GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Feb. 1 



INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Agpieultural Imple'ts. 



Allen, S. L., & Co 18 



Bateman Mfg. Co 27 



Potato Implement Co 21 



Banking by MalL 



Savings Deposit Bank 15 



Bee-suppll8S. 



Blanke&Hauk 5 



Dadant & Sons 32 



Falconer, W. T 32 



Hilton, George E 11 



Howkins & Rush 7 



Hunt & Son, M. H 7 



Jenkins, J. M 7 



Jepson, H. H 13 



Leahy Mfg. Co 26 



Muth, Fred W 2 



Nebel, J. & Son 13 



Nysewander, Joseph 13 



Ponder, Walter S 16 



Rawlings Implement Co. . . 13 



Root Co., Syracuse 13 



Stapler's Seedstore 11 



Stringham, I. J 2 



Texas Seed and Flo. Co. . . 7 



Toepperwein & Mayfield... 12 



Weber, C. H. W 3 



Woodman, A. G 5 



Bee-smokers. 



Danzenbaker, F 11 



Bees and Queens. 



Laws, W. H 11 



Beppy-boxes. 



Aultfather, H. H 23 



New Albany Box Co 25 



Bicycles. 



Mead Co 27 



Bone-cutteps. 



Mann Co., F. W 21 



Humphrey 21 



Books. 



System Co. 15 



E. R. Philo, cover. 



Buggies, etc. 



Ohio Buggy Co 2 6 



Elkhart Carriage Co 18 



Builders' Supplies. 



Chicago House- Wr'g Co... . 1 

 Gordon-Van Tine Co.. cover. 



Classified Advertises. 



Bees and Queens 28 



Bee-keepers' Directory 29 



For Sale 29 



Help Wanted 28 



Honey and Wax Wanted. .. 28 



Honey and Wax for Sale. .. 29 



Photographs 28 



Postcards 29 



Poultry 29 



Shirtwaist Sluds 29 



Situations Wanted 28 



Wants and Exchanges 28 



Comb Foundation. 



Dadant & Sons 32 



Fencing. 



Am. Steel and Wire Co 17 



Anchor Fence and Mfg. Co. 18 



Anthony Fence Co 19 



Coiled Spring Wire 19 



Kitselman Brothers 18 



Mason Fence Co 18 



Furs. 



Funsten Brothers 14 



Nat'l Fur and Tanning Co. . 27 



Honey-dealeps. 



Fred. W. Muth Co 2 



Hildreth & Segelken 3 



Israel, Chas. & Bros 2 



National Biscuit Co 3 



Stringham I. J... 2 



Household Specialties. Patents. 



Best Light Company 26 Williamson, C. J 



Incubatops. 



Belie City Incubator Co... . 



Cyphers Inc. Co 



DesMoines Incubator Co... 



Ertel Co., George 



Johnson, M. M 



Miller Co., J. W 



Prairie State Incubator Co., 



Reliable Incubator Co 



Sheer, H. M 



Stahl, George H 



United Factories 



Wisconsin Incubator Co. . . 



Land for Sale. 



Howe, E. C 



Seaboard Air Line, cover. 



Miscellaneous. 



Mugler Engraving Co 



Musiirooms. 



Jackson Mushroom Farm. . . 



Music Schools. 



simplex School of Music. . 

 Nurserymen. 



Call's Nurseries 



Farmer, L. J 



Gardner Nursery Co 



German Nurseries 



Green's Nursery Co., cover. 



Hill,D 



Hubbard, T. S 



Huntington, R. E 



Kellogg Company 



Roesch, Louis 



Scarff, E. W. N 



Sheerin's Nurseries 22 



Storrs & Harrison Co 



Wooster Nursery Co 



Paints. 



Poultry-supplies. 



20 Berry's Poultry Farm 21 



20 Brenner, J. J 21 



20 Greider. B. H 20 



20 Larkin & Hersberg 20 



21 Melrose Squab Co 21 



20 Neubert, R. F 20 



20 



20 Publications. 



^^ American Bee Journal 11 



Z: Bee-keepers' Review., 5 



20 Farm Journal 16 



^'' Farmer's Call 14 



Fruit Grower 25 



•'^ Railroads. 



Seaboard Air Line 15 



Roofing. 



United Factories Co 14 



Seedsmen. 



