Mar. 15. 1912 



By OuK Business Manager 



We have about two tons of choice Michigan and 

 New York State amber extracted honey in five-gal- 

 lon cans. The largest part of the honey was gath- 

 ered from clover, but we presume many of the pro- 

 ducers were busy with other work so did not get it 

 extracted until after the fall flows came on, so there 

 is enough dark honey mixed with this to grade it 

 amber. We offer it put up in the original packages 

 of two five-gallon cans to the case, at 8/4 cents per 

 lb., delivered in good condition on board the cars 

 at Medina. We seldom have a lot of honey as good 

 as the above at such a low price. In ordering men- 

 tion lot No. 107. 



SWEET-CLOVEB SEED. 



We are obliged to make a f ui-ther advance in the 

 price of hulled white-sweet-clover seed. We are 

 sold out for the time being; but a new importation 

 is expected in New York March 18. The importer 

 has raised the price on us, and we in turn must 

 mark up our price to the following: 1 lb., 27 cts.; 10 

 lbs. at 24; 25 lbs. at 23; 100 lbs. at 22, subject to fur- 

 ther changes in the market, and subject to our be- 

 ing able to secure the seed. The demand is greater 

 than ever before. Of the unhulled biennial yellow 

 we have only a few hundred pounds; and when 

 that is gone we can not obtain more until a new 

 crop is gathered. We still have a good stock of un- 

 hulled white and hulled annual yellow. 



ONE-FRAME OBSERVATION HIVES. 



In cleaning up some stock we find quite a num- 

 ber of the one-frame observation hives which we 



used to sell years ago. The style Is shown in the 

 illustration above. They are made to take glass 9 

 by 19 each side, and no shutters are provided to 

 cover the glass. We offer them in flat, without 

 glass, at 35 cents each; put up and finished with 

 glass, $1.25 each. 



MAPLE SUGAR AND SYRUP. 



Owing to the heavy demand last year for our Ohio 

 rock-maple syrup and sugar we have decided to 

 book orders in advance of the crop at the following 

 prices; 



Single one-gallon can or one case of six one-gal- 

 lon cans, at 11.25 per gallon. 



Two to ten cases of six one-gallon cans to case, at 

 81.15 per gallon. 



Larger quantities, 75 to 100 gallons, at $1.10 per 

 gallon. 



For a number of years we have not been able to 

 get sufficient quantities of maple sugar to meet the 

 demand. We hope this year to obtain a larger sup- 

 ply. We quote as follows; 



1 to 25 lbs. best rock-maple sugar at 15 cts. per lb. 



26 to 50 lbs. ditto at 14 cts. 



50 to 250 lbs. ditto at 13 cts. 



250 to 1000 lbs. ditto at 12 cts. 



Our inspection of sugar and syrup as they come 

 in from the producers will be more rigid than ever, 

 as our requirements are based upon U. S. standard 

 regarding the color, flavor, and purity of both su- 

 gar and syrup. Let us book your order now, as the 

 first run Is considered by all to be the best. 



NEW BOOKLET OF HONEY RECIPES. 



Booklet No. 31 of our Beekeepers' Ten-cent Libra- 

 ry, entitled "The Use of Honey in Cooking," is a 



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collection of about 100 tested recipes for making 

 cakes, cookies, breads, etc., in which honey is used. 

 In many ways this is the most complete and inter- 

 esting honey-recipe book which has ever been pre- 

 pared for wide distribution. The recipes were col- 

 lected from beekeepers and good cooks every- 

 where, and carefully tested under our personal 

 supervision during the past year. Only those that 

 have given entirely satisfactory results are includ- 

 ed in this collection. 



By way of illustration, "The Use of Honey in 

 Cooking " has as a front cover a reproduction of a 

 capped comb, and on the five following right-hand 

 pages, opposite descriptive reading-matter, these 

 illustrations appear in order: "The same comb 

 that we show on cover with the cappings shaved oflf 

 with a sharp knife, exposing the dripping honey in 

 the cells;" "The uncapped combs being lowered 

 into a honey-extractor ; " "Honey-extractor in op- 

 eration, showing how the combs are whirled rapid- 

 ly and the honey thrown out of the cells by centrif- 

 ugal force against the inside of the can;" "Draw- 

 ing off the honey through the gate at the bottom o£ 

 the extractor ;" "The comb after being taken from 

 the extractor, showing the cells are undisturbed 

 and the comb as good as new, and ready to be filled 

 again by the bees." Thus it will be seen that the 

 complete process of the making of extracted honey 

 Is pictorlally explained. This is a result which has 

 long been sought, to correct the popular impres- 

 sion as to the manufacture of extracted honey by 

 some artificial process. 



Under the heading of " Food Value of Honey " an 

 introductory of seven or eight pages appears, with 

 a discussion of the subjects, ' What is Honey ? " 

 "Different Flavors of Honey;" "Why Use Honey 

 in Cooking?" "Where to Keep Honey;" "Honey 

 Recipes;" "Caution Regarding the Use of Honey 

 in Cooking." 



The recipes are set in ten-point type of plain and 

 readable face, and the booklet is printed on paper 

 of very fine quality, with paper cover. There are 

 64 pages in all. While there will be a great demand 

 for single copies of this booklet from our readers 

 and friends throughout the world at the price of 10 

 cents per copy, we anticipate a still larger demand 

 from beekeepers, who will appreciate the advan- 

 tage of using advertising matter of this high class 

 in their honey-selling campaigns. We have print- 

 ed copies of "The Use of Honey in Cooking "in 

 considerable quantities, and the back cover page 

 has been left blank so that the advertisement of the 

 local dealer or honey-distributor may be placed 

 thereon. It is our desire to offer these booklets for 

 sale in quantities, as desired, at the following 

 prices, which include the printing of an advertise- 

 ment or price list, with name and address upon the 

 back cover. No other address will be given in 

 your booklet. 

 100 copies of "The Use of Honey in Cooking," 



printed with your advertisement, - - 14.50 



150 ditto, - - - • 6.00 



200 ditto, 7.75 



250 ditto, 9.25 



500 ditto, 17.25 



1000 ditto, 25.00 



Quotations on larger quantities upon request. 



By A. I. Root 



" A NATION OF BEGGARS." 



I want every reader of Gleanings who is not al- 

 ready taking the Practical Farmer, Philadelphia, 

 to send a post card asking for their issue of Feb. 24, 

 as a sample copy; then read Terry's article, "A 

 Nation of Beggars." The "tipping" business is 

 being done away with, along with other " swindles," 

 and it is high time the begging business in church 

 and out of church was stopped. Terry says people 

 are staying away from church because they can 

 not stand this everlasting urging to give for this, 

 that, and the other. In another column he tells us 

 If /)2/ it " costs so much to live," nowadays. One 

 reason is because we continue to pay $9.00 a bushel 

 for corn ("toasted cornflakes") when the corn in 

 our cribs is worth only 65 cts. a bushel. We not 

 only lose health, but help to make mlUioniares of 

 the men who stack up their foods in paper boxes 

 in our groceries. 



