1909 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



19 



Sy^g Land of Fruit and Flowers 



MICHIGAN 



There are upward of two million acres of wild lands in the Lower Peninsula 



of Michigan suitable for general farming. It is the greatest opportunity 



of the age for the man of small means to acquire a competency. 



From $5 to $15 per Acre 



will buy land that yields crops worth $50 to $100 per acre each year. 



HOME.SEEKE.RS' EXCURSION 



to this territory via Toledo and the 



PERE MARQUETTE RAILROAD 



on May 4 and 18, at from $6 to $8 for the round trip, good fifteen days. 

 Write W. C. TOUSEY, 423 Madison St., Toledo, Ohio, for descriptive circu- 

 lar, or address 



H. r. MOE:IvI^£R., General Passenger A^ent, DETROIT, MICH. 



Texas School Lands 



$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 81.00 to JS.liO per 

 acre; only one-fortieth cash and no more to pay for 40 

 years, unless you desire; only 3 percent Interest. You 

 can buylSO acres at Jl.Oil per acre, payable W.OOdown and 

 40 year's time on the balance, 3% Interest. Greatest 

 opportunity ever offered to Investors and farmers. Texas 

 land Is better than i )klahoma, Iowa or Illinois. Send 50 

 centa for Book of Instructions, N'ew State Law and Map 

 of Texas, and I will tell you FREE how to sefure list 

 of over 400 million acres of vacant public lands in 25 dif- 

 ferent States, which are open to homestead. Address 



E. C. HOWE, 784 Hartford Building. CHICAGO. ILL. 



Grow Mushrooms 



For Big and Quick Profits 

 Or For Your Own Use. 



Ten years'esperience enables me to 



give practical Instructions worth 



many dollars to you witbout Interfering 



ith regular occupation, no matter where located. 



Sead for Free Hook and particulars how to start, etc. 



JACKSON JUUSIIROOM FABM 



3448 N. Western Ave. Chicago, III- 



BEFORE ORDERING 



BERRY-CRATES AND 

 QUART BASKETS 



write foi out catalo£ and special prices. 

 H. H. Aulttathor, box 1 00, Minerva, O. 



10 DAYS FREE TRIAL 



We will ship you a. 



"RANGER" bicycle! 



on approval, freight ! 



prepaid to any place in the United States without a rmt deposit in advance, and allow • 



' ten days free trial from the day you receive it. If it doe.siiot suit you in every way and '• 



is not all or more than we claim for it and a better bicycle than you can get anywhere else | 



regardless of price, or if for any reason wliatever you do not wish to keep it, ship it back ■ 



to us at our expense for f reifflit and you w'M not be out one cent. I 



I nyi FAPTARY PRIPF^ ^^ sell the highest gnde bicycles direct from factory. 



^**'» IMM I Wll I rniyfcj to ,ider at lower prices than any other house. We i 



save you #io to ^25 middlemen's profit on every bicycle— highest grade models with i 



Puncture-Proof tires, Imporled Rollerchains, pedals, etc., at prices no higher than cheap mail ' 



order bicycles; also reliable medium gr.tde models at uuh«>artl of low prices. ( 



DinCD AfiCIITC UfJIIITCn '" £'>'-'> t"wu and district to ride and exhibit a sample . 



lllUI.II nUCn I O Iffinibll 1909 Kan^^er nicy.le furnished by us. "VoU will l>R ' 



astonished at ihe-womter/u/lylfw prices Zind the lilieral propositions and special olTers we will ' 



give on the tirst 1909 sample going to your town. Write at once ior our special offrr. \ 



DO NOT BUY a hicycle or a pair of tires from anyone ^% any price xinxW you receive our catalogue ■ 



and le.irn our low pries and lilier.il terms. BICYCLE DEALERS: you can sell our bicycles u&der ' 



your cwn n.iuic plate .it (i'.utle i>iir prices. Orders filled the day received. 



SECONDHAND BICYCLES— a lindted number taken in trade by our Chicago retail stores will 

 cl sell out at once, at $3 to $8 each. Descriptive bargain list mailed free. 

 VIQPP PflACTCD RRAtfCC 5ii>t:le wheels, inner tuiies, lamps, cyclometers, parts, repairs and 

 linCOf UUMdlun nnHIVCdf everything in the bicycle line at half the usual pric<-8. 

 00 NOT WAIT .'Jt write t 'l.iy f r .uT /.tirx'' <-"i/a/«x' •'eautifully illustrated and containing a great fund of inter- 

 esting matter and uscfiil infrrTi.itif.n. It .n, y costs a postal to get everything. Write it now. ; 



MEAD CYCLE COMPANY, Dept. H II3, CHICAGO, ILL. 



