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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Feb. 15 



" If goods are 'wanted ctuicK, send to Pouder.*' 



SstablisKed 1889 



UP A TREE 



By the Bee Crank 



The man who has some goods to sell. 

 And whispers his secret down a well, 

 Is not as apt to collar the dollars 

 As he who climbs a tree and hollers. 



I hope to be modest 

 about it; but while I am 

 constantly talking and 

 shouting about the excel- 

 lence of Root's goods and 

 Pouder service I do so be- 

 cause I know I have some 

 things to sell that you and 

 all beemen of this great 

 country need and want. 

 The bee-supply business 

 is made up of a thousand 

 little details; and carelessness or 

 inattention to any of them leads to 

 trouble and annoyance. I am par- 

 ticular to a point of crankiness in 

 filling all orders just right, and I 

 believe my patrons appreciate this 

 fact. 



Now is the time to make up your 

 orders for spring delivery. Before 



you know it you will be in 

 themidstof the spring rush. 

 I have a full line of Root's 

 newest standard goods. I 

 should like to show you our 

 new Dovetailed hives with 

 bottoms made of heavy 

 lumber, and the new Ex- 

 celsior cover with water- 

 proof strips at sides. The 

 goods are here, and my 

 illustrated catalog is free. 

 I can use more beeswax 

 at 29 cents cash or 31 

 cents in trade. 



Walter S. Pouder, CEDAR RAPIDS, lOWA. 



Indianapolis, Ind. 

 Dear Sir: — I see in Gleanings that you have erect- 

 ed a building for your bee-supply business. I wish to 

 congratulate you, for I know it is as pretty and tasty 

 as it can be, for you are the one who can make it so. 

 It must, indeed, be gratifying to be on the " top 

 notch," and I wish you all the success this world can 

 bring you. 1 read Gleanings regularly at the Pub- 

 lic Library, and enjoy it the same as ever. I shall 

 not lose interest in the bee business. 



Sincerely, Mrs. Lucile Wolfred, 



846 Third Ave. 



Walter S. Pouder, 



859 MassacKusetts A-venue, Indianapolis, Indiana 



