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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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take their train at 9 o'clock rttilnKtd time. The 

 agent told me the two kinds of time made con- 

 fusion continually every day. week in and week 

 out. Tluil is tiiie in our business. The two 

 kinds of time can not but result in confusion. 

 Tlie railroads can not adopt sun time, so called 

 —everybody assents to this; therefore the only 

 way in which one kind of time can be biought 

 about is by adopting standard time. or. in other 

 words, confoi'ming to the spiiit of the law that 

 has been made. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



Of course I want Gleanings continued right 

 along-, "t'ootuotcs" and all. 1 indorse all that Dr. 

 Miller said about foDlnoies, and tlihik with liim 

 that Gleanings is "just i)eiieei. 



Hedlord, N. V., Jan. 1. Miss P. E. Mills. 



We received the sewing-machhie all solid and 

 sound. It works all right. It is a nice one too. I 

 can not see why anj- (,Me could object, after receiv- 

 ing one, unless he expected to get a little- steam- 

 engine with humanity in it to run it and do the sew- 

 ing. W.M. H. Weiseh. 



York, Pa. 



SOME KIND WOKDS FROM FHANCE, FOR THE ABC 

 BOOK. 



"It never rains but it pours " is no less true of 

 kind words than of misfortunes ; at least, such 

 seems to have been our good fortune during tiie 

 last month. In Stray Straws tor Oct. 1 Dr. Miller 

 made reference to an opinion e.xpressed by our es- 

 teemed French cotemporary, Le Rmlicr (Tne Apia- 

 ry» concerning our ABC book. A day or so after- 

 ward he sent us the whole extract. In English it 

 reads as follows: 



" We are happy to he able to avail ourselves of 

 the space remaining in this department to acknowl- 

 edge the receipt oi an important book which was 

 gratuitously sent us by the author, and concerning 

 which we have for a long time promised to say 

 something. It is noihing more nor less tlian the A rJ 

 C of Bee Culture, universally known by bee-keepers, 

 written by Mr. A. 1. Root, the very friendly and 

 oblifiing editor of Gleanings in Bee Culture, 

 wliich has furnished us more than once the neces- 

 sary foundation for an article. We have never 

 seen a book so beautiful and so complete on api- 

 culture. The pictures are numerous— so numerous 

 that we have not wished to count them, and tlu'y 

 are, for the most part, reproductions in photo-en- 

 graving. The plan adopted by the author is veiy 

 happy. It is the alphabetical arrangement of all 

 the articles ; 4011 pages of faultless pressworh. 

 treating, so as to 8|)eak, on every case which can 

 occur in apicultural exi)erience; a description of 

 the implements which have been most nearly per- 

 fected, and the latest inventions ; the manner of 

 making hives, sections, etc. Such is this book, 

 which, in its entirety, has no equal. It winds up 

 with a biography, with hall-tone pictures of the 

 mo.st eminent bee-men, and of photographic views 

 of several important apiaries. Our heartiest thanks 

 aie due to our confrere Mr. Kcjot." 



A BARGAIN- 



25 extra fine S. C. 



Brown Leghorn cocks 



— ^^— — ■— — ^^"—^^ for sale at stl.OtJ each. 



These liirds have l)een raised tlie past seaseon from 



choice stock. Saiisf;iction guaranteed. 



Keference, A. 1. Root. 



Leinincer Bros., Ft. Jennings, O. 



FOR GREGG RASPBERRY TIPS. ^">der bia.k 



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Berry baskets and crates, addi'e.-s 

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Specimen. Fifty cents by mai.. 



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or- 



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Ready to mail In the eaily spring at 

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 years. Send in your orders early, 

 an i have your choice of the Golden 

 Italians, or the Imported stock. 

 Safe arrival and satisfaction guar- 

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J. W. K. SHAW & CO., Loreauville, La. 



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MONEY< 



SMALL 

 FRUIT, 



Send Postal Card to me and get my 

 prices for plants of all the leading va- 

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 ^ Address 



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EZRA a. SMITH, 



MANCHESTEE, ONTaEIO CO., N. Y. 



un LiI^KAjMNCiS. 



Seeds for Business. 



While we believe we have in stock a full line of 

 Vegetable Seeds wliicli are «s uooti and ii<s 

 c'lieaj) as can be procured anywhere, we have two 

 items in particular to which we wish to call special 

 attention, knowing that they will prove World- 

 /><?afers ns JHUK^^'-AIAKHRS: namely, 

 Tilliit^liiist't> 1\ S. Early ./ejrse^- Wake- 

 field iJalthaiie, and Tilliny,-liafit'fi P. S. 

 l^rizetaUer Onio/j. Both are tliorous^h- 

 hrecls, correct in every feature, and the latter un- 

 equaled for use by the new method of transplant- 

 ing. These seeds are worth a dollar an ounce; 

 but to induce every gardener to test them we will 

 deliver both of them anywhere at "x- per pkt., :i5 c 

 per oz., or $:i.5u i)er pound. 



A New C. O. D. Plan. . 



Believing that the general lack of currency, to- 

 gether with tlie trouble, risk, and expense of mail- 

 ing remittances, deters many would-Le customers 

 from sending early orders, we have perfected a plan 

 by which we will deli\ er whatever seeds 3'ou want 

 to your postmaster, who will deliver them to you 

 and return the money at our expense. Make out 

 .> our order for any standard varieties at piices of- 

 fered by an3' reliable dealer, and we will mail them 

 C. O. D., as above. Catalogue free on application. 

 Address 



Ti722Jig-h«st's C. O. />. Seedstore, 

 J^aPlunxe, L,acJc'a Co., J-*«. 

 i^S^ia responding tu l..1:3 advei i.i.-.eiiiciii iiieuiiun Mijbuitila>uA, 



Dovetailed Hives, Simplicity Hives, 



SECTIONS. EXTRACTORS. ETC. 



FULL LINE OF 



BEE-KEEPERS' SUPPLIES. 



60-PAGE CATALOGUE. Itfdb 



J. M. Jenkins, Wetumpka, Alabama. 



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