1909 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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Convention Notices. 



The Northern Michigan Bee-keepers' Associulion will meet at 

 Traverse City, Mich., April 7 and 8. A morning, afternoon, and 

 evening session will be held the first day of the meeting, and a 

 morning and afternoon session the second day. Traverse City 

 is the center of a tine bee location, and is noted for its large at- 

 tendance at bee conventions, both the Slate and Northern Mich- 

 igan conventions being well attended in the p;ist when being 

 held there; so a large and enthusiastic meeting is anticipated. 

 Remember the date, and invite your bee-keeping neighbors to go 

 with you. 



There will be premiums offered for the best 10 lbs. of both ex- 

 tracted and comb honey; also on best 5 lbs. of beeswax. 



If you have never attended a convention, come out to this 

 meeting and get acquainted with your neighbor bee-keeper. It 

 is a noted fact that, if a man (or woman either) attends one con- 

 vention, there is no trouble in getting that person to attend more; 

 the fact is, you could not keep him away after attending one of 

 these meetings. Is not this convincing evidence of the sterling 

 worth of conventions >. 



Some of those who will be in attendance at this meeting are 

 as follows: Mr. T. F. Bingham, Mr. Geo. H. Kiikpatrick, Mr. 

 E. R. Root, Mr. Geo. E. Hilton, Mr. A. G. Woodman, Mr. E. E. 

 Coveyou, Mr. S. D. Chapman, Mr. J. N. Harris, Mr. C. F. Smith, 

 Mr. W. Z. Hutcninson, Mr. O. H. Townsend, Mr. A. H. Guern- 

 sey, Mr. L. A. Aspinwall, Mr. F. W. Mulh, Mr. E. M. Hunt, 

 Mr. O. Nelson, Mr. Chas. Irish, Miss A. H. Rogers, and many 

 others. You are cordially invited to partake of the bee-keepers" 

 feast at this meeting. 



The convention will be held in the Whiting Hotel, Front St- 

 The Whiting will be our headquarters, they furnishing their par- 

 lors free for our convention. E. D. Townsend. 



Remus, Mich. 



A CORRECTION. 



On page 115, Feb. 15, in the announcement of the New Jersey 

 Bee-keepers' .Association, the address of Sec. .A. G. Hann is giv- 

 en as Piltston, Pa., when it should be Pittstown, New Jersey. 

 If any letters have been misdirected'they will be forwarded. 



Special Notices 



By Our Business Manager 



If your locality produces choice comb honey, it will pay you 

 to read our advertisement on page 40. We want to hear from 

 producers who can furnish us with honey \a lots of 1000 lo 5000 

 pounds. 



Readers who are interested in destroying noxious weeds by the 

 use of chemicals will probably be benefited by sending for a 

 copy of ' Farm Weeds," published and distributed gratis by the 

 American Steel & Wire Co., Chicago, III. 



EXTRA-SIZE SIMfLBX JARS. 



For those who prefer a jar holding 18 cz. of honey we offer 25 

 cases of extra-iize Simplex jars, 2 dozen to a case, free on board 

 Worcester, .Mass., at $1.10 per case, or the lot for $26.00. We 

 have none of this size in stock here, and offer these subject to 

 pieviout sale. 



We have on hand at Medina and Chicago fair stocks of ex 

 tracted and comb honey, on which we can make low piices for 

 fine stock, as we desire to reduce the lame on account of our time 

 being so occupied witJ our regular bee-supply work from now on. 



JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT SEEIJ. 



We have secured a nice lot of seed of the Japanese buckwheat, 

 ttown for us the past summer. As it is out of season we are will- 

 ing to make quite a concesiioo in price to reduce stock at present. 

 For orders placed now, accompanied by payment, we will furnish 

 seed in new bags, included without extra charge. One bushel, 

 SI. 25; two bushels. $2.25; ten bushels, $10.30. 



DANZ. SUPER.S WITH H-S M FENCES. 



We Still have at Floresville, Tex., for sale 50 Danz. supers 

 with section-holders and Hyde-Scholl M fences, no sections, nail- 

 ed and painied, and somewhat discolored from use, which weorfer 

 at $17.00 for the lot, or 40 cts. each for 10 or mote in a shipment; 

 also 400 shipping cases in flat for 20 Danz. lections, put up 50 in 

 a crate, which we offer at $5.50 per crate of 50; $40.00 for the lot 

 of 400. Here, surely, is a bargain for any one not loo far re- 

 moved from Texas, if in need of Danz. t-n-frame supers or 

 shipping-cases. The shipping-<;ases are in the crates in which 

 they were packed at the factory; new unused goods, at two-thirds 

 regular price. 



