> HONEY AND BEESWAX MAR- 

 KET. 



WASHINGTON GRADING RULES. 



Fancy. — AH sections to be well filled, combs 

 straight, of even thickness aad firmly attached 

 to all four sides; both wood and comb unsoil- 

 cd by travel stain or otnerwise; all the cell* 

 sealed except the row of cells next the wood. 



No. 1.— All sections well filled, but combs 

 uneven or crooked, detached at the bottom, or 

 with but few cells unsealed; both wood and 

 comb unsoiled by travel-stain or otherwise. 



In addition to this the honey is to be classi- 

 fied according to color, using the terms white, 

 amber and dark. That is, there will be "Fancy 

 white," "No. 1, dark," etc. 



New York, Sept. 8.— Faricy comb 

 honey brings i6 c; No. i, 14 to 15c, 

 The demand is good, with fair supply. 

 Beeswax, 27 to 28c and dull, with fair 

 supply. We invite correspondence with 

 holders of comb honey. 



Francis H. Leggett & Co; 



Buffalo, Sept. 8.— This market has 

 somewhat improved of late for fancy 

 one-pound sections ^ of comb honey, 

 which sell mostly for front 15 to 16c. 

 Other grades range from 14 to 19c as 

 to quality. We advise moderate ship- 

 ments at this time. Extracted honey 

 not wanted. Beeswax (fancy) we quote, 

 32 to 33c. Battcrson & Co. 



QUEENS 



Buy them of H. G. Quirin, the largest 

 queen-breeder in the North. 



The A. I. Root & Co. tells us our 

 stock is extra fine. Editor York, of the 

 A. B- J. says that he has good reports 

 from our stock from time to time, while 

 J. L. Gandy, of Humboldt, Nebra., se- 

 cured over 400 pounds honey (mostly 

 comb) from single colonies containing 

 our queens. We have files of testimon- 

 ials similar to the above. 



Our breeders originated from the 

 highest priced long-tongued red clover 

 queens in the U. S. 



Fine queens, promptness and square 

 dealing, has built up our present busi- 

 ness, which was established in 1888. 



Price of queens after July ist. 



1 I 



75 

 1 00 



1 50 



4 00 



5 00 

 8 to 



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Kansas City, Sept. 8. — One sale of 

 35,000 pounds was made at $3.00 a 

 case of 24 sections. The demand for 

 comb honey is good, with supply light. 

 selling at 11 to 13c. Extracted, 5 1-2 'to 

 6 I-2C. There is a good demand for bees- 

 wax at 30C with light supply. 



Hamblin & Sappington. 



Chicago. Sept. p. — Comb honey is be- 

 ginning to come forward, and is meet- 

 ing with a fair demand. The prices ?_t 

 present are 15 to i6c for best lines of 

 fancy No. r. Other grades are wanted 

 ?t 2 to 5 cents less, hut thev are scarce. 

 Extracted sells at 6 to 8c for white, ac- 

 cording to kind and quality. Five and 

 a half to 7 c is obtainable for the atn- 

 ber grades. Beeswax is scarce and 

 brings .-^oc. R. A. Burnett & Co. 



BLETT'S POULTRY POINTERS 



A monthly for 'the beginner in the 

 poultry ynrrl. 



One, yenr on trinl for 10 cents. 



Send tnrlay, jiddre.ss, 



rOITT.TRY POTNTKRR PT'B. CO., 

 Lock Box 83.5. 

 10-tP. BET.DING, MICH. 



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Extra selected tested, the best that 

 money can buy 13 00 



We guarantee safe arrival to any 

 state, Continental island or any Euro- 

 pean country, can fill all orders prompt- 

 ly, as we expect to keep 3 to 500 

 queens on hand ahead of orders. Special 

 price on 50 to 100. (Free Cir.) Ad- 

 dress all orders to, 



QUIRIN, THE QUEEN BREEDER, 

 Parkertown, Ohio. 

 (Parkertown is a P. O. Money Order 

 office.) 4-6t. 



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