reports show what advertisers think of Gleanings 



The following reports from our subscribers from different States show how much they 

 value Gleanings, and these reports indicate the reason why advertisers get such good re- 

 turns, for, as a leading advertising agency said: "The secret of such remarkable returns 

 secured by many advertisers in Gleanings is due, in my judgment, to that esprit de corps 

 which exists between Mr. Root and your subscribers." 



Allow me to express my appreciation of Gleanings, 

 as a novice in apiculture. It his been most interesting 

 and instructive. F. C. Templeton, New Jersey. 



Gleanings is a paper that every bee-keeper ought to 

 take. F. Goodnow, Wisconsin. 



I do not want to miss a single number, for one number 

 sometimes contains information worth more than the sub- 

 scription price. John Stotts, Iowa. 



I expect to take Gleanings as long as I live. Even if 

 I were to quit keeping bees I should siill want it. 



H. C. Clemons, Kentucky. 

 I can not overestimate the value of your paper, as one 

 article alone saved me forty times the price of subscription. 

 D. Donaldson, Ontario. 



I consider each copy of Gleanings worth a year's sub- 

 scription. T. J. Quail, Nebraska. 



There's no use trying to get along without Gleanings; 

 so, send it along. E. R. Burlev, Michigan. 



Gleanings is O. K., and I wouldn't be without it. 

 Robert E. Hohnke, Colorado. 



I read every portion of Gleanings, and would rather 

 go without my dinner than miss it. 



C. A. JACOBSON, New Zealand. 



Beginning with January, 1873, I have been a subscriber 

 and constant reader of Gleanings, and would feel as 

 though I had lost a tried and true friend if I were to give 

 it up. John H. Umplebv, New York. 



We might go on for pages, reproducing long letters from hundreds of enthusiastic 

 subscribers all over the world, but our space will not permit. 



CIRCULATION OF GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE BY STATES. 



Arizona l^O 



Alabama 500 



Arkansas 450 



California 750 



Colorado 325 



Connecticut 275 



Delaware 200 



District of 



Columbia 40 



Florida 325 



(ieorgia 475 



Idaho 150 



Indian Territory. 75 



Illinois 1300 



Indiana 1600 



Iowa 1400 



Kansas 550 



Kentucky 575 



Louisiana 270 



Missouri 850 



Maine 275 



Massachusetts. . . . 250 



Maryland 275 



Michigan 1875 



Minnesota 975 



Montana 225 



Mississippi 475 



New York 2200 



New Hampshire.. 225 

 North Carolina. . . 450 



New Jersey 200 



Nebraska 225 



North Dakota 100 



New Mexico .... 150 



Nevada 150 



Ohio 2300 



Oklahoma 275 



Oregon 300 



Pennsylvania 2200 



Rhode Island 200 



South 



Carolina 350 



South Dakota 175 



Tennessee 650 



Texas 900 



Utah 225 



Vermont 175 



Virginia 400 



Wisconsin 975 



West Virginia. . . 675 



Wyoming 75 



Washington 260 



Mexico 125 



Canada 500 



Foreign 800 



By the above table a fair idea will be. obtained of the strength of Gleanings family in this country, and from re- 

 ports we have recently received, large purchases have been made in hundreds of instances of goods advertised in our 

 columns. Orders aggregating several hundred dollars are often sent at a single time; for bee-keepers, being obliged to 

 order their bee-supplies by mail, form the habit of calling for advertised goods; and if not on sale at their local stores, 

 they will order them direct from the advertiser. Perhaps this reason alone, the necessity of ordering their bee-supplies 

 by mail, has made our readers better buyers of advertised goods than the subscribers of any other paper. 



Another reason why our subscribers are good buyers is because of the confidence they have in our advertisers. It is 

 very rare indeed to get a complaint from a subsciiber of any unfair dealing on the pait of one of our advertisers, and, 

 having such great confidence in our advertisers, our readers patronize them liberally. 



For any particulars address 



ADVERTISING DEPT., GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE, 



MEDINA, OHIO. 



" Tha Little Magazine With a Big Field." 



