GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



POULTRY 



For Sale. — Six" Buttercup hens, one rooster. 

 They are beauties; $15.00. I. B. GOOD, Marion, Ind. 



Kellerstraus Orpingtons, $1.00 each. Lath-mill 

 and typewi-iter cheap. C. Irons, Linesville, Pa. 



" Eureka " winter cases and W. R. eggs my spe- 

 cialties. Circular free. 



B. T. BOSSERMAN, Williamstown, O. 



Buttercups and Kellerstraus Orpingtons at bar- 

 gain prices if taken soon. 



Claud Irons, Linesville, Pa. 



Stock and eggs for sale, all leading varieties ; also 

 geese and Belgian hares. Catalog free. 



Levi Stumb, Richland Center, Pa. 



For Sale. — S. C. Black Orpingtons, the kind that 

 lay, weigh, and pay. My pen is headed by Black 

 Chief Junior. Eggs for hatching now booked, v3.00 

 for 15. C. L. Cole, Medina, Ohio. 



For Sale.- — S. C. Rhode Island Red, eggs and 

 chicks; chicks, $10 to $25 per 100. Eggs, $5.00 to 

 $12.50 per 100. Satisfaction guaranteed. 



C. H. ZuRBURG, Topeka, 111. 



Standard-bred heavy-laying Barred Rocks, S. C. 

 Rhode Island Reds; stock of highest quality for sale. 

 Send for catalog. Do it now. 



Crystal Spring Farm, Rt. 3, Lititz, Pa. 



Barred Rocks, Aristocrat Strain. Winners at all 

 leading shows, both meetings; 200 fine pullets and 

 250 fine cockerels. These cockerels will improve 

 your fiock tenfold the first season. 



W. G. Gilmore, Farmland, Ind. 



For Sale. — Eggs for hatching from my prize- 

 winning strain of Rose Comb Brown Leghorns — the 

 best layers I ever owned, and I have tried them all. 

 They are beauties too. Per setting of 15, $1.00. 

 Satisfaction guaranteed. 



W. O. Roudabush, Hagerstown, Md. 



INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS 



Snow-white Indian Runner ducks; handsome and 

 hardy; Pishel strain direct. Eggs for sale. 



F. J. Armstrong, Nevada, O.Jo. 



Select thoroughbred Indian Runner ducks, white 

 and fawn. Eggs, $1.00 per dozen; $7.00 per 100. 

 J.C.Wheeler, 921 Austin Boulevard, Oak Park, 111. 



True Fawn and White Indian Runner ducks. 

 Handsome and hardy, and the best of layers. I can 

 start you with the best. Eggs, $1.00 per 11. 



H. C. Lee, Box 254, Brooksville, Ky. 



Fawn and white Indian Runner duck eggs, $1.00 

 per 11; $7.00 per 100. Day-old ducklings, 25 cts. 

 each. Mailing list free. 



Kent Jennings, Mt. Gilead, O. 



For Sale. — Pure White Indian Runner ducks, 

 drakes and eggs. Pu^-white eggs guaranteed from 

 duck laying 110 eggs in 120 days. Free copy of 

 "The Indian Runner Duck Book" by Valentine with 

 each order. Applecroft, South Manchester, Ct. 



Pure Spencer Strain White Indian Runner ducks. 

 Wonderful layers of large, pure-white eggs. Eggs, 

 $5.00 per 12, $25.00 per 100. Unsatisfactory hatch- 

 es, regardless the cause, replaced at half price. 



A. R. Williams, Winchester, Ind. 



Pure-white I. R. ducks, foundation stock direct 

 from Spencer flock, California. Grandest strain on 

 earth. Lay large, pure-white eggs. American stand- 

 ard Fawn and White I. R. ducks. Grand breeding 

 stock for sale. Write me your wants. I will start 

 you with the best. Satisfaction guaranteed. 