^ Berry Seed Co., A. A 23 



Burpee, W. Atlee 23 



Darling & Beehan 22 



14 Ferry, D. M 23 



May, L. L 24 



Olds Seed Co.,L. L 24 



21 Ratekin's Seedhouse.22, 23, 24 



24 Read, G. A 24 



25 Shumway, R. H 23 



26 Storrs & Harrison 26 



Wallin, W. B 14 



21 



22 Sprayers and Pumps. 



25 



,4 Deming Co 25 



2j Rochester Spray-pump Co. . 25 



23 Stoves and Ranges. 



24 



2g Kalamazoo Stove Co 18 



22 Tools. 



Iwan Brothers 26 



Rhodes Mfg. Co 25 



26 



Wagons. 



Electric Wheel Co 14,18 



13 Empire Company 27 



FROM THE ADVERTISING DESK. 



TEMPERANCE POST CARDS. 



It is with pleasure that we again call attention to friend A. 

 T. Cook's temperance post cards as advertised in our classified 

 columns. Mr. Cook has made a specialty of this kind of liter- 

 ature; and if you are interested in temperance it would be 

 well to correspond with him at once. Mr. C. is an old mem- 

 ber of the Gle.\nings family. 



IMPROVING THE INCUBATOR. 



A man who has done much to improve the incubator is Mr. 

 H. M. Sheer, of Quincy, 111. He has devoted a lifetime to the 

 study of artificial incubation, and by his inventions has done a 

 great deal to simplify the construction and operation of the 

 modern incubator. We do not have sufficient space at our dis- 

 posal to describe and elucidate these inventions; but Mr. Sheer 

 sends out a book free to all who apply, which amply covers the 

 whole subject of modern imorovements on the incubator. 

 This book contains much valuable information for poultry- 

 men. We have often alluded to the splendid catalogs issued 

 by the manufacturers of incubators, and the one issued by Mr. 

 S. is no exception to the rule. It forms an excellent treatise 

 on the science of incubation and the rearing of chickens, and 

 conveys a great deal of information on chicken culture in a 

 very pleasant and interesting manner. Poultry-keeping is 

 rapidly becoming a high science, and it is only by keeping in 

 touch with all that is newest and best in the poultry world we 

 can do it; hence we urge all our interested readers to write to 

 Mr. Sheer, asking for a copy of his book describing his inven- 

 tions. We think they will be pleasantly rewarded for their 

 trouble. 



POTATOES FROM NORTHERN MICHIGAN. 



Again we print, in this issue, the annual announcement of 

 Messrs. Darling & Beahan, the potato specialists of Northern 



Michigan who are known far and wide for superior seed pota- 

 toes. Of course, locality has much to do with their phenome- 

 nal suceess; but they also have made a deep study of potato 

 culture, so that any one sending there for seed is pretty sure of 

 getting what he expects. Mtssrs. D. & B. are regular seeds- 

 men, and have built up an excellent reputation in connection 

 therewith. Many of our readers have had satisfactory relations 

 with this firm in years gone by, and doubtless this season will 

 witness a host of orders from Gleanings readers anxious to 

 try their hardy northern-grown seeds. 



HEADQUARTERS FOR HARDY TREKS. 



About this time of the year we always carry the advertise- 

 ment of D. Hill, the evergreen specialist, who urged the plant- 

 ing of trees by the million many years ago, and long before 

 the agitation for the preservation of our great forests had com- 

 menced. He has made a lifelong study of evergreen trees 

 suitable to the hard winters of our western States, and at pres- 

 ent lists 38 varieties as suitable. Some of these are well 

 suited for the purpose of making windbreaks which are so es- 

 sential to the comfort of men and animals on the farms. Not 

 only so, but windbreaks shelter crops of all kinds as well as 

 animals. On our wind-swept prairies and table lands they 

 are doubly important, and as nunc trees to more delicate kinds 

 fulfill a great mission. In Europe most of the forests were 

 first planted in nurse-trees of some hardy evergreen species, 

 and the reason why we are not more successful in tree-plant- 

 ing is that we neglect to provide the proper conditions for suc- 

 cess by affording ample protection to the young plants. Tree- 

 planting is a business peculiarly adapted to bee-keepers, and 

 we hope they will take the matter up and correspond with Mr. 

 Hill. He sells young trees cheap, and has all the necessary 

 information for success ready to tell to all his customers. 



