GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Mar 1 



Carniolan, Banat, and Caucasian queens. Order from 

 original importer, Frank Benton, box 17, Washington, D. C. 



Well-bred bees and queens. Hives and supplies. 



J. H. M. Cook, 70 Cortlandt St., New York City. 



Hor bee-smoker and honey-knife circular send card to 



T. F. Bingham, Farwell, Mich. 



Italian Bees, qaeens, honey, and Root's bee-keepers' sup- 

 plies. Aliso Apiary, El Toro, Cal. 



iJolden-all-over and red-clover Italian queens; circular ready. 

 W. A. Shuff, 4426 Osage Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 



V2UBENS. — Improved red-clover Italians, bred for business, 

 June 1 to Nov. 15, untested queens, 75 cts.; select, $1.00; test- 

 ed, $1.25 each. Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. 



H. C. Clkmons, Boyd, Ky. 



Quirin's famous improved Italian queens ready in April ; nu- 

 clei and colonies about May 1. My stock is northern bred, and 

 hardy. Five yards wintered on summer stands without a single 

 loss in 1908; 22 years a breeder. Honey for sale. 



QUIRIN-THK-QUEEN-BREEDER, BelleVUe, O. 



Breeding queens of pure Caucasian and Carniolan 



races — price $3.00. Order from A. E. TitoflF, Expert 



in Apiculture, with Russian Department of Agriculture, 



Kipff, Russia. Remit with orders. Correspondence in 

 English. 



KIND WORDS. 



" A Year's Work in an Out-apiary" is a book from which I 

 have gained more practical money-making experience than all 

 the other bee-books I have read, and I believe I have studied al- 

 most all of them. ARTHUR Drevar, M. D. 



Annapolis, Md., Feb. 20. 



Enclosed find 50 cents, for which please send me Doolittle's 

 book, " A Year's Work in an Out-apiary." The coming of 

 Cleanings is always looked forward to with a great deal of 

 pleasure, and it is hard to get all the good information out of it, 

 for every time one reads it over he finds something more. 



Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 19. Leo C. Jones. 



THE " MOLLIE O. LARGE " HONEY-PLANT — ALSO SOME- 

 THING ABOUT " BOILED WHEAT." 



Dear Friend: — Yes, such you seem to me, for I have read 

 Cleanings, especially Home Papers, for years. 1 am a sister 

 of the late G. G. Large, and was boarding with him when his 

 wife (Mollie O.) sent you the spider-plant seed. In fact, he got 

 the seed from me. 



Wheat as a breakfast food has been used in our family for fifty 

 years; and my 17-year-old boy (a young bee-keeper) is siill fond 

 of it. But why take the trouble to grind it? Just wash it clean, 

 then soak it over night, then cook slowly several hours, and it 

 will be at its best. Each grain will burst open like a potato. 



Owaneco, HI. Susie H. Mkgan. 



BOOK REVIEWS. 



THE AMERICAN NEWSPAPER ANNUAL. 



This is a remarkable publication in more than one respect. 

 For example, it contains 1350 royal-octavo pages, and weighs 7 

 lbs. 3 oz., yet it is not padded, but, on the contrary, is closely 

 printed. For many practical purposes it is a revised census of 

 America and Canada for 1908. This is no boast, for it gives the 

 statistics of every county, city, town, and village in the territory 

 with which it deals. Moreover, it has maps of all the States, 

 Territories, and Provinces. It catalogs 23,894 newspapers, mag- 

 azines, and trade and class publications. As far as possible it 

 gives the exact circulation of each publication, many being 

 sworn to by the publisher. In spite of this vast number, there is 

 no difficulty in looking up any publication desired. There are 

 supplementary lists of daily papers, magazines, women's publi- 

 cations, agricultural and religious papers, as well as all the class 

 and trade publications. The amount of classified knowledge it 

 affords is immense, and yet it is arranged in so simple a manner 

 that it may be understood by any one. It addition to all this it 

 nas an advertiser's telegraph code to facilitate communication 

 between advertisers and the publications they use. Such a code 

 is of considerable value to newspaper publishers and their pat- 

 rons. In various ways it is superior to a gazetteer of the two 

 countries — the United States and Canada; and to persons who 

 advertise or have much to do with newspapers it is certainly in- 

 valuable. It is sold at a moderate price considering its size — 

 namely, $5.00 net, express prepaid by the publishers, N. W. 

 Ayer & Son, Philadelphia. 



Poultry Catalogs Received. 



" Catalog of the Melrose Squab Company's Homers," 24 Har- 

 wood Place, Buffalo, N. Y. This is a small catalog referring to 

 one kind of pigeon used for squab-raising. It deals with an in- 

 teresting industry suitable for persons with only a very small plot 

 of ground. It is worth looking into by those who wish to try a 

 small industry. 



" Poultry for Profit," by J. W. Miller Co., Freeport, III. This 

 is a very handsome and comprehensive catalog of about 130 

 pages, well printed with excellent illustrations of incubators, 

 fancy poultry, poultry-supplies and also fireless cookers. 



