March 15, 1900. 



AMERICAN BER JOURNAL, 



173 



<ler chanticleer. He rests in piece-es. 



You would naturally suppose that 

 ■donkey's could have nothing to trouble 

 them but brutal men and thoug'htless 

 boys, but they really get sick every 

 now and then, generally as the result 

 of bad treatment and starvation ; and 

 finally die like other living beasties. 

 Their greatest trouble is an inflamma- 

 tion of the stomach, which bloats and 

 swells until death comes to their relief. 

 But whenever they can find a patch of 

 big bull-thistles there is their panacea. 

 They'll eat and eat of its prickly 

 leaves, and lie down in the hot sun, 

 and shortly they are well. 



But what a miserable life is theirs ! 

 A 2S0-pound brute straddles the poor 

 little burro, armed with a big club to 

 beat it, and expects to climb the 

 side of a steep hill with him 1 As well 

 expect a child to carry a big sack of 

 •corn I Such inhumanity has made my 

 blood boil more than once, and I have 

 ■often wisht that patient Jennie would 

 spill its burly tormentor down the 

 precipice, irrespective of consequences. 



The patient ox, too, is not proof 

 against sickness. Men have trouble 

 enough with one stomach, but old 

 Jerry has three of them — no wonder he 

 feels out of sorts at times. But he 

 knows just how to cure himself if 

 turned loose to find his medicine. He 

 waddles along with his nose nearly to 

 the ground, hollow-eyed and heated 

 horns, now and then so weak he braces 

 his legs so he can stand up. He makes 

 a bee-line for the clump of poke-berries 

 yonder in the pasture-lot — he's had it 

 in mind a long time, and he is no 



K HAMMOND'S 



Michigan NorttierR-Grown Onion Seed. I 



Isold56,0001bs. of tlii8see<iinl89fl. My 

 customers report yields cf 450 to 1,265 

 bushels of oaioiis per acre from this 

 seed. Some of them intimate that this 

 seed U worth ii(5 to $10 perlb. mure 

 than the Caiifornia grown seed sold by 

 anybody. 1 cuaruntee thin seed to be 

 new and freshly grown. Wo have seed 

 of all the leading and standard varie- 

 ties. We make special prices on larure 

 lots. Onion sets of all varieties. Buy 

 direct from the erower. Catalotrue — 

 extended and illustrated— irce. 

 ^ Harry N. Hammond, Seedsmao. 



Ilox 2 , FIHELD, MICH. 



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WE TRUST THE PUBLIC 



itiiil Heiiil o 

 rertponxible 



(^uhutorM to 



1 Incubator anil pay tor it before giviot; il a 

 ♦ trial. It is made so that nobody can fail 

 with it. A child can run it. lucts. 

 worth of oil will make a hatch. It beat all 

 '•others at World's Fair, Nashville and 

 Omaha Erposi'ions, We are sole manufac- 

 turers of the celebrated New Premier and Kimplieity Jn- 

 C-ubutor*. Catal'iiju-? 5 ct^ Plan'i ior Poultry Houses, etc., 25c, 



Columbia Incubator Co., 5 Adams St., Delaware City, Del. 



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Xlie l>eiuing' Company, Salem, 

 Ohio, make more than a dozen varieties of 

 sprayers with brass working parts, patent 

 automatic Kerosene Emulsion Sprayers, 

 the wonderful Bordeaux Nozzle, Deming 

 "Vermorel Nozzle, etc., etc. 



This company has purchast an edition of 

 Prof. H. E. Weed's book, "Spraying for 

 Profit," illustrated and practical ; publisht 

 price, 20 cents. Will be mailed by them for 

 15 cents, including a photograph of Century 

 Sprayer, showing all working parts; and 

 also their complete catalog and price-list of 

 sprayers. Write for them, and mention the 

 American Bee Journal, please. 



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iPaulRo.^ef'u''f''"eion , 



The Best PBying Crop^ 



Fop home trade or shipping la I 



Fancy Muakmelons. I 



^::;^ VAUOHAN'S MLISK MELON SEEDS have lieen can- I 

 iH\' savnd ttv K'""«"i-^ \\l"' liiiMW tin* 1 ii-iiM'ss- Thev produce! 



