Aug. 9, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



507 



LanosMti on... 



TI16H01]61J-B66 



Revised by Dadant— 1899 Edition. 



This is one of the standard books on 

 bee-culture, and oug^ht to be in the 

 library of every bee-keeper. It is bound 

 substantially in cloth, and contains 

 over 500 pages, being revised by those 

 large, practical bee-keepers, so well- 

 known to all the readers of the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal — Chas. Dadant & Son. 

 Each subject is clearly and thoroly ex- 

 plained, so that by following the in- 

 structions of this book one cannot fail 

 to be wonderfully helpt on the way to 

 success with bees. 



The book we mail for $1.25, or club 

 it with the American Bee Journal for 



one year — both for $1.75 ; or, we will 

 mail it as a premium for sending us 

 THREE NEW subscribers to the Bee 

 Journal for one year, with $3.00. 



This is a splendid chance to get a 

 grand bee-book for a very little money 

 or work. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 



118 Michigan Street, 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



PATENT WIRED COMB FOUNDATIOl! 



Has no Sag in Brood-Frames. 



Thin Flat-Bottom Foundation 



Has no Fishbone in the Surplus 



Honey. 

 Being the cleanest is usually workt 

 the quickest of any foundation made-. 



J. A. VAN DEVSCX, 



Sole Manufacturer, 

 Sprout Brook, Montgomery Co., N.Y< 



Please mention Bee Journal 

 when writing advertisers. 



quickly, and would appreciate a prompt 

 shipment. The lirm kept my money, 

 made no explanation, and at the end of 

 .? weeks sent the sections. Had they 

 been manly enough to say, " We can't 

 fill your order," this would have been 

 honest. The other course was not. 



I often deal with a firm that sends 

 out first-class goods as a rule. Once in 

 a while .something snide turns up. But 

 they never send a bill of the articles 

 purchast, whether the order be for 10 

 dollars or a hundred. And their count 

 is, in a majority of instances, at fault, 

 tho not seriously. This proves that the 

 counting and packing is done by a 

 careless subordinate. The goods are 

 not checkt up in a business way. Often 

 a weak box is used, good enough for a 

 50-mile shipment, but inadequate for 

 500 miles of handling. A business man 

 would not permit such things to occur. 

 I could lengthen the list, but you don't 

 want long articles. 



The cranks you complain of will al- 

 ways be with us. We can't get rid of 

 them. But the class of little wrongs I 

 complain of can easily be corrected. 

 There are only a few supply dealers. 

 They have more than average intelli- 

 gence. A little proper criticism would 

 cure them. I believe all of them have 

 souls, and a cure is therefore possible. 

 F. W. DbBusk. 



Las Animas Co., Colo. 



[Mr. DeBusk, do you ever make mis- 

 takes ? And are any of them wholly 

 inexcusable ? We believe they are, for 

 zi'e make just such mistakes ourselves 

 —perfectly inexcusable. So does every- 

 body else, But, like all should do, we 

 are trying to get them down to a mini- 

 mum — always "going on to perfec- 

 tion." And we don't expect to arrive 

 at the destination called Perfection, in 

 this life. 



We know that many of the errors 

 committed by bee-supply dealers are 

 very annoying to the customer, and 

 they are just as provoking to the 

 honest, conscientious dealer when 

 brought to his notice. 



We would not attempt to shield the 

 wilfully negligent and careless dealer 

 or his subordinates, but we do bespeak 

 the exercise of charity for the man or 

 firm who tries to do right and yet occa- 

 sionally makes mistakes. We are all 

 human.— Editor. 1 



Sweet Clovep in Ontapio, Canada. 



People can call sweet clover a weed 

 if they like, but up in this country it's 

 a blessing to have it. We have only a 

 little of it, but cattle eat it as readily 

 as the best of grasses. Do you sup- 

 pose it would cure for hay ? 



Ontario, Canada. W. D. Harris. 



[Yes, of course it is cured for hay. 

 On page 470 Dr. Miller mentions it. — 

 Editor.] 



White Clover a Failure. 



There is no linden in our locality, 

 and as white clover (which is our main 

 dependence) has been a total failure 

 this season, progress at queen-rearing 

 has been very materially interrupted. 



CRIMSON CLOVER 



And Several Other Clover Seeds. 



We have made arraiifferaeiits so that we can 

 furnish Seed of several of the Clovers by freight 

 or express, at the following prices, cash with 

 the order; 



S«s 10ft 2Sft SOtt 



Crimson Clover 7iJc l.iO 2.75 5.00 



Alsike Clover SOc 1.50 3.50 6.50 



WhiteClover '«)c 1.70 3.75 6.50 



Alfalfa Clover 80c 1.40 3.2S 6.00 



Prices subject to market changes. 



Add 25 cents to your order, for cartage, if 

 wanted by frei^jht. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 

 118 Michiu'an Street. - CHICAGO, ILL. 



«S-|F YOU WANT THE 



=— BEE-BOOK 



That covers the wnole Apicultural Field more 

 completely than any other publisht, send $1.25 

 to Prof. A. J. Cook, Claremont, Calif., for his 



Bee-Keepers' Guide. 



R.lberal Discounts to the Trade. 



Best on Earth 



What? Our New Champion Winter- 

 Case. And to introduce it thruout 

 the United States and Canada we 

 will sell them at a liberal discount 

 until Oct. 15, 1900. Send for quota- 

 tions. We are also headquarters for 

 the No-Drip Shipping-Cases. 

 R. H SCHMIDT & CO 



Sheboygan, Wisconsin. 



We are Headquarters for 



Seed & Plants, 



Valimbte bnnk about It, teiling how to^row thouaandsof 

 __ |dollarflworth,whatuaed forand wnoia grow ing it. Sent forlOe 



AMERICAN GINSENG GARDENS, ROSE HILL. New York. 



20ElJt Mention the American Hee Journal. 



Belgian Hare Guide ^^E^eBl^Rl^^P^r^^^c': 



Iiilaiiil roiiltry Joiiniiil Co., Iiittiannpolis, Ind. 



I BEE-SUPPLIES! I 



:^ J^~Root*8 Goods at Root's Prices"®* ^: 



;^g Pouder's Honey-Jars and every- ^^ 



• ^ thing used by bee-keepers. Prompt ^^ 



• ^» Service — low freight rate. Catalog i^* 

 ^ free. WALTER S. POUDER, ^ 

 '^ 512 Mass. Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. ^^ 



Please mention Bee Journal when "w^ritine.- 



CHEAP rS 



Located on the Illinois Central R.R. in 



^ SOUTHERN ^ 

 ^^ ILLINOIS ^^ 



Ana also located on the Yazoo & Mississippi 

 Valley R.R. in the famous 



YAZOO VALLEY 



of Mississippi — specially adapted to the 

 raising of 



CORNjAND HOGS, 



Soil umrm world. 



Write for Pamphlets and Maps. 



E. P. SKENE, Land Commissioner, 



111. Cent. R.R. Co., Park Row, Room -113, 

 24A24t CHICAQO, ILL. 



Please mention Bee Journal wlien "WTitlna 



