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Italian bees and queen, single-frame 



nucleus, in observatory hives. $3.00 $2.00 $1.00 



Black bees and queen, single-frame 

 nucleus, in observatory hives. $3.00 $2.00 $1.00 



Carniolan bees and queen, single- 

 frame nucleus, in observatory hives 

 $3.00 $2.00 $1.00 



Caucasian bees and queen, single- 

 comb nucleus, in observatory hives 

 $3.00 $2.00 $1.00 



Queen-rearing nucleus, showing frame 

 of queen-cells, in observatory hives 

 $5.00 $3.00 $2.00 



Pull colony in full-size observatory 

 hive, showing different parts and 

 appliances of hive, most instructive 

 $3.00 $2.00 $1.00 



Largest, best, and most instructive 

 display of nuclei of different races 

 of bees in single-comb observatory 

 hives $5.00" $3.00 $2.00 



Largest, be.st, most interesting, attrac- 

 tive, and instructive exhibition in 

 this department, all things to be 



considered $15.00 $10.00 $5.00 



The association has placed at the disposal of the 



department director a fund which he may procure; 



1, demonstration of the treatment and handling of 



bees; 2, the use of machines in extracting honey, 



and a demonstration of the process of restoring the 



comb for refilling. 



SPECIAL NOTICES 



A. I. BOOT 



" PEACH JUICE " TROM EVAPORATED PEACHES. 



Mrs. Root calls my attention to a mistake in one 

 of my statements on page 425, June 15. I said 1 

 thought she used about a pound of peaches to a 

 quart of water. She says it should have been one- 

 fourth of a pound to a quart of water; and this M 

 lb. in a quart of water gives me both peaches and 

 juice for two of my fruit suppers, and so- the peaches 

 I now have every day with my apples cost only 1 % 

 cents for each meal. With "the above amount of 

 water, peach juice is by no means an expensive 

 drink compared with the drinks at the soda foun- 

 tains, and I am sure it is more wholesome, for it is 

 just pure water and " uncooked food " — the food 

 and drink the great Father himself prepared for our 

 health and happiness. 



VENTILATED SHOES, ETC. 



Since what was said in Special Notices in our 

 issue for June 15, when the hot weather came on 

 I found my ventilated shoes spoken of too heavy, 

 and my feet became unpleasantly warm. I am now 

 feeling happy because of some cheap cloth shoes such 

 as Mrs. Root wears. They cost only $1.25; and if 

 I am careful to put on different shoes whenever it 

 rains and we have muddy weather, a pair lasts me 

 quite a while. They are made of such thin cloth 

 that they are almost as comfortable as going bare- 

 foot; and with a little care in keeping the dust 

 brushed off with a good stiff brush they do not look 

 very untidy — that is, I do not have to apologize for 

 being around " barefooted " when visitors come un- 

 expectedly. I suppose they can be had at almost 

 any shoestore here in the North, although I did 

 not succeed in finding any in Bradentown, Fla. 



THE AMERICAN SEARCHLIGHT. 



If you wish to keep track of the way in which 

 civic reform is going on at the present time by 

 leaps and bounds, you should subscribe for the 

 American Searchlight, published by the American 

 Civic Reform Union, 511 Caxton Building, Cleve- 

 land. Every citizen of Ohio should be interested in 

 our Ohio law against "pandering," approved by 

 Governor Cox April 23, to be effective in 90 days. 

 This law makes it a penitentiary offense of from 

 two to twelve years for being in any manner ac- 

 cessory to leading a young girl astray, or to be en- 

 gaged directly or indirectly in any phase of the 

 white-slave traffic. Besides the penitentiarv penal- 

 ties there is a fne of from $1000 to $5000. The 

 complete law is given in the May issue of the Search- 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



light. I am especially interested in this Civic Re- 

 form Club, because The A. I. Root Co. had some- 

 tliing to do with getting it started. The subscription 

 price of the journal is 50 cents a year. Address 

 Albert Sidney Gregg, editor, as above. 



" STARVING AMERICA." 



In reply to the many inquiries in regard to the 

 price of this book see the following: 



We are in receipt of your note drawing our at- 

 tention to your review of McCann's " Starving 

 America." The price of this book is $1.50 net, and 

 we should be glad to have you note this in your 

 next issue of Gleanings. 



We are unable to find any trace of your previous 

 request for the book. In sending out review copies 

 we always enclose a slip giving the price, or mark 

 the price on the title-page. 



.New York, June 10. George H. Doran Co. 



As friend Terry also gave the book quite a favor- 

 able notice it has been rather perplexing not to be 

 able to give the price. We think the book is well 

 worth the money. 



Later. — We have just made arrangements where- 

 by we can furnish the above book clubbed with 

 Gleanings for an even $2.00. 



DASHEEN FOR PLANTING. 



Dasheen bulbs are finally for sale by a Tampa 

 seedsman. The following explains itself: 



Mr. A. I. Root: — I am sending you an advertise- 

 ment which I clip from The Alabama Times. 



Kerens, W. Va. C. R. Miller. 



.SOMETHING NEW SOMETHING GOOD. 



Recommended and endorsed by the government 

 and leading agriculturists, the dasheen — queen of 

 the potato family, should be planted by every farm- 

 er. It tastes better than the sweet potato ; yields 

 live times as much as the sweet potato; keeps Isetter 

 than the sweet potato. We want every farmer in the 

 United States to plant a few dasheens this year — 

 next year you will plant acres. On receipt of 15 

 cents (stamps or coin) we will mail you a quart of 

 dasheen bulbs — enough to plant a big patch. Only 

 one quart to each farmer. Don't ask for more. Full 

 particulars how to start and grow the dasheen with 

 every quart order. Address Crenshaw Bros. Seed 

 Co., Tampa, Fla. Be sure to mention the Times. 

 If you don't, this order can't be filled. 



I am acquainted with the Crenshaw Brothers 

 Seed Co., and they are, without doubt, good for 

 whatever they offer. As there is no date to the above 

 clipping, we can not be sure they are prepared at 

 the present time to furnish bulbs. 



TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND BARRELS OP SEED 

 POTATOES. 



The above is the amount grown in the State of 

 Maine for one seed-potato firm in Boston, Mass. 

 These potatoes are held in cold storage so they will 

 be in fine condition to plant in Florida, or anywhere 

 else, for that matter, on the face of the earth. A 

 carload has just been shipped to a seedsman in Tam- 

 pa, Florida, to be held in cold storage until October 

 and November. A sample of the Red Bliss Triumph 

 has been submitted to me, and it was certainly in 

 beautiful condition for planting. In fact, it has al- 

 ready been cut in two and planted. You see this 

 solves the difficulty of having good nice firm seed 

 potatoes ready to plant anywhere in the world, and 

 in any month of the year. The difficulty of raising 

 our own seed potatoes down in Florida is that, un- 

 less we have cold storage, it is a difficult matter to 

 keep them in good condition until planting-time in 

 the fall. I have succeeded fairly well in keeping 

 them in my incubator cellar covered with dry sand, 

 except that the sprouts on them vi'ere rather long 

 when I got around to care for them the first of 

 November. 



Of course it is somewhat risky to plant potatoes 

 on the dates mentioned during the average winter 

 around Bradentown and in Manatee Co. Quite often 

 we have frosts more or less; but if the potatoes are 

 not too far along, even if they are nipped and killed 

 down pretty close to the ground, they will pick up 

 and make a good crop. He who succeeds, or even 

 contributes to the siiccess of giving hungry human- 



