THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 



Single subscriber, one year, $9.00 



Two subscribers, sent at the same time, 3.50 



Three subscribers, -sent at the same time,. .. 5.00 



Six subscribers, sent at the same time, 9.00 



All higher clubs at the same rate. 



ADVERTISING RATES FOR 1875. 



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Less than one inch, 20 cents per line. 



Next page to reading matter and last page of 

 cover, double rates. 



Bills of regular Advertising payable quarterly, if 

 inserted three months or more. If inserted for less 

 than three months, payable monthly. Transient 

 advertisements, cash in iidvance. We adhere 

 strictly to our printed rates. 



Address all communications and remittances to 

 THOS. G. NEWMAN &: SOIV, 



Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 



Books for Bee-Keepers may be obtained at 

 this office. 



Not one letter in ten thousand is lost by 

 mail if rightly directed. 



Single copies of the American Bee Jour- 

 nal are worth 20 cents eacli. 



Upon the wrapper of every copy of the 

 Journal will be found the "date at which 

 subscriptions expire. 



Mellot Clover, for sale at 30 cts. per 

 lb. Larger quantities at low prices by Ital- 

 ian Bee Co. Des Moines, Iowa. tf 



Any numbers that fail to reach subscribers 

 by fault of mail, we are at all times ready to 

 send, on application, free of charge. 



Subscribers wishing to change their post- 

 ofiice address, should mention their old ad- 

 dress, as well as the one to which they wish 

 it changed. 



Persons writing to this office should either 

 write their Name, Post-oflice, County and 

 State plainly, or else cut off tlie label from 

 the wrapper of their paper and enclose it.* 



Journals are forwarded until an explicit 

 order is received by the publisher for tlieir 

 discontinuance, and until ]»ayment of all ar- 

 rearages is made as required by law. 



Those of our readers interested in Leg- 

 horn Fowls, should send for circular of 

 White Leghoins as breil by J. F. ]<'erris, 

 Stamford, Coiiii, he takes special pride in 

 this variety and his birds cannot be excelled. 



When a subscriber sends money in pay- 

 ment for the American Bkf; Journal, he 

 should state to what time he thinks it i)ays, 

 so that we can couiiiare it with our books, 

 • and thus prevent mistakes. 



Honey Markets. 



CHICAGO.— Choice wOiite cond) honey, 

 82(a»30c ; fair to good, 5M(«j;iSc. Extracted, 

 choice white, 14@16c ; fair to good, 10@12c ; 

 strained, ScalOc. 



CINCINNATI.— Quotations from Chas. F. 

 Muth, 97(3 Central Ave. 



Comb honey, 15(wSoc, according to the con- 

 dition of the honey and the size of the box 

 or frame. Extracted choice white clover 

 honey, 16c. ^ S). 



ST. LOUIS.— Quotations from W. G. 

 Smith, 419 North Main st. 



NEW YORK— Quotations from E. A. 

 Walker, lo5 Oakland st., Greenport, L. I. 



White honey in small glass boxes, 25c ; 

 dark 15(«20c. Strained honey, 8@13c. Cuban 

 honey. .I^l.oo "fJ gal. St. Domingo, and Mexi- 

 an, 9U@9.j ~$ gal. 



SAN FR.VNCISCO. — Quotations from 

 Stearns and Smith, 423 Front st. 



^W Strained Southern Coast, at 7@10c; 

 Comb. 12(« 20c; the latter figure for Sau Dei- 

 go, ill Harbison frames. 



As the old stock of honey is about 

 exhausted, all grades command.'better prices. 

 Comb, 18@22 ; Strained, 8@11; bee's wax, 

 273-^ cents, dull. Our new honey commen- 

 ces to come in, in June. 



Stearns & Smith. 



A subscriber from Oskaloosa, Iowa, sent 

 Its 50 cents recently for subscription, but 

 signed no name. Will he please write agaiu 

 and give us the name. 



^^W To Advertisers. — Advertisements 

 must reach this office by the 20th of the 

 month, ta insure insertion in the next issue 

 of the American Bee Journal. 



11^* A. C. Attwood, Vauneck, Ontario. 

 is our autliorized agent in Canada. He will 

 be glad to take the names of 500 good bee- 

 keei)ers in Canada, for the old reliable 

 American Bee Journal. 



B^" Parties desiring either Langstroth's 

 or Quinby's Works on Bee-Keeping can get 

 them at this office ; but, as the late Congress 

 has seen fit to double the rate of Postage 

 formerly paid— those ordering should en- 

 close twenty cents each for postage. 



Bee-Keepers' Supplies.— We can sup- 

 ply Bees, Bee-Hives, Extractors, Honey, 

 Jars, Labels, Straw mats. Blankets, &c., &c. 

 at manufacturers' prices. When you want 

 anything in the line of Bee- Keepers' Sup- 

 plies, write to the office of the Americak 

 Bee Journal, at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 



THOS. G. NEWMAN. 



The Italian Bee Co. will pre pay all 

 express charges ou.(|ueens ordered from 

 them without extra exiiense to tlieir cu,sto- 

 mers. They do this because they cannot 

 send by mail, as the Des Moines postmaster 

 forbids it. Address. Italian Bee Co, 



Des Moines, Iowa. 



Let every one writing this office make all 

 Postal Orders, Drafts or Checks, payable to 

 Thomas G. Nkw>l\ n. Address everything 

 of whatever nature to 



THOMAS (;. NEWMAN &: SON, 



CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA. 



