Oct. 4, 1906 



American Ttee Journal 



The Bee-Hive Clock 



A $4.00 CLOCK FOR $2.50 with the 

 American Bee Journal Bo Y th a for Only $3.00 



We have originated and had made specially 

 for our readers, a bronzed-iretal Clock, called 

 "The Bee-Hive Clock." It is 10' 4 inches 

 wide at the base, 9% inches high, and deep 

 enough at the base to stand firmly on a man- 

 tel or elsewhere. It is a beautiful piece of 

 work, and would be both ornamental and 

 very useful in any house, and particularly in 

 a beekeeper's home. 



The Clock part itself is warranted for 3 

 years to keep good time. So it is no play- 

 thing, but a beautiful and needful article for 

 everyday use. 



Clocks like "The Bee-Hive Clock " usually 

 sell in the 6tores at from $4.00 to $5.00 each, 

 but having them made for us in quantities 

 enables us to offer them at $2.50 each by ex- 

 press, or with the American Bee Journal a 

 year— both for only $3.00. Either Clock or 

 Journal would make an ideal gift. 



How to get "The Bee-Hive Clock" 

 FREE 



Send us 5 New Subscribers to the 



Weekly American Bee Journal for one year, 

 at SI. 00 each, and we will send you this beau- 

 tiful " Bee-Hive Clock" FREE (excepting 

 express charges). Or, send us 4 New Sub- 

 scribers (at $1.00 each) and 50 cents— $4.50 

 in all. Or, 3 New Subscribers (at $1.00 

 each) and $1.00—14.00 in all. Or, 3 New 

 Subscribers (at $1.00 each) and $1.50— 

 $3.50 in all. 





Only $2.50. f.o.b. Chicago, by Express. 



Weight, with packing, about 4 pounds. 



What Dr. Miller Thinks of the 

 Bee-Hive Clock 



Busily ticking away, in the room where I 

 am sitting, stands a genuine bee-keeper's 

 clock (please understand that the word " gen- 

 uine " belongs to the clock and not to the 

 bee-keeper) .or, as the legend upon the clock 

 has it, "The Bee-Hive Clock." I don't know 



whether the idea of getting up such a clock 

 was conceived in the brain of the Editor of 

 the American Bee Journal, or whether he got 

 it elsewhere, but the wonder is that such a 

 thing was not thought of long before. 



Setting aside all idea of its association with 

 the business of a bee-keeper, there is a pecu- 

 liar appropriateness in having the minutes 

 aad the hours " told off " in a case represent- 

 ing the home of the busy little workers. The 

 glance at the clock, with its ceaseless tick, 

 tick, tick, tick, can not fail to remind one 

 that the Hying moments must be improved 

 now or be forever lost, and that suggestion is 

 reinforced by the thought of the never ceas- 

 ing activity of the little denizens of the hive, 

 always busy, busy, busy, working from morn 

 till night and from night till morn, working 

 unselfishly for the generations to come, and 

 literally dying in the harness. 



Let us be thankful that the form of the old- 

 fashion ed straw hive or skep was adopted, and 

 not that of any modern affair, patented or 

 unpatented. The latter smack6 of commer- 

 cialism, but the former of solid comfort, for 

 no other form of hive has ever been devised 

 that contributes so fully to the comfort and 

 welfare of a colony of bees as does the old- 

 fashioned straw-hive. It appeals, too, to one's 

 artistic sense as can no angular affair of more 

 modern times. As an emblem of industry, 

 artists have always U6ed — probably always 

 will use — the old straw skep. 



Thanks, Mr. Editor, for furnishing us a 

 time-keeper so appropriate for all, and espe- 

 cially for bee-keepers. C. C. Miller. 



Address aii orders to GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 334 Dearborn St., CHICAGO, ILL. 



Something' for Our Poultry-Read- 

 ers.— As there are so many among our read- 

 ers who are interested in poultry, we publish 

 the following which is pronounced the best of 



its kind 



CAPONS AND CAPONIZINO. 

 Capons are~aptly termed ne -nnest chicken 

 meat in the world 'or there is nothing 

 growing feathers then ejual or superior. A 

 capon is neither rooster nor hen — it is noth- 

 ing el6e than a capon. After removing the 

 testicles from the cockerel its nature becomes 

 entirely changed. They take on a more rapid 

 growth, are more tame, awkward in carriage 

 and always exceedingly lazy, take on a very 

 heavy and beautiful plumage, the comb and 

 wattles cease to grow, the spurs do not de- 

 velop as in the cockerel, and being cast off by 

 rooster and hen he soon shows a fondness for 

 the society of little chicks. 



