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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar. 15 



Poultry. 



For Sale. — White Plymouth Rocks, Acme strain, line-bred, 

 farm-raised, trap-nested, great layers. Eggs, selected, $1.50 to 

 $3.00 lor 15. Middle Ridge Farm Co., Madison, Lake Co., 

 Ohio. Rt. 1. Cleveland office, 4399 Hamilton Ave. 



For Sale.— S. C. Biown Leghorns. Baby chicks, $3.00 per 

 25; $5.00 per 50, $10,00 per 100. Bred for shape, color, and 

 laying qualities. 1 guarantee safe arrival. H M. Mover, 



Rt. 2. Bechtelsville, Pa. 



For Sale. — Brown Leghorn, B. P. Rock, S. L. Wyandotte 

 eggs; $1.00 to $1.50 per 15. Raised on separate farms. Write 

 for full particulars. F. C. Morrow, Rt. 1, Blevins, Ark. 



For Sale. — R. C. Brown Leghorns. Won firsts on cockerel, 

 hen, and pullet. These birds score as high as 94^/i. Eggs, 15 

 for $1.50. Mrs. Geo. W. Armentrout, Irving, HI. 



Indian Runner duck eggs from prize-winners at $1.00 per 12; 

 $4.00 par 55; $6.50 per 100. Circulai free. 



Kent Jennings, Mt. Gilead, Ohio. 



Golden Barred Rocks. — The new beauty and utility 

 fowl. Plumage barred buff and white. Write for literature 

 and a feather. L. E. Altwein, St. Joseph, Mo. 



S. C. W. Leghorns, bred for heavy egg production winter and 

 summer. Lakewood-Blanchard strains. Great profit payers. 

 Selected eggs, $1 per 15. W. I. Harrington, Brunswick, O. 



Young stock cock and hen homer pigeons, guaranteed mates; 

 good squab-breeders, and lovely birds; $1.50 per pair. Safe de- 

 livery guaranteed. J. A. Thornton, Ursa, 111. 



For Sale. — S. C. Brown Leghorns, Barred P. Rocks; win- 

 ners, and winter layers. Eggs, $1.25 per 15; $2.00 for 30. Un- 

 fertile eggs replaced free. Louis Perrier, Bonnots Mill, Mo 



For Sale. — Choice White Wyandottes; 15 eggs, $1.00; 30 

 eggs, $1.50. ' J. F. Michael, Winchester, Ind. 



A. I. Root's Bee-goods, Poultry-supplies, Seeds, etc. 



Stapler's, 412-414 Ferry St., Pittsburgh, Pa. 



For Sale. — Eggs, $1.25 per 15 from pure Partridge Wyan- 

 dotte chickens. C. G. Hiskev, Flat Rock, O. 



S. C. W. Leghorn eggs for hatching, $4.00 per 100. 



C. H. Zurbukg, Topeka, 111. 



For Sale. — Thoroughbred Toulouse geese at a bargain; eggs, 

 $3.00 per dozen. M. L. Caldwell, Otsego, Mich. 



Convention Notices. 



The regular spring meetipg of the Philadelphia Bee-keepers' 

 Association will be held at the Philadelphia Commercial Muse- 

 um, Thirty-fourth Street, below Spruce Street, West Philadel- 

 phia, April 3. The following is the program: 



2: 30 P.M., meeting called to order by Pres. W. E. Flower. 



1. Address of welcome, by Vice-president Dr. L. M. Weaver. 



2 Song, " Bees in Apple-tree Bloom," by male quartette. 



3. Recitation, by Miss Elizabeth James. 



4. Illustrated lecture, " Natural History of the Honey-bee," by 

 W. E. Flower. 



5. " Cause and Prevention of Swarming," by Prof. H. A. Sur- 

 face, Harrishurg, Pa. 



6. Manipulation and demonstration of bees in a cage, by Har- 

 old Hornor. 



7. " Food Value of Honey," by J, T. Fennell. 



8. Illustrated lecture, " Some Savage Tribes and their Pecul- 

 iar Customs," by Dr. Wilson, of the Commercial Museum. 



9. Question-box. 



evening session, 8 o'clock. 



1. Call to order by the President. 



2. Reading of paper on Rev. L. L. Langstroth, from Bee-keep- 

 irs' Revitw, by Miss Sallie James. 



3. " Care and Management of Bees in Spring," by F. Hah- 

 inan. 



4. Question-box. 



The North Texas Bee-keepers' Association will meet at Blos- 

 som, the first Wednesday and Thursday in April. All who aie 

 interested are invited. No hotel bills to pay. 



W. H. White, Sec. 



Blossom, Texas, March H. J. M. Hagood, Pies. 



Catalogs Received. 



"Horse Power," by Galloway, Waterloo, Iowa. This is a 

 handsome catalog, largely devoted to gasoline-engines. The il- 

 lustrations are beautiful. All interested in gas-engines for ary 

 purpose will find a copy of this catalog very useful. Mr. Gallo- 

 way makes it easy for any honest farmer to get an engine to as- 

 sist in his work. 



" B^B, Weather-proof Rubber Roofing," by the Breeze Bros. 

