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on your purchase, and you have the eroods early 

 enough so that you can get them ready for use long 

 before they are actually needed, and while other work 

 is slack too. It is easy to anticipate your needs in 

 hives, frames, and sections, at least, and you may as 

 well get these now and take advantage of the dis- 

 count. We are in better shape to take prompt care of 

 orders now than we shall be later when the spring 

 rush begins. 



COLD-FRAME SASH. 



As cold weather approaches, truck-gardeners are 

 making plans for protection to the plants. We are 

 prepared to furnish not only the regular cold-frame 

 sash, 3 ft. 4 in. by 6 ft., but we also make special sash 

 to order. The regular sash are usually shipped knock- 

 ed down. Price 90 cts. each; 5, $4.75; S8.00 for 10. If 

 put up, 10 cts. each extra, without paint; add 10 cts. 

 for each coat of paint and $1.00 for glazing, making the 

 sash complete, with glass and two coats of paint, $2.20 

 each. Our sash are made of cypress, I73 thick, and as 

 regularly furnished they are grooved for glass to be 

 butted together. If preferred we also rabbet the bars 

 so glass can be lapped and set in putty. Regular sash 

 take four rows of 8x10 glass. We make on order other 

 styles and sizes. Enquiries and orders solicited. 



BEE-KEEPER'S CART. 



For years there has been a demand for a two-wheel- 

 ed cart for moving hives and honey in the apiary. We 

 are cataloging, for the first time this year, such a cart. 

 The wheels are 36 inches in diameter, while the box or 

 platform is hung low down so you can load or unload 

 without lifting so far. Neither is the load so likely to 

 tip over as it would be if above the center of the wheel. 

 The size of the platform is 28 inches wide by 32 long, 

 which will accommodate two hives side by side. The 

 box, which is removable, is 25x26, by 15 inches deep, 

 inside measure. The wheels regularly furnished have 

 a tire VA inches wide. For $2.00 extra you can have a 

 3-inch tire. The No. 1 cart, without box, costs $8.00. 

 No. 2, with box, $10.00. The carts are shipped K. D., 

 and the No. 1 weighs 100 lbs.; No. 2, 120 lbs. 



Convention Notices. 



Oklahoma is rapidly coming to the front as a honey- 

 producing State, and will strive to equal her adjoining 

 sister State of Texas in this industry'. Her display at 

 the last State fair was creditable for one of her years. 

 A call has just been issued for her bee-keepers to meet 

 in Guthrie on Thursday, Dec. 30, to organize a State 

 bee-keepers' association. At this meeting it is hoped 

 that a premium will be offered for the best method of 

 getting our experiment stations to take a greater inter- 

 est in bee culture. Who will help? 



Cherokee, Okla. GEO. N. COULSON. 



The annual meetingof the Kansas State Bee-keepers' 

 Association will meet at Topeka. Dec. 27. 28. The first 

 meeting will be held at 8 o'clock P.M., Dec. 27; also one 

 at 2 P.M. and another at 8 P.M., Dec. 28. All bee-keep- 

 ers, whether members or not, are cordially invited to 

 attend. O. A. Keene, Sec. 



Topeka, Kansas. 



Honey Markets continued from page 5. 

 Philadelphia. — The season is now well advanced, 

 with only about two weeks more for the sale of honey. 

 Prices have not changed in the last ten days, but, if 

 any thing, they will weaken from now until Christ- 

 mas. We quote fancy white comb honey, 16 to 18; 

 No. 1, 14; amber. -13; extracted white, in five-gallon 

 cans, 9; amber in barrels, 6; amber in cans, 7. Bees- 

 wax, 29. Wm. A. SELSER. 

 :: Dec. 6. 



Liverpool.— During the past fortnight the honey 

 market has been down for all descriptions except Ja- 

 maican, in which a fair business has been done. All 

 other kinds have in each case been retailed. We now 

 quote Chilian, $5.28 to $7.44 per cwt; Peruvian, $3.84 to 

 $4.80; California, $8.16 to $8.64; Jamaican. $6.72 to $7.92; 

 Haitian. $6.72 to $7.20. Beeswax continues steady at 

 the following quotations: African, $32.67 to $33.88; 

 American, $33.88 to $35.09; West Indian, $32.67 to $36.28; 

 Chilian, $35.09 to $40.52. 



Dec. 1. Taylor & Co. 



Buffalo.— There is a little better demand for white 

 comb honey. Prices remain about the same; stock of 

 white comb is not heavy here, and would soon clean 

 up if we could get a good fair demand for a short 

 time. We think it is pretty well cleaned up in the 

 country. We quote No. 1 to fancy white comb honey, 

 15 to 16; No. 2 white comb. 12 to 13; No. 3, 10 to 11; No. 

 1 amber, comb, 12 to 13; No. 1 buckwheat, comb, 12 to 

 12^2; No. 2 buckwheat, comb. 10 to 11; extracted white. 

 7/2 to 8/4; extracted amber. 7 to 7^; extracted dark. 7 to 

 7>2; tumblers (white) . 85 to 90 per dozen. Beeswax, 28 

 to 30. 



Dec. 4. W. C. Townsend. 



Albany.— Honey market is quiet and firm for the 

 straight grade of both buckwheat and clover showing 

 no signs of candying in the combs, as most of the 

 mixed grades are showing, and is causing serious 

 complaint with consumers. For some reason the 

 hardening or granulating of honey in the comb is in- 

 creasing yearly. We quote fancy white, in good con- 

 dition. 15; mixed white. 12 to 13; buckwheat straight. 

 13; mixed. 10 to 12. For extracted honey the demand 

 is good; receipts light; white, S]4; mixed, 7^ to 8; 

 buckwheat and dark, IVz to 8. Beeswax is scarce at 

 32 to 33. H. R. WRIGHT. 



Dec. 5. 



New York.— Comb honey is in fair demand, mostly 

 for No. 1 and fancy white. Off grades and buckwheat 

 do not seem to move as well, and are rather neglected. 

 While the supply is not heavy, it is sufficient to meet 

 the demand, and we have not experienced any short- 

 age as yet. Some lots are still held back by the pro- 

 ducers. We quote fancy white, 15 to 16; No. 1, 12 to 13; 

 mixed and dark, 10 to 12 according to quality. De- 

 mand is fair for nearly all kinds of extracted honey, 

 especially California, of which there seems to be a 

 large supply. Prices remain about the same as our 

 last, and we do not expect any material change within 

 the near future. Beeswax is in good demand at from 

 29 to 30. HILDRETH & SEGELKEN. 



Dec. 6. 



Mr.Bee-Man: 



Yon can sive time, 



worry, and money by 



ordering your supplies 



for next season now. 



I have a full line of Hives, Supers, Sections, Foundation — 



in fact, every thine yon need in the apiary. If yoa do not 



have a catalog, send for one to-day. 



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