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Try my famous strain of bees and queens, and be 

 convinced that they are all I claim for them. For 

 honey-g-athering- they have few equals, being bred 

 strictly for business from the best strains that could 

 be had, both queens and drones, as it is as important 

 to have drones of the best as it is queens. Queens, 

 Italian three-band, or Golden five-band, and Carnio- 

 lans, bred in separate yards. Untested, 1, 81.00: 6, 

 $5.00; 12, .*9.00; 2.5, $17.50; ,50, $U.OO. Nuclei with the 

 untested queen, one-frame, .S2..50: 6 one-frame, 815.00; 

 two-frame, 83.50; 6 two-frame, 820.00. Nuclei with 

 tested queen, one-frame, 83.00; 6 one-frame, 817.40; two- 

 frame, 84.00: fi twoframe, 823.40. Satisfaction and safe 

 arrival and prompt service guaranteed. 



D. E. Brothers, Attalla, Ala. 



HELP WANTED 



Wanted. — -First-class beeman to take charge of 

 600 colonies of bees in southwest Texas. Unless 

 competent, and able to give references, don't apply. 

 34388 Box 1048, San Antonio, Texas. 



Wanted. — Young man of good habits who does 

 not use intoxicating liquors or tobacco to work with 

 bees for season of 1913. State wages and experi- 

 ence in first letter. P. O. Cohocton, Rt. 3. 



M. C. SiLSBEE, Haskinville, N. Y. 



MISCELLANE OUS 



White and brown ferrets. Stamp tor description 

 and prices. Jewell's Ferret Kennels, Spencer, O. 



For Sale. — Soy beans, green flowering dahlia, 

 thornless raspberry; 20 named dahlia, $1.00 by mail. 

 Circular free. JACOB McQueen, Baltic, Ohio. 



Senator Dunlap strawberr.v-plants. Good plants 

 by mail, per 50, 45 cts.; 100, 75 cts.; 300, $1.70: 

 by express, 1000, $.^.75. 



P. A. Anderson. Grand Mound, Iowa. 



Maple syrup of finest quality, now ready for 

 shipment. One-gallon can. .'Jl.lS; per case of six 

 one-gallon cans. So. 60, F. O. B. Address 



C. C. Parkhurst, Kt. 1, Phalanx Station, Ohio. 



Dahlias. — The flower for everybody. Easy to 

 grow, sure to bloom; splendid for cutting; select 

 colors and varieties. We will send 7 choice tubers, 

 all different colors, including cactus varieties, named 

 and labeled, for $1.00, prepaid to any postoffice in 

 the United States. Order early. Ambrose & Knight, 

 The Seed People, Dept. A, Urbana, Ohio. 



POULTRY 



Buflf Orpingtons, Buflf Leghorns, Anconas. 



Marle W. Wemmer, Jacksonville, Ohio. 



Sicilian Buttercups. Best of all. Eggs for hatch- 

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



For Sale. — S. C. White Leghorn eggs for hatch- 

 ing, $4.00 per 100. B. Chase, Earlville, N. Y. 



Prize-winning Barred Rocks. Write for mating 

 list — it's free. Satisfaction guaranteed. 



W. H. Porter, Sandy Lake, Pa. 



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 lavers 

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

 15. Walter M. Adema, Berlin, Mich. 



Eggs at a sacrifice from my prize-winners. Pure 

 Kellerstrass Crystal White Orpingtons. Grand type, 

 and pure white; $3.00 per 15; $5.00 per 30. 



James R. Lampson, Medina, Ohio. 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



For Sale. — S. C. White Leghorns of quality, pro- 

 lific layers of large snow-white eggs; 15, $1.50. 

 Valley City Poultry Farm, 

 Rt. 12, Grand Rapids, 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. 



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. 



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. 



Eggs from prize-winning single comb Buff Or- 

 pingtons — 2 special pens; Martz and Rogers strain, 

 $3.50 per 15; utility flock, free range, $1.25 per 

 15; $5.50 per 100. Also eggs from fawn and white 

 Indian Runner ducks, scoring up to 94%; $1.50 

 per 13 ; $4.50 per 50. James McKendrick. 



Glenlussa Farm, Ernie, Iowa. 



INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS 



Snow-white Indian Runner ducks ; handsome and 

 hardy ; Fishel strain direct. Eggs for 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 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, Ohio. 



Indian Runner duck eggs, 13 for $1.00. Fawn 

 and white, white-egg strain. Also Mammoth Black 

 Bronze turkey eggs, 25 cts. per egg. 

 Sarah Widrig, Rt. 29, Burt, Niagara Co., N. Y. 



Pure Spencer Strain White Indian Runner Ducks. 

 Wonderful layers of large pure-white eggs. Write 

 for prices of stock and eggs. 



Breeze Hii.i. PorLTRV Farm, A. R. Williams, Prop., 

 Route 4, Winchester, Ind. 



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. 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. 



