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CLEANINGS IN HEE CULTURE. 



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KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



GiiKANiNP.s is our household companiini from 

 raiiuaiv toJiimiiry. W. Anukijson. 



RandliU, N. V.. Dee. 28. 



I received your sample sections, and would say 

 hey arc perreciiou. Tliey surpass any tiling I ever 

 ;aw. J. E. Ennis. 



Attica, O., Feb. 19. 



Your A B C and Gleanings have done nie good 

 iervice, and I do not want to l)e without Gi.EANiN(iS 

 IS lonjr as I keep bees. 1. \V. Hoffman. 



Roselle, la. 



I saw some very nice onions raised from plants 

 rou sold last year— Prizetaker, I think. Have ytju 

 )lants for sale this sprinjr? 0. A. Stanley. 



Garrettsville, O., Mar. 26. 



The seeds 1 got of you last year gave me the best 

 atisfaclioii of any that I have ever had, both in 

 iu ho' and price. J. W. Bell. 



iVtaucos, Col., Jan. 3. 



1 got, about one year ago, 100 Hoffman frames 

 rom you, and tliey are just lovely. Please accept 

 iiy tlianks for Gleanings and for all its teacliings 

 or tills and the next world. D.wiD Dickie. 



Sparta, III, Feb. L 



Tlie 10 hives you shipped me last season I am well 

 )leased with, and the cheapness of them is quite an 

 tem. I have some hives tliat cost $5.00 each, and 

 'd rather liave the Dovetailed by quite a sura in its 

 avor. Will Mead. 



Stonecoal, W. Va , Mar. 10. 



My brotlier. Dr. Ford, is carried awaj' with the 

 Comfort foot-stove that I bouglitofyou for him. 

 le wants you to send liim the hand-stove that you 

 advertise, and 1 have concluded t« take one of tliem 

 nyself. T. S. Fokd. 



Columbia, Miss., Mar. 16. 



The goods in order No. 2.5,4f4 were received in the 

 )est condition. 1 note witli particular satisfactiou 

 he careful packing. Thanks to it, in the whole 

 •onsignment absolutely notliing was brol^en. 



KichaUd Pfau. 



San Jose, Costa Rica, C. A., Dec. 21. 



Five years ago I sent you ten cents for a pair of 

 ■lasses, and tliey have done me excellent service; 

 )ut 1 have broken them, and now I .send for another 

 )air. I am 67 years old. If you make as good a 

 ielection as you did before, I shall be suited. 



Homosassa, Fla., Jan. 8. Mrs. M. Turner. 



The goods I ordered of you came to hand to-day, 

 ill in good order, e.xcept tliat the glass cover for the 

 va.xextractor was broken badly. Every thing else 

 vas in gt)od order. The hives are tlu' l)est I ever 

 )oiight anywhere. Ch.\s. J. Hahhis. 



Steinauer, Neb., Mar. 5. 



I can not tliink of having a " D " put after my 

 lame while I have any prospect of having a dollar 

 o jiay for Gleanings. 1 look for it almost as 

 nxiously as I could for a love-letter. I am a young 

 nan too. 1 like the men who are doing so much to 

 nakc your paper what It is. Louis Mapes. 



Headford, Out., Feb. 5. 



I must say that the hives and tittings are very fine. 



did not And a bad piece in 20 hives tliat I iiave set 

 ip. <)iH>of the late Gleanings was a regular Cal- 

 fornia boomer. Ramblers articles are very good, 

 n fact, 1 think lie is tlie best writer of all tlie bee- 

 )apers that I lake. Harry L. J(jne8. 



San Francisco, Cal., March 26. 



Ipurcha.sed an untested queen of j-ou last August, 

 nd divided a swarm which I had increased from a 

 wo-frame nucleus formed last May; and by feeding 

 ivery night for about six weeks I built them up to 

 wo good colonies, and both have wintered well. I 

 ike Gleanings in all its departments, and wait 

 lagerly for its arrival, and frequently desert work 

 or a few minutes to glance over the good things it 

 ontains. W. S. Comkie. 



Johnstown, N. Y., Mar. 24. 



We are very much pleased with your journal, as 

 it has been of much valui- to us. and wh trust it will 

 be still more so in the future, for we tliid in it many 

 things tliat are very practical and interesting. 