BEST TIME TO CAPONIZE. 

 Fowls hatched any time of the year make 

 fine capons; no ill results follow the opera- 

 tion at any time of the year. The bird should 

 be from 2 to 3 months old (not over 6 months), 

 and weigh not less than 1 to l l i pounds. This 

 size is equally as important as the age. April, 

 May, June, July, August, September and 

 October are the months generally taken for 

 caponiziog, for the reason that spring chick- 

 ens arrive at proper age and weight during 

 these months; also because cockerels capon- 

 ized then arrive at the proper age and weight 

 for market during the months of November, 

 December, January, February, March, April 

 and May, at which times there is the greatest 

 demand for them in the cities and highest 

 prices secured. 



PROFIT IN CAPONS. 

 Caponize the chicks and you have at once 

 laid the foundation for a handsome profit in 

 a short time to come. Outside of the cardinal 

 points of profit, the simplicity of the opera- 

 tion (when proper instruments are used), rec- 

 ommends itself to every one. A boy 10 years 

 old can readily perform the operation, and 

 any one can soon become an expert. 

 " To the poultry, raiser we would say we 

 know of no source of profit bringing larger 

 returns for the outlay than raising capons, 

 the profit in a great majority of cases being 

 over 100 percent. The question of assured 

 profit is aniall-convincing argument in any 



line, and pre-eminently so to the poultryman 

 whose losses are added to from various un- 

 looked-for sources. 



DIRECTIONS FOR CAPONIZINO. 

 From 24 to 30 hours before performing the 

 operation select such cockerels as you intend 

 to caponize (the6e should be from 2 to 4 

 months old), confining tbem in a clean, dry 

 coop, or room without either food or water. 

 The best time to confine them is at early 

 morning, as their long fast will then end 

 about noon of the following day, at which 

 time the operation is performed. Should the 

 day be cloudy or wet do not caponize them, 

 but let the operation go until you have a 

 bright and fair day. It is necessary that you 

 have all the light possible in the matter. Now 

 after slightly wetting the spot proceed to 

 turn down the feathers from the upper part 

 of the last two ribs and just in front of the 

 thigh joint. Pull the flesh on the side down 



GPP\U.ttV3>t« %ow, PHW-K. 



Making bidsion. 



toward the hip, and when the operation is 

 finished the cut between the ribs will be en- 

 tirely closed by the tkin going back to its 

 place. 



PROPER INSTRUMENTS. 



We have laid considerable stress upon hav- 

 ing proper instruments in caponizing, and 

 the more we read the literary effusions ap- 

 pearing in numerous papers to-day touching 

 caponizing instruments, the more Deed we 

 feel there is to caution the inexperienced 

 ones. While it is not cruel to caponize, it is 

 inhuman to butcher or use unnecessary pain. 



CAPONIZING IS NOT CRUEL. 



A large number of persons hesitate in cap- 

 onizing, feeling it to be cruel to the bird. To 

 these we bring our experience in this matter 



proving to the contrary. This is a greatly 

 mistaken notion, and the operation bestows 

 an unlimited amount of kindness on the bird, 

 even if there were no other considerations or 

 returns. The writer has seen cockerels fly at 

 one another time and again, tearing llesh and 

 feathers with beak and cuttiDg with spurs. 

 Before the combatants could be separated 

 there has been a disfigured comb, probably a 

 blinded eye, and a generally cut-up bird. 

 This is the essence of cruelty. 



Ig.p p>\a nGfc.wi mu. 

 Inserting Svreader. 

 After caponizing the hatits of the birds are 

 entirely changed, their disposition is quiet 

 and peaceable, habits mild and tending to a 

 solitary life and perfectly contented where- 

 ever situated. They no longer chase about 

 the farm spoiling for a fight and running off 

 flesh as fast as put on. They no longer arouse 

 the whole neighborhood from morning until 

 night by their incessant crowing, but, on the 

 contrary, become models of good dispositions, 

 leading a quiet life that will surely bring 



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Removing Testicles. 



1 tree returns to the raiser. An operation 



that do :s away with so much inborn evil can 



not be considered cruel. 



Lansdowne, Pa. Charles F. Pillino 



