1894 



GLEANINIJS I^ BEE CULTURE. 



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right in the neighborhood of where they wore 

 grown. We can not ail go to California; but 

 we can get good prices here at home, with first- 

 class fruit, and have lots of fun in doing it.] 



MUSHIiOOMS; THKIR TARDINESS IN COMING UP. 



Mr. J?or<t.— The mushroom spawn I received 

 of yon last spring and planted in March is just 

 coming up. The mushrooms are large and tine, 

 but come up very slowly. I suppose it is be- 

 cause of the cool weather. Now. if you think 

 it would be of interest to others, please tell how 

 to keep the spawn in the bed over, to plant new 

 beds with ne.xt spring. Can you not give us 

 some good way to cook the mushrooms also? 

 A. I. Tom BE KLIN. 



Phillipsburg, Kan., Oct. 19. 



[Friend T., my impression is that it will not 

 pay you to undertake to produce mushroom 

 spawn or seed; but perhaps it will come up it- 

 self year after year where you have already 

 grown it. Its tardiness in coming up is one of 

 the perplexing things about the vegetable.] 





In view of tlie business change spoken of else- 

 where editorially, all chiims up to date due A. I. 

 Koot should be paid, of course, to tlie A. I. Root Co. 



c.4lRTjOad shipments. 

 Prospects for trade next season, so far as we can 

 .iudg-e tills early, are fair. We have entered orders 

 "for two carloads of our extra polished sections, one 

 of them for export. As we go to press we are load- 

 ing the fiist car for Florida, and tliis will be follow- 

 ed by a car to the Rawliiigs Implement Co., Balti- 

 more. Md., <n- Baltimore Farm Implement Co., as 

 their old name reads. Others are sending large or- 

 ders, and taking advantage of the early-order dis- 

 counts. Our 1895 catalog is developing slowly but 

 surely. We hope to have it completed soon after 

 Jan. 1, 1895. We have decided to reduce the size to 

 40 pages, and include only bee-keepers' supplies, 

 and will make a separate 1st of tlie miscellaneous 

 liousehold articles. 



HONEY MARKET. 



We have no change to report in prices of honey. 

 Demand is slow with us, especially for comb honey. 

 We have but I'Z cases of extracted alfalfa left from 

 the Reno car, and little i)rospect of getting another 

 supply. There is lots of choice alfalfa honey in 

 Colorado, but it costs more than twice as much to 

 get it from there to Chirago as it does from Cali- 

 fornia to any point east. It is, therefore, impossi- 

 ble to allow the producer a fair price and still de- 

 liver it here low enough to compete with honey 

 produced in Wisconsin and New York and else- 

 where. We still have a good supply of alfalfa comb 

 lioney. very nice, and will make special i)iii'es on 

 laiue'lots. ' Let us hear from any one interested. 



We have choice clover and basswood extracted 

 honev in tiO lb. cans, at same prices as quoted in our 

 last." 



A NEW EDITION OF GOSPEL HYMNS. 



When Gospel Hymns Nos. 5 and (J were first issued, 

 the i>ublishers said they woidd not be bound with 

 the first four numbers. I presume the demands 

 upon them have been such that they have receded 

 from this position, for they have just brought out a 

 new edition, comi^rising all the hymns and tunes in 

 Nos. 1 to 6 Inclusive, without duplica'^es, bound in 

 cloth. Price, postpaid, $1.20; by express or freight, 

 at purchaser's expense, $12. dO per doz., or $1.00 each. 

 We have to otter nearly all the other editions of 

 Gospel Hymns as follows: 



Gospel Hymns ct)nsolidated, Nos. 1 to 4, large-type 

 edition, words and music, board cover, T5c each, 

 Is.oii per doz. ; postage 10 c each. 



The same, words only, board cover, 20c each, $2.35 

 per doz. ; i)ostage 3c each. 



The same, small-type edition, words and music, 45 

 cts. each; Sp.S.lO per do/.. ; postage 5c each. 



The same, small-type edition, words only, limp 

 cloth, 10c each, $1.15 per doz. : postage Ic each. The 

 same, paper cover, 5(r each, .58c per doz. ; postage Ic. 



