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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Dec. 15 



Special Notices 



By Our Business Manager 



MAPLE SYRUP. 



We have in stock, carried over from last spring, 

 some choice maple syrup in gallon cans. We offer 

 this in single-gallon lots at $1.10; six gallons at $1.00 

 per gallon; large lots at reduced prices quoted on ap- 

 plication. It will be two to three months before the 

 new crop of maple syrup will be ready. These cold 

 winter mornings bring the craving for pancakes and 

 syrup. Get a supply of the delicious maple if you 

 would enjoy them to the full. 



SWEET-CLOVER SEED. 



We have just secured a supply of hulled white-sweet- 

 cloyer seed as well as a further supply of unhuUed 

 white, and are now prepared to furnish the unhulled, 

 either white or yellow, at 16 cts. per lb.; 10 lbs. at 14 

 cts.; 25 lbs. at 13 cts.; 100 lbs. at 12 cts. The hulled 

 white or yellow at 20 cts. per lb.; 10 lbs. at 18 cts.; 25 

 lbs. at 17 cts.; 100 lbs. at 16 cts. We recently filled an 

 order for 1000 pounds each of white and yellow, and 

 have had other good-sized orders. If the demand con- 

 tinues in the same volume we shall be sold out long 

 before a new crop can be gathered. 



HONEY WANTED. 



We shall require from 50 to 100 tons of choice white 

 comb honey for next season's use. See p. 765 of this 

 issue. We can use white clover, basswood, and clover 

 and basswood mixed. We can not use off-flavored or 

 amber honey, nor any that contain? pollen. We pre- 

 fer to have honey produced in i}i or b^a or Danzenba- 

 ker shallow frames, not wired, with thin super foun- 

 dation for both top and bottom starters. We some- 

 times use honey in Danzenbaker sections, but prefer 

 it in frames. 



If your locality produces white honey, write us how 

 much you can furnish, and your price delivered here 

 in good condition. We do not allow for weight of 

 frames in settlement. Address 

 Honey Buyer, care of The A. I. Root Co., Medina, 0. 



IMPROVEMENTS AND CHANGE IN PRICE OF EXTRACTORS. 



In our new catalog, which goes to press as soon as 

 this number is printed, there are a few changes in 

 price which have not heretofore been mentioned in 

 this department. The four-frame non-reversible Nov- 

 ice have been reduced $2.00 below the prices ruling 

 last year, while the four and six frame Root automatic 

 have been advanced $1.00 each in hand machines, 

 and $2.00 in power machines. All machines are fitted 

 with ball bearings, and all but the power machines 

 have a slip-gear device. This device is not necessary 

 or desirable on machines operated by an engine. You 

 would be liable to strip the gears in trying to throw 

 them in mesh with the reel at rest and the engine run- 

 ning full speed. On most of the extractors, we are 

 now using die-cast gears of white metal which run 

 very smooth and noiseless. The ratio on the two- 

 frame has been increased to 5 to 1 in some and 4 to 1 

 in others, making it possible to get a higher speed 

 without chasing the crank around so fast. The band 

 brake in the large machines is being improved, mak- 

 ing it more reliable, and less subject to breakage. A 

 man who extracts several carloads of honey in a sea- 

 son will discover any weak points which we do not al- 

 ways find in the limited testing we can give them here. 

 When such weak points develop we proceed at once to 

 find a remedy. In this way our extractors have been 

 brought to a point where they are practically perfect. 

 This is what a large honey-producer in California has 

 to say after using one the past season in extracting his 

 crop of honey from over 400 colonies: 

 Madary's Planing-mill, Fresno, Cal. 



Dear Sirs: — I should like to say a few words in favor 

 of the ball-bearing Root automatic extractor, as the 

 one I took out of stock several days ago has been in 

 use since that time, and I must say I believe it is as 

 near perfection as can be. although the Root Co. 

 have patents pending. This machine runs so easy 

 that a few turns to get it up to speed is all that is nec- 

 essary; and the men while using the No. 17, which I 

 formerly had, could average only 1000 lbs. per day, 

 while with this machine they can average 2000 lbs. 

 with but one additional man. No apiary can afford to 

 be without one of these machines. 



I feel like congratulating the Root Co. for making an 

 invention that is such a satisfaction, and financially 

 to the honey-producers' interest. B. B. HOGABOOM. 



Elk Grove, Cal., Sept. 8, 1908. 



