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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Oct. 15 



'H Goods are wanted Quick, Send to Pouder' 

 Established 1 889 



A HONEY DREAM 



By the Bee Crank 



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It has been frequently demonstrated that a sea- 

 son's honey campaign, started with unsuitable stock, 

 in unsatisfactory quarters, and letting matters take 

 care of themselves, can end only in disastrous failure. 

 A neighbor tells me an interesting story about an 

 event that happened at a pretty little town called 

 Lucerne, near Logansport, Ind. A member of one of 

 the churches made the welcome announcement that 

 near the top of the spire a swarm of bees were storing 

 honey. The busy insects were eagerly watched all 

 summer, and in September it was decided to hold a big 

 honey festival, and have a general distribution of the 

 great store which had accumulated. The crowd assem- 

 bled, tables were spread, and an imported steeple- 

 climber made a slow and laborious ascent — his descent 

 was different, for instead of bees and honey he found 

 hornets. 



If you are planning a big honey festival it will pay 

 you to look through my catalog of supplies — the kind 

 that make work easy for both the bees and the bee- 

 keeper. And when you want goods in a hurry don't 

 overlook my warehouse, which is filled with the 

 things you need, and remember my location, which is 

 such a mutual help in getting goods to destination with 



promptness. Two carloads of these nice clean goods 



are being delivered to me from the factory this very '^r= 



month, and every article will be up to date with all 

 latest improvements. These two cars, added to my present stock, will make 

 up one of the finest and most complete stocks of standard bee-supplies that 

 that has ever been assembled. Root Goods, Pouder Service, from Indianap- 

 olis. Lots of good bee-men have learned those three phrases. Just try 

 repeating them a few times and see how easily they are learned. 



I can use your beeswax at 28 cents cash, or 30 cents in exchange for 

 supplies. Small shipments by express; large ones by freight, and place 

 your name on every package. 



HONEY. — While gilt-edge honey is not plentiful I have been very fortu- 

 nate in securing a very large stock of finest quality. Bee-keepers would do 

 well to have honey always on hand for those .who call, to maintain their 

 trade on seasons when the crop is more abundant. I have that kind of 

 honey which will bring your patrons back with "We would like more honey 

 Hke the last you sold us." Such men as Hilton, Townsend, Chapman, Kirk- 

 patrick, Grigg, Lindley, Doane, and many others who have established rep- 

 utations on producing finest quality, have sent their honey here. If inter- 

 ested, write for quotations. 



Root's 



Goods 



at 

 Root's 



Prices 



with 



Pouder 

 Service 



Walter S. Pouder, Indianapolis, Indiana 



859 Massachusetts Avenue 