 Co., of Cincinnati. This relates to the fine roofing made by this 

 concern. Judging by the samples of 1, 2, and 3 ply roofing sent 

 with this catalog they make very good roofing. Ask for the sam- 

 ples if you send for the catalog. 



" Spray Machinery," the E. C. Brown Co., Rochester, N. Y. 

 This is a catalog of modern high-pressure spray-pumps for all pur- 

 poses around the farm and home garden. Some of the outfits 

 made by this firm are elaborate and complete. .At the end of the 

 book are complete directions for spraying any fruit or vegetable. 



" Planet Jr. Yellow Book," by S. L. Allen & Co., Philadel- 

 phia. It relates to the famous wheeled garden tools made by 

 this company. There are some good illustrations showing the 

 tools in actual use. These are very suggestive, as showing what 

 can be done with these tools. 



" The Farmer's Handy Wagon," by the Empire Manufactur- 

 ing Co., Quincy, Illinois. Though this relates to wagons and 

 wheels only, some of the illustrations are handsomely colored, 

 and show up the " handy " wagons wonderfully well. If you 

 are likely to need any thing in this line this catalog will be very 

 useful. 



" Anchor Fence," by the Anchor Fence and Mfg. Co., Cleve- 

 land. This is not a large catalog, but it clearly sets forth the 

 utility and beauty of the fencing made by this concern. The 

 perfection to which this kind of work has been brought is 

 marvelous, as will be seen by the sample sent with the catalog. 



" Roof-Fix, to Make Old Roofs New," by the Anderson 

 Manufacturing Co., Elyria, Ohio. This is a little catalog relat- 

 ing to leaky roofs. We are decidedly of the opinion that a quan- 

 tity of "Roof-fix " will be found very useful on any farm. It 

 seems to " fix " any leaky roof if not too far gone. 



" Farm, Railroad, and Poultry Coiled Spring Fencing," man- 

 ufactured by Coiled Spring Fence Co., Winchester, Ind. A pe- 

 culiarity of the fencing made by this company is the coiled wire, 

 which gives it elasticity, and which, of course, keeps it taut at 

 all times. It is recommended by many practical farmers. 



" The 1909 Catalog of L. J. Farmer, Pulaski, N. Y." This is 

 a fine little catalog of strawberries and othersmall fruits. There 

 are some very sensible and brief directions in this catalog, for cul- 

 tivating berries, that are well worth studying and paying heed 

 thereto. 



"Spring Catalog for 1909 of Green's Nursery Co., Rochester, 

 N. Y." This firm has done much to popularize fruit culture in 

 the United States. At present they seem to be pushing the trade 

 in plum-trees, and offer a nice collection at a low price. 



" Grapevines and General Nursery Stock," by Lewis Roesche 

 & Son, Fredonia, New York. This firm has had a large trade in 

 vines for many years, and thous.inds of families have been bless- 

 ed thereby. But they also have a full list of small fruits of the 

 best varieties which this catalog describes. 



" Hill's 1909 Catalog and Planting Guide," by D. Hill. Dun- 

 dee. III. This is a fine catalog of extra hardy shrubs and trees. 

 Mr. Hill has a large stock of forest trees which ought to be inter- 

 esting to many who read Gleanings. He sells sugar maples as 

 low as $4.50 per 1000 We advise sending for this catalog at 

 once. 



" Catalog of the Wooster Nursery Co.," Wooster, O. This 

 company now has the seed business formerly conducted by the 

 A. I. Root Co. They also have a nice nursery located very near 

 the Ohio Experiment Station grounds and building. Just now 

 this concern is making a special drive of 300 bee-trees for $3.00. 



" Mathews New Universal Seeding and Cultivating Imple- 

 ments," by Ames Plow Co.. Boston and New York. This is the 

 annual price list of the famous Ames Plow Co., so far as relates 

 to their garden-tools suth as market gardeners and others now 

 use. This firm does a large business in these valuable tools. 



"The Mason Fence Co., Leesburg, Ohio." Thfs is a small 

 catalog issued by a big company whose business it is to furnish 

 good fencing, and they doubtless do. They claim to furnish a 

 fencing which is resilien^ and responds to every shock. Our 

 modern wire fences are certainly fine, the Mason included. 



" Scarff's Fruits for 1909," by W. N. Scaiff, New Carlisle, O. 

 This is not considered a large catalog nowadays, but neverthe- 

 less Mr. Scarf? does quite a large business and has a large place. 

 He is also an extensive bee-keeper, and knows how to cater to 

 the bee-keepers' trade. 



"Strawberry Plants and other Small Fruits," by The Flans- 

 burgh & Potter Co., Leslie, Mich. This is a valuable littte cat- 

 alog to all who are interested in small fruits, especially those 

 who live in the Central States and the South. If you are a ber- 

 ry-grower, do not fail to get a copy. 



" Henderson's Farmer's Manual," by Peter Henderson & Co., 

 35 Cortlandt St., New York. This is a splendid '.atalog of farm 

 seeds, especially clover seed. It recommends mammoth Russian 

 sunflowers for chickens and also sainfoin clover for hay. Both 

 are line bee-plants. 



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