C. O. Yost, Box D, Rt. 4, Winchester, Ind. 



Indian Runner Duck Eggs. — A golden oppor- 

 tunity to secure eggs from beautiful birds, and great 

 egg-layers, at a moderate cost; eggs, 15, $1.00; $6.00 

 per 100: eggs from large rich red S. C. R. I. Reds, 

 same price. " How to rear and produce an abun- 

 dance of eggs from the Twentieth Century Egg-ma- 

 chine " goes with each order. Fertility and safe 

 delivery absolutely guaranteed. 



Rob't Bird, Pinckneyville, 111. 



BEEKEEPERS DIRECTORY 



Nutmeg Italian queens, leather color, after June 

 1, $1.00. A. W. Yates, Hartford, Ct. 



Well-bred bees and queens. Hives and supplies. 

 J. H. M. Cook, 70 Cortlandt St., New York. 



Improved golden-yellow Italian queens for 1913; 

 beautiful, hustling, gentle workers. Send for price 

 list. E. E. Lawrence, Doniphan, Mo. 



Queens. — Improved red-clover Italians, bred for 

 business; June 1 to Nov. 15, untested queens, 75 

 cts.; select, $1.00; tested, $1.25 each. Safe arrival 

 and satisfaction guaranteed. 



H. C. Clemons, Boyd, Ky. 



Quirin's famous improved Italian quens, nuclei, 

 colonies, and bees by the pound, ready in May. Our 

 stock is nothern-bred and hardy; five yards winter- 

 ed on summer stands in 1908 and 1909 without a 

 single loss. For prices, send for circular. 



Quirin-the-Queen-breeder, Bellevue, O. 



Convention Notices 



WORCESTER COUNTY BEEKEEPERS' ASSOCIATION. 



Meetings held on the second Saturday of each 

 month, except July and August, at 2 p. m., at Hor- 

 ticultural Hall, Worcester, Mass. 



March 8, Stimulative Feeding, Prof. O. F. Fuller 



April 12, Building Up for Work, Arthur C. Mill 

 er, State Inspector, Providence, R. I. 



May 10, Swarming and Requeening, Allan La 

 tham, Norwich, Conn. 



June 14, Address, Wilfrid Wheeler, Concord 

 Mass., Sec. State Board of Agriculture. 



Summer Field Meeting. Date, location, and pro 

 gram to be announced. 



September 13, Address, Burton N. Gates, Ph. D. 

 State Inspector, Amherst, Mass. 



October 11, Rights of Beekeepers, Arthur Monroe, 

 Spencer, Mass. 



November 8, Comb and Extracted Honey, A 

 Flansberg, Marlboro, Mass. 



December 13, Value of Inspection, J. L. Byard 

 Inspector, Marlboro, Mass. 



January 10, 1914, Annual Meeting. Election of 

 officers. Reports of officers. General discussion of 

 year's work. 



AN OPPORTUNITY' FOR BEEKEEPERS. 



Beekeepers all over the country will be ii;terested 

 in an announcement of a beekeepers' day at the 

 fifth annual farmers' week of the Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College, on March 20. A program has 

 been arranged which will prove attractive to any 

 one interested in matters apicultural. The Hamp- 

 shire, Hampden, and Franklin Beekeepers' Associa- 

 tion will hold its annual meeting at 11:30, at which 

 time W. M. Purrington, President of the Associa- 

 tion, will speak on " Increase in the Apiary." At 

 the same meeting E. F. Nichols will make his re- 

 port as delegate to the National convention in Cin- 

 cinnati. Lectures will also be given during the day 

 by Irving W. Davis, Deputy Inspector of Apiaries ; 

 Dr. K. J. Franklin, Expert in Charge of Mijssachu- 

 setts cranberry investigations ; Allen Latham, Pres- 

 ident of the Connecticut Beekeepers' Association ; 

 John L. Byard, Deputy Inspector of Apiaries, and 

 Dr. B. N. Gates, of the Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College. An opportunity will be given to visit and 

 inspe( t the apiary building and the apicultural mu- 

 seum. 



