SEPTEMBER 1, 1913 



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Thanking my many friends for their liberal pa- 

 tronage, I will extend the present prices of my fa- 

 mous Moore strain of three-banded Italian queens 

 to Oct. 1, and then, on account of other business, I 

 shall be obliged to stop for this season. Do not send 

 me any orders for queens after that date. Prices: 

 Untested, 75 cts. ; 10 for $6.50; tested, 90 cts. ; 10 

 for ¥7.50. Not less than 6 queens to one address. 

 H. D. Murray, Mathis, Texas. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



White and brown ferrets. Stamp for description 

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



Golden Seal. — Cuttings, plants, and seed-bearing 

 roots for sale. Ask for prices 



J. A. Honabarger, Warsaw, Ohio. 



For Sale. — 1912 crop ginseng seed. Ten thou- 

 sand lots or more, 50 cts. per 1000. 



S. Pitts, Stronghurst, 111. 



For Sale. — Collie pups (Reg. A.K.C.), by Ch. 

 Ravenwood's Reward, with very best blood lines. 

 Send 4 cts. in stamps for pedigree and price. 



R. C. R., Box 95, Clyde, Ohio. 



Single-comb White Leghorns. — $1.00 each; pullets 

 and cockerels, yearlings and cocks; shipped any- 

 where. As many as desired. Write for catalog. 



WooDWORTH Farm, Wilton, Conn. 



Have nice ripe tomatoes in November from your 

 late green crop. Ripen witliout sunshine. Let me in- 

 struct you how. Address, with stamps, 520 Atwood 

 St., Longmont, Colo. 



HELP WANTED 



Wanted. 

 season. 



-Experienced man in apiaries for rest of 

 F. B. Cavanagii, Hebron, Ind. 



Wanted. — Man to take charge of a small apiary 

 on shares. U. A. Vincent, Mars Bluff, S. C. 



BEEKEEPERS' DIRECTORY 



If you need queens by return mail, send to 

 •J. W. K. Shaw & Co., Loreauville, Iberia Parish, La. 



Nutmeg 

 1, $1.00. 



Italian queens, leather color, after June 

 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 liy the pound, ready in May. Our 

 stock is nortliern-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, Ohio. 



SPECIAL NOTICES 



A. I. Root 



THE WOMEN OP PARIS, ETC. 



The following letter, just at hand, ex- 

 [ilaiiis itself: 



Our attention has been called to a letter printed 

 by you in your August 1st number, on page 556, 

 under the heading, " The Women of France, a Plea 

 ill their Behalf," in which appears the following sen- 

 tence: " Cook's Agency pours by the carload its tour- 

 ists into the small and dirty theatres of Montmartre." 

 Tliis reference to our business is false, and, no 

 doubt, libelous, and is calculated to do us consider- 

 able injury. We feel that it was inadvertently pub 

 lished by you, as you would hardly allow any one 

 to attack a firm of our reputation and standing, and 

 we must ask you to publish a retraction and apology 

 in your next issue. 



Thos. Cook & Son, 

 per George S. Harrison, M'gr. 



New York, Aug. 23. 



Permit me to add that I printed the letter 

 sent us, just as it came, without any thought 

 of endorsing it, and I humbly beg pardon 

 of Cook's Agency or of anybody else who 

 has been misrepresented by said letter. 



ONE OP OUR FLORIDA NEIGHBORS TELLS OF 

 HIS SUMMER TRIP IN THE NORTH. 



The letter below was evidently not in- 

 tended for print ; but as it gives glimpses 

 of several things that will be of interest to 

 onr readers I have decided to give it entii'e. 



Dear Friends: — We have now been home a few 

 days, and I am trying to gather up the broken 

 threads again after nine weeks' absence. We had a 

 splendid trip, every minute of it with pleasure and 

 profit intermingled; but the one day with you stands 

 out as perhaps the most enjoyable one of the whole 

 vacation. To say that we will not soon forget the 

 very great kindness of all Rootville is putting it very 

 mildly. Indeed, we were embarrassed with the cor- 

 diality of your greeting; and for it to come from 

 people who a short time ago were strangers to us 

 makes it all the more appreciated. 



Every thing that you showed us was interesting — 

 so interesting that I have regretted many times that 

 we could not have remained a day or two more with 

 you. With all of your wonderful things to show, and 

 your kindness to visitors, I can easily see how Me- 

 dina is the Mecca of beekeepers the world over. 

 While your plant is interesting to me in every detail, 

 and shows thought and skill of a very high order, 

 still the Root family itself, with all of its ramifica- 

 tions, its kindly feeling and love and harmony, is to 

 me the most interesting thing. I wonder if there is 

 another institution on earth run in the same way; 

 and if it could be if its founder had not planted it 

 and developed it in faith and love. It will be to me 

 an inspiration to better things for many days. 



We found a good deal of hot weather in July. 

 Chicago, which is generally pretty cool, was sizzling 

 hot when we were there. So was it out in Illinois 

 at my old home, and in Southern Indiana where we 

 visited. In fact, it was so hot in several places that 

 we were greatly relieved to get to Florida, as it has 

 been very cool and pleasant here ever since we ar- 

 rived home. 



Michigan and Northern Illinois had good rains, 

 and the crops were excellent; but south of Indian- 

 apolis to Chattanooga it was very dry and the crops 

 jioor. I suppose that tliis will affect the supply of 

 honey; but it ought to be correspondingly large 

 further north, for the white and sweet clover were 

 luxuriant everywhere. The Florida honey crop is 

 rather light. 



Mr. Root's dasheen is doing finely, and is from two 

 to four feet high. Mr. Harrison's is higher, and Mr. 

 Ault's is, some of it, over six feet. I shall be very 

 much interested in seeing what ^ubers are developed, 

 and what we think of them. The stuff can surely be 

 grown here very easily, and at a time of the year 

 when our land would otherwise be idle. I expect to 