Gosi>el Hymns No. 5, words and music, board cover, 

 :iOc each. *'i 40 per doz.; postage 5c each. 



t!os|iel Hymns No. (i, words and music, board cov- 

 er, :!0c each', $;}.40 per doz. ; postage .5c each. 



Gospel Hymns Nos. 5 and 6, words and music, 

 board covers, 60c each, »(5.80 per doz.; post., 10c each. 



Gospel Hymns No. 6, C. E. edition, words and 

 music, board covers, 35c each, $4.00 per doz. ; postage 

 5c each. 



VALUABLE BOOKS FOR CHRISTMAS OIFTS. 



We have just leceived from the Charles Foster 

 Publishing Co. another shipment of their l)eautiful 

 family books drawn from the Bible, of which we 

 have sold so many during past years. We have 

 room here for but a brief announcement. If you 

 have back numbers of Gleanings on file you can 

 find fuller descriptions written a year ago. Tl»e 

 first and most important is— 



The Story of the Bible, by Chas. Foster. Half a 

 million copies of this work have been sold, and it 

 has been reprinted in many foreign languages. It 

 is a handsome cloth-bound book, 5':x8\4, 1 'a thick, 

 weighing 2' > lbs., with 700 pages and 300 illustra- 

 tions. Price $1.00; bv mail, $1 20. 



Bible Pictures, and What They Teach Us, is an- 

 other most fascinating book for a child, and is at 

 the same time elevating and ennobling in its etfect 

 upon the child's mind. It is 8x10, by 1 inch thick; 

 weighs nearly 3 lbs.; contains 315 beautiful Bible 

 pictures, with brief sketcli, comprising 233 pages. 

 Price $1.00; bv mail. $1.22. 



Story of Bible Animals is another in the series. 

 Same size, and at same nrice as Story of the Bible. 



First Steps for Littte Feet, by the same author, is 

 a book for young children, and a great help to 

 mothers and teachers in Imparting Bible truth to 

 the little minds; 328 pages, 140 illustrations. Price 

 50c: hy mall, 57c. 



Pilgrim's Progress, Illustrated, is a handsome 

 book by the same publishers. Size 7'2xl0, and 1,'a 

 inches thick; 420 pages and 170 illustrations; beau- 

 tifully illuminated cover of red cloth, embossed in 

 gold. Price, plain edges, 75c; gilt edges, $1.00. By 

 mail. 21c extra. 



Fables and Allegories, or, New Lights on Old Paths, 

 is another beautiful gift-book by the same publish- 

 ers. It contains 512 pages and 350 illustrations. 

 Size of book, l'ax7i.:x9'/2; weight 4 lbs. Has light- 

 blue cloth cover, embossed in black and gold; has 

 gilt edges, and makes a handsome and valuable 

 ,gift-book. Price $L.50; by mail, $1.83. 



These prices arc about two-thirds of the regular 

 selling prices of these hooks; and yet for every sub- 

 scription to Gleanings you send us, with $1.00 paid 

 in advance, you may deduct 35c from the price of 

 any of the above books you may select. Your own 

 subscription will count if you send another with it, 

 and both are paid up, but nt)t otherwise. 



OWDERING POTATOES NOW, TO BE SHIPPED WHEN 

 YOU I'IKECT IN THE SPKING. 



We shall once more undertake to send out i)Ota- 

 toes as we did last, spring, but I do not think we 

 shall again risk starting them before the first of 

 April, no matter how enticing the weather. You 

 will need to order the potatoes now, at the prices 

 given on p. 885 of last issue. You must either pay 

 for them now, or make a sufficient iiayment on them 



, to pay us for putting them nii and furnishing cellar 

 space for tliem till next April. Or we will ship them 

 sooner providing you will stand all loss finm freez- 

 ing. In other words, they are to be shipped April 1 



i unless you direct them sooner. At the vtiry low 

 rates we have given, we shall very likely run out of 

 many kinds before spring; but if they are put up 

 now, your name marked on them, " paid for," you 

 make a sure thing of it. We guarantee them win- 

 tered safely without freezing, and with no more 

 sprouting than can be prevented by an excellent 

 cellar made on purpose, and opened and closed ac- 

 cording to the weather, that they may be neither 

 too hot nor too cold. 



Lathvrissylvestris has stood several severe freezes 

 —one of tliem only 16 above zero— withovit being 

 hurt a particle. 



