1909 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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Ll'MBKRMEN WASTE HALF OF EVERY TREE THEV CVT. 



In an article in the April McClure's. entitled " A Continent 

 Despoiled," Rudolf Cronau tells of the enormous waste of lum- 

 ber. He says: 



" Dr. Bristol, chief of the Section of Wood Chemistry, states 

 that fifty per cent or more of the average tree as it stands in the 

 forest is wasted before reaching the marlcet in the form of lum- 

 ber. He says, further, that tfie timber cut has increased from 18 

 billion board feet in 1880 to 50 billion board feet in 1906, and 

 that oar present consumption of wood in all forms is equivalent to 

 at least 100 billion feet annually, and possibly much more. 



" Further, it may be new to you that white pine, in former 

 years the greatest of all our lumber trees, and the only wood dig- 

 nified with the name ' pine,' has, under the heavy drain upon it, 

 so fallen off that its domination of the lumber market has prac- 

 tically ceased. In from ten to fifteen years the supply of other 

 woods, for instance the yellow pine and the Douglas fir, will be 

 just as limited as that of white pine now. Rapidly decreasing, 

 also, is our supply of hard woods, the prices of which go higher 

 and higher. White oak went up from $48.00 in 1890 to $85.00 

 in 1907; hickory, from $38 00 to S65.00, and yellow poplar from 

 529.00 to $53.00. Expert foresters proclaim that we are, without 

 having made any provisions against it, dangerously near a hard- 

 wood famine which will strike at the very foundation of some of 

 the country's most important industries. 



" Since 1870, forest fires have each year destroyed an average 

 of fifty lives and fifty million dollars' worth of timber. Not less 

 than fifty million acres of forest is burned over yearly." 



Special Notices 



By Our Business Manager 



Our Chicago office advises us that they are getting well estab- 

 lished in their new location at 42 — 60 Institute Place, in the 

 Jefhey Building, and the attention of our readers who visit Chi- 

 cago is again called to their new location. Those who have 

 »iiited our old office will easily find the new location, three 

 blocks nonh of the old place. Large stocks of fresh goods will 

 be carried constantly on hand. With the rush of orders now 

 coming in, we urge tarly ordering to avoid annoying delays as 

 the season progresses. 



HOW TO CROW ALSIKE CLOVER. 



We have for more than a year been selecting the very best ar- 

 ticles in the farm press relating to tne culture of alsike. The 

 result ii, we have selected the cream of these, and in the course of 

 two days will have them issued in the form of a booklet, ready 

 lor distribution. We do this because the books devoted to farm 

 crops devote practically no space to this important subject, and 

 many are seeking (or information. The articles are all written 

 by men who thtrouehly undtrstand the culture of alsike. A sin- 

 gle copy will be sent free to any reader of Gleanings; 100 

 copies will be SOcts., postpaid. 



BUSINESS BOOMING. 



If we may judge of the season's prospects by the number of or- 

 ders received, this bids fair to be a record-breaking year. We 

 have unfilled orders on hand for more than twenty carloads. Ow- 

 ing to changes in the rules of transportation companies it takes 

 more goods to make a carload now than it did a few years ago. 

 In territory west of Chicago the carload minimum weight is 

 36.000 lbs., and in the eastern territory 30,000; whereas a few 

 years ago 24,000 was the minimum. A carload now means 25 to 

 50 per cent more than it did formerly. We find it hard to get off 

 more than four cars a week and take care of the smaller orders. 

 We are beginning to mn overtime in our efforts to take care of 

 the orders received. 



MAPLE SUGAR AND SYRUP. 



When our March 15th forms closed *e had had one of the 

 most remarkable seasons for maple sugar and syrup that Medina 

 County has had for years, and we thought it was then at an end; 

 but since that time we have had one or two good runs of sap, and 

 we again suggest to our friends who want good maple sugar and 

 syrup that this is the time to buy. Don't put it off. Prices are 

 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. 



NO. 2 OR B GRADE SECTIONS OVERSOLD. 



The demand for No. 2 or B grade sections seems to be increas- 

 ieg each year, and we are sold out on this grade at an earlier date 

 each year. An average run of hasswood will make about four to 

 five thousand No. 1 or A grade to one thousand No. 2. There 

 are some?places where only No. 1 grade is used. For instance, 

 we seldom receive orders for No. 2 or B grade from California or 

 from foreign countries, and the No. 2 produced in making No. 1 

 for this trade can be used elsewhere. We have some customers 

 who care more for accurate workmanship than for color or rough- 

 ness or other blemishes, and who prefer our No. 2 to some interi- 

 or brand of No. 1. However, this preference for No. 2 grade is 

 being overworked so that we can not supply it. If the trade con- 

 tinues so strong on the second grade we shall be compelled to 

 raise the price to more nearly that of No. 1 in order to equalize 

 the demand, for we can not afford to make No. 2 except as they 

 accumulate in making No. 1, and we do not get enouth in this 

 way to fill orders. No one should order more than one-third as 

 many No. 2 as of No. 1. 



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