A BARGAIN IN SQUARE JARS. 



In order to reduce a surplus stock we 

 are prepared to offer a special bargain 

 in square jars of small size. These are 

 put up 100 to the crate, and, including 

 corks, we offer them as follows: 5-oz. 

 square Ponder jars, including corks, 

 $2.00 per 100; J^-lb. square Pouder jars, 

 including corks, $2.25 per 100. In 500 

 lots you may deduct 5 per cent, and in 

 1000 lots 10 per cent from above prices. 

 To make a really neat and attractive 

 finish, tinfoil caps should be added. We 

 will include these at 25 cents per 100 

 extra, either size. This is a much hand- 

 somer package than a tumbler or jelly- 

 glass, and at these prices it costs little 

 if any more. Our stock offered at this 

 price is limited, and the price holds 

 only while the stock lasts. Shipments 

 can be made only while the stock lasts. 



Shipments can be made only from Medina, at which 



point only are these jars in stock. 



BARGAINS IN HONEY-EXTRACTORS. 



We still have here and in the hands of branches and 

 dealers a number of honey-extractors which do not 

 contain the latest improvements in the way of ball 

 bearings and slip gear. These we offer, to close out, 

 at special prices which are considerably cheaper than 

 the regular machines; and to those who are looking 

 for bargains these should appeal. They are new ma- 

 chines, up to date in every respect, with the exception 

 named above. 



With Blanke & Hauk Supply Co., St. Louis, Mo. 



6 No. 4 Novice for short frames, 13xl3K or smaller. 

 Regular price $10.00. We offer these at $8.00. 



1 No. 15 Cowan for L. frames. Price $11.00. 



1 No. 17 Root automatic, 12-inch comb-pockets. 

 Price $12.50. 



2 No. 25 Root automatic for 4 frames, L. size. Price 

 $20.00 each. 



With C. H. W. Weber. Cincinnati, O. 

 1 No. 7 Novice for frames up to 11/4 in. deep. Price 

 $9.00. 



3 No. 15 Root automatic for L. frame. Price $12.00. 



1 No. 17 Root automatic with 12-inch comb-pocket. 

 Price $12.50. 

 With Joseph Nysewander, Des Moines, Iowa. 



4 No. 15 Cowan extractors for L. frame. Price $U.OO. 

 With the A. I. Root Co., St. Paul, Minn. 



1 No. 5 Novice extractor for L. frame. Price $8.00. 



1 No. 7 Novice extractor for frames up to 11}^ in. 

 deep. Price $9.00. 



4 No. 15 Cowan extractors for L. frames. Price $11.00. 



2 No. 25 Root automatic extractors for L. frame. 

 Price $20.00. 



The A. I. Root Co., Syracuse, N. Y. 



3 No. 5 Novice extractors for L. frame. Price $8.00. 



5 No. 15 Cowan extractors for L. frame. Price $11.00. 

 1 No. 18 Cowan extractor for frames up to 12 inches 

 deep. Price $13.00. 



The A. I. Root Co., Mechanic Falls, Maine. 

 1 No. 4 Novice extractor for short frames. Price 

 $8.00. 



4 No. 15 Cowan extractors for L. frame. Price $11.00. 

 The A. I. Root Co., 20 Vesey St., New York City. 



1 No. 4 Novice extractor for short frames. Price $8 00. 



1 No. 15 Cowan extractor for L. frames. Price $11.00. 



1 No. 17 Cowan extractor for frames up to 11/4 in. 

 deep. Price $12.00. 



1 No. 40 Root automatic for 8 L. frames. Price $32.00. 



The A. I. Root Co., 10 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



1 No. 4 Novice extractor for short frames. Price 

 $8 00. 



1 No. 17 Cowan extractor for frames up to 1154 in. 

 deep. Price $12.00. 



3 No. 18 Cowan extractors for frames up to 12 in. 

 deep. Price $13.00. 



1 No. 25 Root automatic extractor for L. frames. 

 Price $20.00. 



The A. I. Root Co., 1100 Maryland Ave., Washington, 

 D. C. 



3 No. 15 Root automatic extractors for L. frames. 

 Price $2.00. 



At Medina, O. 



5 No. 25 Root automatic for 4 L. frames. Price $20.00. 



EARLY-ORDER DISCOUNTS. 



Our cash discount for orders placed during this 

 month is four per cent. There is a double advantage 

 in getting goods early — you save quite a good margin 



