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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTTRE. 



Mar. 15. 



be in a liundred barrels of such fruit. He tlius 

 prov^ed liis confidence in the liarmlessness of tlie 

 coating-, which is of pure zinc, and ditferent from 

 tlie coatinfj generally used. Besides this 4 mesh, 

 we liave also 6 mesh to the inch in stock. We can 

 furnish it in cut pieces at tic per square foot, or full 

 rolls, 100 feet long, at 4}4c per sq. foot. Our stocls 

 is 30 and 3R inches wide. We can ship from New 

 York or Chicago, any Avidth desired, at above fig- 

 ures. 



MAPLE SUGAK AND SYRUP. 



The delicious sweets from the sugar maple are 

 being gathered in this vicinity. Not much has yet 

 been brought in, but we expect very soon to have 

 enough to supply all (jrders. We ha%'e orders in 

 already for about a ton of sugar, and have shipped 

 two lots of syrup. Our prices on sugar will be the 

 same as in former yeais— 10c per lb. for best grade; 

 9c for No. 2, and 8c for No. 3; V4c less in 50-Ib. lots, 

 or Ic less in .30ii-lb. lots. We can offer syrup a little 

 lower this year. 



Choice syrup in one-gallon cans will be $1.00 per 

 gallon; in 10-gallon lots or more. 90c. Those desir- 

 ing to buj' in Quantities will do well to write us. 

 The weather is such that the crop here promises to 

 be short. 



STICKEMFAST MUCIIiAGE. 



We have at last got a preparation that will stick 

 labels to tin, and keep them stuck indefinitely. 

 Most preparations heretofore would seem to stick 

 them all right, but after a little they would pop off. 

 There is one great drawback to this. It comes in 

 dry or granular form, and must be prei)ared for 

 every two or three days' use, as it will not keep 

 longer than three or four days and do its work. If 

 prepared and applied fresh, according to directions, 

 it will stick labels seciu-ely to tin or wood, and hold 

 them. When used to stick two papers together 

 they do not become hard, and crack, as with other 

 mucilage, but remain pliable. 



An ounce of the dry powder makes a pint of 

 mucilage, whicli will stick a good many labels. 

 Price of Stickemfast, including full directions for 

 preparation. 1 oz., Ih cts. ; 2 oz., 25 cts. ; 1 lb., $1.25. 

 Sent postpaid at tluse prices. 



LATHYRIS SILVESTRIS, WAGNERI. 



Dr. Miller, I very humbly beg pardon. I did see 

 that stinw, hut Lnthjirin silvcsti-is did not mean any 

 thing to me just then; but now it wakes me u|) 

 quicker than greenhouse, strawberry, or any tiling 

 else. But what did you put that last inirt on for— 

 Wagneri? Is not Lathyris silvestris bad enough 

 without more Latin? Never mind. We have got a 

 little bag of seed, and it is going off .some in five- 

 cent packages. A. I. R. 



EXTR.\ E.4RLY A.MERICAN PEARL ONIONS. 



At tliisdate, March 9, the sets planted last Septem- 

 ber have wintered even better than ever liefore. 

 Our severe freezing weather, even without snow, 

 does not seem to have injured them at all, neither 

 are any of f hem thrown out by the frost. The plot 

 of ground where they were planted was very heavily 

 manured, and after the fall rains they sent their 

 roots down to such a depth that the frost seems to 

 have had no effect on them. They are on our creek- 

 bottom ground; and although a part of the piece 

 was under water once or twice it seemed to have 

 sustained no injury. I do not quite understand 

 why tliey do so well in our locality and* do not en- 

 dure the winters in other localities. 



OUR TliMBRELL STRAWBERRY-PLANTS. 



Vou know we succeeded in saving scarcely half a 

 dozen plants last year from the plants we purclias- 

 ed. There were, perhaps, three good ones; one 

 more that might be called half a plant, and another 

 that barely made a " live." We did our best in in- 

 creasing them last season, and succeeded in getting 

 what are now 322 strong vigorous plants. Twenty 

 of these are in the gieenhouse, where the fiower- 

 buds have been picked off day by day for perhaps a 

 couple of weeks past, and we are rejoiced to find 

 that one plant has started a runner niuirly an inch 

 long. By pulling off the Hower-stems you can get 

 them to put out runners under glass. We do not 

 propose to offer any plants for sale until we get 

 good strong sets from the runners— say some time 

 in July. Now, then, how many plants can we make 

 of our 322 before snow conies again ? 



