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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



POULTRY 



Kellerstraus Orpingtons, $1.00 each. Lath-mill 

 and typewriter cheap. C. Irons, Linesville, Pa. 



Buff Orpingtons, Buff Leghorns, Anconas. 



Marle W. Wemmer, Jacksonville, Ohio. 



Sicilian Buttercups. Best of all. Eggs for hatch- 

 ing. Mating list free. D. S. Durall, Hurdland, Mo. 



Prize-winning Barred Rocks. Write for mating 

 list — it's free. Satisfaction guaranteed. 



W. H. Porter, Sandy Lake, Pa. 



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

 cialties. Circular free. 



B. T. BossERMAN, Williamstown, Ohio. 



Stock and eggs for sale, all leading varieties ; also 

 geese and Belgian hares. Catalog free. 



Levi Stumb, Richland Center, Pa. 



Sicilian Buttercups. The most persistent layers 

 and non-sitting variety. Eggs, $1.50 and $3.00 per 

 15. Walter M. Adema, Berlin, Mich. 



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, $3.00 

 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 flock 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 RUNNEE DUCKS 



Indian Runner, ia,vm and white; Harshbarger 

 white-egg strain; 12 eggs, $1.00. 



C. L. Brooks, Deansboro, N. Y. 



Snow-white Indian Runner ducks ; handsome and 

 hardy ; Fishel strain direct. Eggs lor sale. 



F. J. Armstrong, Nevada, Ohio. 



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 Pawn 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, Ohio. 



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 opportu- 

 nity 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. R«ds, 

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

 dance of eggs from the Twentieth Century Egg-ma- 

 cliine " goes with each order. Fertility and safe 

 deliver}' 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 queens, nuclei, 

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

 stock is northern-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-Quben-breeder, Bellevue, Ohio. 



SPECIAL NOTICES 



By Our Business Manager 



sweet-clover seed. 



The demand for sweet-clover seed, especially the 

 white, is brisk, and we have already sold more than 

 half our stock of seed, and could have cleaned it all 

 out, but have reserved some for our regular trade. 

 If you are expecting to order, you had better get 

 your order in while the supply lasts, as there is a 

 very active demand. If any of our readers have any 

 surplus to offer, let us hear from you, with sample. 



We have a good supply of white, both annual and 

 biennial. Most of the yellow offered by seedsmen is 

 the annual variety, which is not to be compared 

 with the biennial. The latter is very similar to the 

 white ; comes into bloom about two or three weeks 

 earlier, and therefore prolongs the honey-flow that 

 much. We quote: 



Samples mailed free on request, 



MAPLE SUGAR AND SYRUP. 



The disappointments of last season should not 

 deter any one from placing an order for maple 

 sugar or syrup this coming season. To-day, Feb. 20, 

 the siigar-makers in this section begin tapping their 

 trees, and there is every resason to look for a fair 