" Wisconsin Incubator Co.'s Catalog for 1909." This deals 

 with a line of brooders and incubators sold at very reasonable fig- 

 ures. The factory is located at Racine, Wis., where all com- 

 munications should be addressed. 



" Profitable Poultry," from Berry's Golden Rule poultry-farm, 

 Clarinda, Iowa. This is a remarkably nice catalog. The cover 

 page is a work of art. It is gotten out by an enterprising lady, 

 Mrs. A. A. Berry, who merits success. 



" Prairie State Incubators and Brooders." This is not a very 

 large catalog; but it is gotten out by a big concern which was 

 among the first to make incubators in America. It contains 

 much information about the science of incubation and brooding. 

 Address Prairie State Incubator Co., Homer City, Pa. 



" Poultry Helps," by Humphrey & Sons, Joliet, 111. This cat- 

 alog relates to the line of goods made by the above celebrated 

 firm. It embraces bone-cutters, brooders, clover-cutters, grit- 

 mortars, corn-shellets, etc. 



" Ertel's Poultry Diary," by the Geo. Ertel Co., Quincy, III. 

 This catalog contains an unusual feature — namely, a diary 

 wherein the good wife may keep an account of all the eggs re- 

 ceived. It also contains an illustration of a cooker which would 

 be handy for melting combs. It contains much information. 



" Greider's Illustrated Catalog of Pure-bred Poultry," by B. H. 

 Greider, Rheems, Pa. Price 10 cts. This is an extremely nice 

 catalog of poultry. The illustrations of poultry are certainly 

 fine. It is easily worth ten cents. It probably cost Mr. Greider 

 much more than that. 



" Evergreen Poultry Farm," by J. J. Brenner, Mankato, Min- 

 nesota. This is an excellent catalog for those who are interest- 

 ed in purchasing poultry and supplies. It shows that the proprie- 

 tor is very enterprising, and equal to his business. 



" Fifteenth Annual Poultry Book and Catalog of Successful 

 and Eclipse Incubators and Brooders," sent out by the Des 

 Moines Incubator Co., Des Moines, la. This is a comprehen- 

 sive catalog of incubators and other necessities for the modern 

 poultry farm. 



" Pure-bred Poultry, Triumph Incubators and Brooders," by R. 

 F. Neubert, Mankato, Minn. This is an excellent catalog of 

 poultry for sale by Mr. Neubert. To get out so good a catalog for 

 a poultry farm only shows a commendable spirit of enterprise. 



" The Combined Catalogs of the United Factories Company," 

 Cleveland, Ohio. This is a large catalog peitaining to a number 

 of things in which farmers ^.re interested. It has a very full list 

 of incubators and brooders. Almost any farmer would appreciate 

 a copy of this catalog. 



" Excelsior Incubators and Brooders, and the Wooden Hen,'' 

 by Geo. H. Stahl, Quincy, 111. This is a thick book of over 200 

 p.ges, and contains quite a number of illustrations in color. Mr. 

 Stahl is always to be found in the front rank. 



" The Famous Old Trasty Incubator and Brooder," manufac- 

 tured by the M. M. Johnson Co., Clay Center, Neb. This is a 

 great catalog, and contains hundreds of illustrations, many of 

 them half-tones. It is hardly worth while to keep chickens if 

 you do not send for this catalog. 



" Reliable Incubator, World's Favorite," by Reliable Incuba- 

 tor and Brooder Co., Quincy, 111. This looks like a treatise on 

 poultry culture, and it does contain a large amount of useful in- 

 formation. A few years ago a book no larger or better than this 

 would have sold for 25 cents, yet the Reliable people give it 

 away to prosnective customers. 



" Hatching and Rearing by Artificial Incubation," by H. M. 

 Sheer, Quincy, III. This Mr. Sheer does a peculiar business 

 somewhat in the same way bee-supplies are often sold — in the 

 flat. His incubators are not made up, but knocked down. This 

 makes them cheaper, and freight is less. His catalog is fine. 



" Incubators, Brooders, Poultry Appliances, and Standard Sup- 

 plies," by the Cyphers Incubator Co., Buffalo, N. Y. This is a 

 giant catalog devoted to one line only — incubators, etc. It is 

 beautifully primed and splendidly illustrated on good paper, and 

 therefore worth owning. Such enterprise is quite remarkable and 

 praiseworthy. 



" Our Grand New Features for 1909," by the Belle City Incu- 

 bator Co., Racine, Wis This is a catalog out of the ordinary. 

 It looks like a newspaper, but contains considerable information 

 that will interest pouitry-keepers. 



" Maple Grove Poultry Farm," from Larkin & Herzberg, 

 Mankato, Minn. This is a very excellent catalog of thorough- 

 bred poultry, with illustrations that are handsome. They also 

 sell Holstein cattle as well as poultry. 



