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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 15. 



and discrepancies that he was not strictly hon- 

 est. When Satan gets hold of an individual he 

 never lets go; and one who srcceeds one by 

 prevarication and falsehood will so( n g -i into 

 trouble again in the sume way: and his future 

 conduct often decides the qiie.-tion quiie plain- 

 ly whether he was guilty or innocent. In view 

 of this, oh let us strive and work hard! " Bless- 

 ed are t)ie pure in he u't. for they shall sr-R 

 God." The one who holds fa-t. throuch all 

 sorts of trials, to strict honesty nnd intcgiily. 

 will draw nearer and nearer to th" gnnit God 

 above; whilf' the oni' who commences by di^- 

 ciding that falsehood i< sometimes better than 

 truth, gets further and farther away as the 

 years pass on, from the God v\ ho made him. 



BUSINESSg^ 



ANAGER 



JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT. 



We have been able to supply all demands forseed, 

 though we might have sold more if it were possible 

 to name a lower price. Those who have seed for 

 sale are holding for a good price, so we are not able 

 to offer any better pi'ices than named in our last, 

 which are, 50c per peck; 85c per half-bushel; $1.50 

 per bushel; $3>0 for 3 bushels; $13.50 for 10 bushels. 

 We have it in stock, and available at several points 

 east and west at these prices. 



DECLINE IN BEESWAX. 



Since the cold wet weather in May, which seems 

 to have been quite general, and which has had a 

 depressing effect on bee-keepers, orders for all 

 kinds of supplies have dropped to a very small vol- 

 ume. The demand for foundation has decreased, 

 and snpi)ly of beeswax more plentiful. We there- 

 fore mark down the price we will pay for average 

 wax, dt livered here, to 33c cash, 26 in trade, until 

 further notice. Selling price of refined yellow wax 

 in small lots will be 33c per lb. Ordinary market 

 wax, 30c. 



IMPORTED QUEENS. 



Some three or four weeks ago we received a con- 

 signment of Imported queens, all of them extra fine 

 one-;. They have now been in the apiary a suffi- 

 ci< nt length of time for us to test them to see 

 whether their bees are well marked, and also to see 

 whether the queens themselves are prolific. Price 

 for the best imported, during June, $0.00; July, 

 $5.00; fair imported. $1.00 less. The queens as well 

 as the bees are rather of the leather-colored order. 

 They are extra honey-gathers, and we have never 

 seen any stock quite so gentle and easy to handle. 

 We have taken pains to get our queens from that 

 portion of Italy where the stock has the above 

 mentioned qualities as far as possible. 



AUGITE STOVE-MAT. 



We must surely 

 have reached the 

 bottom on stove- 

 mats this time. 

 We are now able 

 to offer them at 

 10c each; 2 for 15 

 rts., or 4 for 25i'; 

 fi5c per doz. ; $1.S0 

 for 3 do/..; 6 doz , 

 $3 .50; 13 doz. for 

 $(;.50. By mail. 5c' 

 each e.xtra. Hert^ 

 is a chance for 

 canvassers to 

 make a nice prof- 

 it, and bring a 

 blessing to the 

 homes where they 

 sell. We still han- 

 dle the original 



augite mat, wiiich we consider superior to all its 

 imitators. 



STANLEY AUTOMATIC EXTRACTORS. 



We still have left of 

 the Stanley Automafc 

 extractors 3 four-frame 

 machines. We got 

 titese with other stock 

 when we bought out 

 E. R Newi'omb some 

 three years ago. We 

 had originally some 20 

 or more machines, and 

 the stock is now worked 

 down to 3 fcmr-frame. 

 The regular price at 

 which these four-frame 

 machines sold was $20, 

 without gear. We offer 

 these, to close out, at 

 $10; or for $14 we will 

 put on the uevel gear 

 used on our Cowan ma- 

 chines, or one of that pattern. This machine, with 

 gear, used to sell for $38.00. Remember, we can not 

 duplicate these prices when these machines are 

 sold. If you want one, order at once. 



BUSH LIMA BEANS. 



Now is the time to plant them; and as we have 

 yet quite a little stock on hand, we offer them for 

 the remainder of thR season at about the price of 

 polelimas; viz., $3.50 per peck. In smaller quanti- 

 ties we will furnish them at 40 cts. per quart. This 

 refers to either the Kumerle or Burpee's bush lima. 

 The Kumerle is no doubt the richest and most 

 luscious lima bean in exi.stence; but the Rurpee 

 bush be m is larger, and will, perhaps, give a larger 

 crop for field culture. Should you order, please 

 refer to this special offer in Gleanings for June 15. 



PLANTING POTATOES DURING THE LAST OF .lUNE. 



On a recent visit to Wilbur Fenn's I found that 

 his large crop of Monroe Seedlings was planted the 

 Jaxt week in June instead of the fore part. Well, 

 O'lr Monroe Seedlings are now all sold out, but we 

 liave yet left about 30 bushels of Freeman potatoes, 

 and these are still earlier than the Monroe Seed- 

 lings. I think they would mature a crop nicely if 

 planted, say, the 4th of July. Until they are closed 

 out, we offer them for 60 cts. per peck, and this is 

 just about the price of new potatoes just now. My 

 impression is, that our old Freemans are nicer for 

 an eating potato than the greater part of the new 

 potatoes on the market. 



FUNGI AND FUNGICIDES, BY CLARENCE M. WEED. 



A beautiful book with the alxive title, from the 

 O. Judd Co., has just lieen placed on our table. It 

 considers all fungoid diseases that affect our grain 

 crops, fruits, and vegetables, and gives directions 

 for treatment to eradicate tlie trouble so far as our 

 experiment stations have succeeded up to date in 

 combatting these enemies of agriculture. Every 

 fungoid disease that has come to my notice is de- 

 scribed with excellent illus( rations, and all the 

 remedies that have been found profitable, fully 

 considered. Of course, we are not yet able to con- 

 trol entirely all this fungi— the pear-tree b'ight, for 

 instance. We are told that, so far. science has fail- 

 ed with this, but that decidedly beneficial results 

 are obtained by cutting out the blighted limbs or 

 twigs, and burning them just as soon as the trouble 

 appears. Years ago my mother succeedt>d in rais- 

 ing beautiful pear-trees by the above method. 

 She said she was not going to have her trees ruined 

 by that disagreeable-looking blight: and by cutting 

 itout and putting tlie twigs in the stove just a8 

 ■^ooii as she could discover it. she made our trees 

 liealthy and productive. Well, the book considei'S 

 lliis wliolc matter, from the dry rot on the plum- 

 I ree to t he smut- on the corn, tlie scab on the apple, 

 tlic .uitliiachauose on the raspberry, the club-foot 

 of the ca,l)bage and cauliHowef, the strawberry rust, 

 and even scabby potatoes. Many of these f imgi, I 

 believe, we have got pretty well in iiand. The Ijook 

 contains 220 pages and 90 illustrntions. Price, 

 bound in cloth, $1.00; |)aper, 50 cts. We can mail it 

 from this office if desired. 



HOW TO PHEPAHE AND SHIP COMB HONEY. 



The time is neai' when we hope many of our read- 

 ei's will have a good crop of honey to mai'ket. Your 

 success in securing a fair price depends very large- 