This is beautiful March weather. As we go to 

 press this lias been the most sunshiny March I think 

 I ever saw in my life. The roads are now hard 

 enough so I propose to soon start out on a wheeling- 

 trip. We have plfinted largelj' of peas; S(jme beets 

 radish, cabbage seed, and other hardy things, out- 

 side. The bees are bringing pollen from the soft 

 maples; and if we do not get some blizzards, the 

 outlook is a grand one; and even if the blizzards do 

 come, we have had good roads a. id dry weather so 

 that general gardening and farmwork ought to l^e 

 well in hand. A. I. R. 



SPECIAL SECTIONS AT SPECIAL PRICES. 



Although we have sold quite a number of these 

 yet we find that we still have in stock the following 

 list of No. 1 white sections, such as we have sold foi 

 best until this season, and which are as good as oi 

 better than the best made by all but possibly two oi 

 three leading manufacturers. We otter these, whik 

 they last, at $2..50 per 1000; 2000 for $LM: 3000 foi 

 $6.50, or .5000 for Slii.OO. At the rate they have beer 

 going they are not likely to last long. When thest 

 are gone we shall have none but our extra polishec 

 sections to otter, and the No. 2 grade selected fron 

 them in manufacturing. The sizes on hand liert 

 are as follows: 



23,000 4i4x4J^xU^, oprn four sides. 

 50,000 " " l{i, open lop. 

 4,000 " " 1 J ;;, closed top. 

 6,500 '• " 1}=!, open four sides. 

 14.(110 " " 1%, open top. 

 9,000 " " " closed top. 

 32,(00 " " 7 to foot, open top. 

 6,0J0 " '■ 7 to foot, closed top. 

 4,u00 " " 7 to foot, open four sides. 

 28,000 " " P/a, open top. 

 12,0u0 " " " open four .sides. 

 Besides the above we have at Bankers, Hillsdali 

 Co., Mich., the following, whicli are ottered at tli' 

 same prices: 



33,000 iHxikxl'.l open top. 

 15,0 lO " " 1%, open top. 

 40,t)00 " " IM and 7 to foot, open top. 

 All No. 1 white, made two years ago, and choic 

 sections. Send orders for these to us here at Medin; 

 In our stock at St. Paul, Minn., with H. G. Acklii 

 1024 Miss. St., we have about the following quant 

 ties of No. 1 white sections, which we offer at tli 

 same prices. Send orders to al30ve address for thes 

 or any other items needed in the line of bee-keeper; 

 supplies. There is a full stock ready for promp 

 shipment, but none of our new sections are in stoc 

 there yet. 



18,000 4Mx4>4''x7 to foot, open top. 

 30,000 '• " I'a, open top. 

 8,000 " " 112, open top. 

 Also of No. 1 cream, at same price as on stoc 

 here named below, the following: 

 9,0(10 4^x4Ji'xl'3, open top. 

 10,000 •' " i;^, open top. 

 Of No. 1 cream and seconds, from our new extr 

 polished sections, which are aliout equal in vaUu 

 we have in stock here the fcjllowing, which we ott'e 

 at $2.00 per lOUO; 30j0 for $5.70; 6000 for J(9.00. 

 5,000 4:^ixiHx2 open top. 

 6,000 '• " 2 open four sides. 

 37,000 " " l};";, open top. 

 7,000 '■ " 1%, open top. 

 12,000 " " 7 to foot, open top. 

 Of other sizes of No. 1 white sections we have th 

 following at the price annexed: 



1500 5J^x5i4xl'3, closed top, at $3 00 per 1000. 

 2.^00 " " 1 51, open " •• 3 00 



2.500 5 x6 xl?^, 3 00 



700 5i/jx5'y4xl%, 2 00 for lot. 



9(HJ0 6Jfx5iix2 " •• " 3 00 per 1000. 



1.^00 " •• 1%, " " " 3 (10 



4500 " " 1%, " " " 3 00 " 



6.")00 RUxGkxlU, " '• " 3 00 



2000 " •• " closed top, " 3 00 



Tlie above are all choice fresh sections, and a liai 

 gain at the price. We have, besides, a lot of odd 

 and ends too numerous to list here, of which w 

 shall be pleased to mail a list of sizes, quantities^ 

 and prices at which we will close out, to any om 

 who is interested, and sends us a request for if 

 You may find in it something you can use at triflinj 

 cost. 



