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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar. 1 



" If goods are Mratitecl ctuicK, send to Pouder." 

 EstablisHed 1889 



MARCH, 5*/>e MONTH 

 OF PREPARATION 



By the Bee Crank 



There's somethine even in the wind. 



The rogue, that seems to warm my 

 heart — 

 A gentle touch beneath it all 



That makes my being thrill and start. 

 I know thou art in play, the sun, 



A non, and can't keep back a smile; 

 So let it blow and let it rain, 



'Twill bring the springtime afterwhile. 



With the coming of the 

 first warm days the wild 

 flowers will be pushing 

 aside the leaves to reach 

 the sunlight; our feathered 

 friends will begin to collect 

 stray twigs and strings for 

 the nest of 1909. and 

 you — will you be less diligent.'' 



If you think your last year's 

 equipment will answer, you are like 

 the man in the treadmill; working 

 like mad to keep from going back- 

 ward, but never getting anywhere. 

 You must get on a different footing 

 if you would forge ahead in the bee 

 business. Determine to own a 



modern equipment and to 

 use high-grade supplies. 

 Gilt-edge profits are the 

 outgrowth of gilt-edge 

 methods. 



I handle Root's goods 

 at Root's prices, and they 

 are what you ought to have. 

 I have the best facilities for 

 getting them toyou. Every 

 order is kept on the move 

 while it remains under my 

 roof, and there is always a 

 train ready to start the ship- 

 ment on its way promptly. 

 I can use your beeswax at 29 cts. 

 spot cash, or 31 cts. in exchange for 

 supplies. I have over eleven tons of 

 finest extracted honey in 5-gallon 

 cans. If you would like some of it, 

 write for quotations. My new cata- 

 log of bee-supplies is now ready, 

 and a postal brings it. Write me. 

 expecting a prompt reply. 



Walter S. Pouder, 



859 MassacKusetts A.veiiue, Indianapolis, Indiana 