NEW PRICES ON SWKET-CLOVEK SEED. 



This has some valuable traits, as standing frost and drouth, and 

 in some localities it is the main honey-plant. About 4 lbs. of 

 the hulled seed, or 8 to 10 lbs. with the hulls on, are needed for 

 an acre. It will grow on almost any barren hillside, but it is 

 never a bad weed to exterminate. If it is mown down to pre- 

 vent seeding, the roots will soon die out. Sow in spring or fall. 

 In the vicinity of Salt Lake, Utah, sweet clover is the main 

 honey-plant, and the quality of the honey is equal, in the opinion 

 of many, to any in the world The plant lives through the dry 

 summers' in Utah. See "leaflet" about sweet clover, sent free 

 on application. 



We have on hand a good stock of choice sweet-clover seed, 

 both white and yellow. Of the white we have both hulled and 

 unhulled seed, and of the yellow we have at present about 250 

 lbs. hulled, and have engaged a lot of unhulled yellow which is 

 expected soon. It is usually difficult to supply the entire demand 

 for unhulled white and yellow, and we suggest immediate orders 

 to be sure of getting from our present stock. Prices are: 



In lots ... 1 lb. 10 lbs. 

 Unhulled white, per lb. .15 .13 



Hulled white, per lb. .22 .20 



Hulled yellow, per lb. .22 .22 



These piices are all subject to market changes. 



CLOVER SBED. 



We have secured a good supply of alsike clover seed which we 

 offer for sale free on board cars here, bags included, at 25 cts. per 

 lb.; S:i.00 per peck; $5.75 per half-bushel; $11.00 per bushel; 

 $21.00 per bag of two bushels. We can supply white Dutch clo- 

 ver seed at the same price as alsike; also alfalfa at same pri,.e. 

 Medium and Mammoth clover seed costs $2.00 per bushel less at 

 present market price. 



SECOND-HAND COMB-FOUNDATION MILLS. 



We have to offer the following list of comb-foundation mills, 

 which have been used but are in good condition to use, by one 

 who wants to make his own foundation and is not particular 

 about slight defects in the cell faces. Samples from these ma- 

 chines will be mailed to those interested on application. 



No. 075. — 2x9-inch round-cell, medium-brood mill in fair con- 

 dition. This is a very old pattern, made about thirty years ago; 

 has been kept in good shape. Price $10.00. 



No. 079. — 2/^x6 hex. cell extra-thin-super mill in good con- 

 dition; bargain at $12. 



No. 085 — 2/4x6 hex. cell thin-super mill in very good condi 

 tion. Price $12.00. 



No. 086. — 2/4x6 hex. cell extra-thin-super mill in excellent 

 condition. Price $15.00. 



No. 092. — 2/4x6 hex. cell extra-thin-super mill in extra good 

 condition. Price $15.00. 



No. 0102. — 2/4x6 hex. cell extra-thin super mill in good con- 

 dition. Price $10.00. 



MAPLE PRODUCTS. 



Relative to maile sugar and syrup for the present season the 

 market price is not yet determined. We do not handle this prod- 

 uct to as great an extent as formerly, but are in good position, 

 however, to make shipments for those of our customers who want 

 a really first-dass article at a fair price. 



The approximate prices fiom the present outlook will be as 

 follows: 

 Maple sugar, first quality, 1 to 10 lb. lots at 15 cents per lb. 



10 to 50 lb. " " 13 



100-lb. lots and over, 12 " " " 

 Maple syrup, first quality, 1-gallon cans at $1.10 per gallon. 

 Cases of 6 one-gallon cans at 1.00 



If prices are higher or lower we will bill accordingly. 



Texas Land $1.00 



To $5.00 Per Acre 



Texas has passed new School Land Laws. Millions of 

 acres are now to be sold by the State at ijil.OO to $5.00 

 per acre; only "ne-fortleth cash and no more to pay for 

 40 years, Uiilcus you de!<lie; only 3 per cent Interest 

 You can buy 1 »j<» acres at i|i 1. 00 per acre, payable 1^4.00 

 down and 40 years' time 011 the balance, 3% Interest. 

 Greatest opportunity ever otTered to Investors and farm- 

 ers. Texas land Is better than Oklahoma.Iowa orllllnois. 

 Send 50 cents for Book of Instructions, New State Law, 

 Map of Texas, andbrlef description of over 40O million 

 acre» of vacant public lands in 2.5 different States, 

 which are open to homestead. Three Books for tl.oe. 



E. C. HOWE. 938 Hartford Building, CHICAGO, ILL. 