(Jka, Que., Can. F. Sebas'iien. 



Every thing <-ame in good oi'der. and I am more 

 than pleased with that No. 1.") Cowan extiactor. It s 

 a daisy. I would not i-xchange it lor ^g'rfl.OO if I 

 could not get another one in its place. Your comb 

 foundation is splendid. Geo. Schafer. 



New Orleans, La., April 6. 



The goods I ordered are received in good order, in 

 accordance with contract, e.xcept one e.vtra saw- 

 blade; but that is all riglit. Thanks for the extra 

 two cents. It is a pleasure to do Ijusiness with hon- 

 est people, it opens up a bright pi'ospect for heav- 

 en. Maj- God bless you with needed grace, to the 

 end of life. I am 78 years old. D. L. Buler. 



Wauseon, O., Mar. 2u. 



The goods came to hand March 20, all O. K. 

 Neighbors aie well |)leased. They say tliey don't .see 

 how you can make tliem for the money. There is 

 only one fault — they ai'e too white; then, again, 

 how am I to stick the foundation to those sections ? 

 They are the nicest I have ever seen. I have dis- 

 tributed about halt of those catalogs already. 



Carbondale, Kan., Mar. 24. John Weir. 



Mr. Root:— As I have been lately converted to the 

 faith, I can not forbear giving you a word of 

 encouragement in your good work. Formerly I 

 used to side rather with the atheists; but , thanks to 

 the Lord, I have found the tiutli at last. Your 

 Home Talks are now the most interesting part of 

 Gleanings to me. May the Lord bless you and 

 continue you in your good work is my humble 

 prajer. Chas. W,\hlenberg. 



Rich Mountain, Ark.. Dec. 12. 



The ABC book is a great help to me as a beginner, 

 and I would not part with it for twenty times its 

 cost if 1 could not get another one. I have changed 

 my bees from loose to self-spacing Hoffman frames, 

 as it is much easier for me to do so now, at the be- 

 ginning, than it would be later on; and I find them 

 a great improvement over the old-style frame. Dr. 

 C. C. Miller is right about those everlasting foot- 

 notes. They enlighten the beginner, and I suppose 

 the old hands can pick up valuable points too. Let 

 tliem last for ever! G. W. Kuesthardt. 



Palmdale, Cal., J.m 1. 



CLEAN PERFECT GOODS. 



The goods ordered Maicli 21st came in the best con- 

 dition March 30. 1 am well i)leased with them all. I 

 do not see how you can suiiply such nice clean and 

 perfect goods at so low a price, i have shown my 

 goods to several bee-keepers liere, and they are.all 

 as well pleased with them as I am; and although I 

 have but little time for any other reailiiig tlum that 

 pertaining to my medical work, 1 always tind time 

 to read Gleanings. I much enjoy your Home talks. 



Londonderry, O., April 6. O. S. Bkovvn, M. D. 



A KIND WORD FOR THE RUIJAL NEW-YORKER, .\ND 

 FOR CHEMICAL FERTILIZEHS, ALSO. 



[After what I said about the RKraVs leachiiigs on 

 page 2.^1, our good friend ('ollingwood, I lie Manag- 

 ing Editor, malli'd me the letter Uelow, which is loo 

 good to keei) out of i)rint. Long may th'' Rnrnl be 

 spared to do mission work aiiujng the larmers of our 

 laudl A. l.R. 



I have been a farmer for 40 years, with varied suc- 

 cess. But declining health came with declining 

 years, and hired help ate up all my proHts, since we 

 have had not only poor crops but declining prices. 

 La.st spring 1 felt J must " go to the wall," and made 

 arrangements to tide me t)\-er about 2 years, when I 

 fell I must be dependent on my friends if life was 

 given to me longer. A coijy of iho Rural fell into 

 my hands. I was inttirested, subscribed for it, 

 learned 1 was farming too much but not good enough 

 —not the right kind of crojis suited to my soil, mar- 

 ket, or condition of family heli). I have liraced up ; 

 and if 1 get as much help from the Rural and fer- 

 tilizers tliisyear as last 1 shall be rods away from 

 that wall. D. B. Lowe. 



Polkville. N. J., Mar. 15. 



