APRIL 15, 1913 



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Famous Dumaresq Buttercups and stock. Send 

 eggs to England, Cuba, Canada, and California, 

 with good reports and safety. My matings are tine 

 this year. Pens headed by " Dewey," blue-ribbon 

 winner — first pen at Rochester ; this year Toronto, 

 second, and Palermo second, all blue-ribbon win- 

 ners. Testimonials of pullets laying in 124 days. 

 Eggs for hatching. Send for circular. 



Mrs. J. S. DUMAEESQ, 

 Cato's Hall, Rt. 5, Easton, Maryland. 

 Vice-president American Buttercup Club. 



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, III. 



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. 



Fawu 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. 



Eggs that hatch from I. R. ducks, Houdans, Leg- 

 horns, Orpingtons, Minorcas, Wyanodts, Ganses, and 

 M. B. turkeys. Send for mating list. 



Brookside Farm, Trimble, 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 Hill Poultry Farm, 



A. R. Williams, Prop., Rt. 4, Winchester, Ind. 



SPECIAL NOTICES 



By Our Business Manager 



Our subscribers, when planning to place orders, 

 will do well to inquire whether or not oui' advertis- 

 ers can supply queens on the dates desired. Mr. F. 

 Hughes, Gillett, Ark., writes us under date of April 

 4 that he is booked full for spring delivery. 



Do you want eggs from the original Fawn and 

 White Indian Runner ducks? Send $1.25, and 15 

 pure-white eggs will be delivered to you in perfect 

 hatching condition, by prepaid parcel post. S. C. R. 

 I. Reds eggs the same price. 



Rob't Bird, Pinckneyville, 111. 



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 guarnteed. 



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



BEEKEEPERS DIRECTORY 



Jfutmeg Italian queens, leather color, after June 

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



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 curcular. 



QuiRiN-THE-QuEEN-BEEEDER, Bellevue, Ohio. 



1913 EDITION or a B C AND X Y Z OF BEE CULTURE. 



We are just completing the first copies of the lat- 

 est edition of fifteen thousand, and hope to be send- 

 ing them out before the first of May. The revision 

 of this edition has been more thorough than any 

 previous one, and it is from an entirely new face of 

 type, and the size increased to over 750 pages. The 

 pVice is also raised to $2.00 postpaid, or $2.75 for 

 the half-leather edition. We still have a few copies 

 of the 1910 edition for sale at the old price, $1.50 

 postpaid, or $1.25 with other goods not prepaid. 



LECTURES ON BEEKEEPING. 



We have arranged to continue the lectures on our 

 roof at 10 Vine St., Philadelphia, on Tuesdays and 

 Fridays from 11 to 12 o'clock, during May and 

 June. Tuesdays will be devoted to instructions for 

 beginners, handling bees, taking swarms, preparing 

 for the honey-flow, etc.| Fridays will be for advanc- 

 ed beekeepers, the scientific side of the transforma{ 

 tion of nectar, the formation of wax, with some in- 

 structions as to the bacteriological side of foul brood, 

 its contagion, etc. Kindly note that the hour is 11 

 to 12, on both Tuesday and Friday. 



Up to the time of going to press we have had com- 

 paratively few reports of serious loss to beekeepers 

 or supply-dealers in Ohio from the recent floods, al- 

 though there have undoubtedly been many individual 

 losses not yet reported. The most serious loss to 

 supply dealers' stock is probably that reported by 

 E. W. Peiree, Zanesville, whose announcement is 

 found on page 9. Mr. Peiree, writing us on April 

 2, said that the water reached a point 16 feet higher 

 than any previous record, the crest of the flood com- 

 ing within three feet of the ceiling of the second 

 floor. Mr. Peiree says: "As yet I am unable to 

 make any thing like an acurate estimate of the loss. 

 Providentially the last carload order was not in, and 

 the stock was the lowest for several years." Advices 

 received in the last few days from Mr. Peiree indi- 

 cate that he is now able to take care of business 

 promptly, and his many friends and customers will 

 do him a favor by sending along their orders as 

 usual. 



SWEET-CLOYER SEED. 



So far as we can learn, the supply of wliite-sweet- 

 clover seed, either hulled or unhuUed, is exhausted, 

 excepting two moderate-sized lots in the hands of 

 seed-dealers, which is being held at very firm prices 

 We can offer hulled imported seed from New York 

 in lots of 100 lbs. or more, or hulled domestic seed 

 from Lawrence, Kan., subject to previous sale and 

 supply on hand, at $28.00 per 100 lbs. The supply 

 is so limited that you w\\\ need to speak quickly if 

 you secure any of it. A number who have ordered 

 the white sweet clover, which we have been unable 

 to supply for several weeks, have consented to take 

 the yellow biennial, of which we still have a fair 

 stock on hand. From all that we can learn, we be- 

 lieve you will make no mistake in trying this vari- 

 ety. For all purposes it is considered by many who 

 have tried it fully equal to the white. We will sup- 

 ply the seed, while it lasts, at the same old price at 

 which we have been selling. 



1 lb. 10 lb. 25 lb. 100 lb. 

 Hulled veUow biennial, .28 $2.60 $6.25 $24.00 



Unhulled yellow biennial, .21 1.90 4.50 17.00 

 Hulled vellow annual, .14 1.20 2.75 10.00 



The ABC and X Y Z of Bee Culture came to 

 hand. I want to say the information I got by read- 

 ing about swarming, uniting, transferring, feeding 

 I for winter and stimulation, are alone worth the 

 I price of the book, not saying any thing further on 

 the other subjects it contains. You certainly have 

 I given the book the right name, as it gives you just 

 what you want from start to finish. 



Frank Langohr. 

 Columbia City, Ind., March 5. 