!;;t.^?s^^:;r;,;;r'i.;:^;i ihe -Paul rose"; 



is one of our sj)eciallies. HchIi itiaiil ifulsalinr.n oI t-xquisilc ll.-ivnr. I 



A splendid sliippei" aud a goud seller. Per packet 10c, per ounce 25c I 



OsagfC Gem-new— we fontrolenljrt-Mtoi'k, I^lit- 10c Oz. ..'iO | 



/ fa«/«ose-lRt>!l selection by Mr. Rose, 0Z.2.TC lb. SS-.W j 



^'S3(je-Vniiprlian"s Orisinal Stock Oz. 2.JC lb. S2 I" j 



Rncitv Foi-rf Gem-V,e%t Cn\oraiio Oz. 15c lb. ?1 i«) J 



WeMct/Gem-oval (PnnI Rose Splectionl.Oz. 20c lb SI 2.1 I 



- ir's-Tlii-. ar). shows nnlv one class of niir Oardener's Specialties t 



Write for FREE BOOk-all ahont ilie warden, lawn and farm. I 



,j Vaseghasi's Seed Store, \ 



H4-86 RaiiiloWi St. CHICAfiO. 14 RarclavSt.. New York. ' 



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Surreys, Stanhopes, Phaetons, Driving Wagons and 

 Spring Wagons, Light and Heavy Harness, Sold Direct 

 to the User by the Maker at Wholesale Prices. 



Ptrfect iu every detail of material, worlimanship and tioish. Any stylo 

 vehicle sent anywhorc for examination before purchase. Wherever you 

 live you can buy of us and save money. We make all the vehicles we 

 advertise. Lararn froo book tells our pl;in in detail. Send for it. 



EDWARD W. WALKER GABRIAGE CO., 50 Eighth St., Goshen Ind. 



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SEASON OF 1900 



ning" about June 1, so " first come first served." 



DR. MILLER'S 



HoneyQueens I 



One Untested Queen Free as a Ppemium 



for sending ONE NewSubscribep 



to the Ameriean Bee Journal 



fop one year. 



We have been fortunate in making- an 

 arrang-ement with DR. C. C. MILLER— the 

 well-known honey-specialist — to rear queens 

 EXCLUSIVELY FOR US DURING THE 



These Queens will be mailed in rotation, begin- 



We are ready to 

 book orders now. 



The Queens Dr. Miller will send out on our orders will be pre- 

 cisely the same as those he rears for his own use, so of course they 

 will be from his best stock. His best colony in 1899 had a queen 

 reared in 1898; May S, 1899, it had brood in 4 frames, and he gave it 

 at that time a frame of brood without bees. It had no other help, 

 but May 25 a frame of brood with adhering- bees was taken from it, 

 atid the same thing was repeated June 3, leaving it at that time 5 

 frames of brood. It stored 178 sections of honey, weighing 159 

 pounds (and that after July 20, in a poor season), being 2-3 times the 

 average yield of all his colonies. A point of importance is the fact 

 this colony did not swarm, and an inspection every week or 10 days 

 showed that at; no time during the entire season was there even so 

 much as an egg in a queen-cell. Dr. Miller 'expects to rear queens 

 from this one during the coming summer. 



The demand nowadays is for BEES THAT GET THE HONEY 

 when there is any to get, and Dr. Miller has such bees. You will 

 want to have a queen from his best, we are sure. 



Do not send any orders to Dr. Miller, as all orders MUST come 

 thru us, according to our agreement. 



Remember, send us $1.00 for ONE NEW SUBSCRIBER to the 

 American Bee Journal for one year, and YOU will get one of dr. 

 miller's untested honey-queens free as a premium. Or, send 

 us fl.50 and we will mail you the American Bee Journal one year 

 and a queen. Or, the queen alone for $1.00. Orders for queens to be 

 filled in rotation, beginning about June 1st. 



Address all orders to GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 



118 Michigan Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



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