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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 1 



Served Her Right 



By the Bee Crank 



The worry cow might have lived till now 

 If she hadn't lost her breath ; 

 But she feared her hay wouldn't last all day, 

 And she worried herself to death. 



Cheer up ! You can get your bee-supplies 

 from me in a hurry, even though you have failed 

 to take my advice and have postponed ordering 

 till the rush season is on. I find that, with my 

 improved facilities and conveniences, I can take 

 care of twice as much business as formerly, and 

 still not risk my reputation for promptness in 

 delivery. 



I handle Root's Goods, and they are made in 

 the most perfectly equipped factory in the world 

 devoted to the manufacture of bee-supplies. I 

 sell the goods at the factory schedule of prices. 

 Every thing is clean and fresh ; the wood parts 

 are made from best bright white wood, perfectly 

 machined, finished, and jointed. Nails of proper 

 size are included, and I find that my friends are 

 really getting a lot of pleasure in putting the 

 goods together. Here is how one friend ex- 

 presses his opinion : 



Walter S. Pouder, Indianapolis, Ind. Fairmount, Indiana. 



Dear Sir: — While I have suffered with rheumatism nearly all win- 

 ter, I have my hives and frame all put up in nice order, and now ready 

 to paint. A nicer lot of hive material I have never seen — not a knot 

 nor a crack in the whole lot, and all so clean and nice. I just worked 

 putting them up right in our sitting-room by the stove, and did not 

 make as much litter as my wife would at her sewing-machine, for she 

 often has to do some trimming and I none. 



BEESWAX.— If you have beeswax to offer, 

 I am now paying 29 cents cash or 31 cents in 

 exchange for supplies. 



I still have a lot of new catalogs which I 

 should like to distribute. May I send you one ? 

 They are free. 



"If goods 

 are wanted 

 quick, 

 send to 

 Pouder." 



Established 

 1889 



Walter S. Pouder 



859 Massachusetts Ave. 



Indianapolis, Ind. 



