1886 



GLEANINGS IN liEE CULTURE. 



187 



\isi's it who has hari loitj; yc^rs of cxperienco, hut 

 luts not iiuuU^ a test of more tliati six months, or 

 perhaps not that lonji', of the plan. W. S. Dokman. 



Meohaniesville. Iowa. .Ian. :.'8, iss;;. 



Friend I)., it' yoii are where yon can get 

 liood mainire for drawing it away, and the 

 distance is not great, you certainly ought to 

 build up an innnense business in inaiket 

 gardening. The c(il)ble-stone drain, as you 

 term it, will work in any soil wliere there is 

 ever a surplus of water. Of course, tiie 

 water will not stand as long in sandy or 

 gravelly soil as it does in clay, but it would 

 usually stand long enough to be a benetit to 

 the growing croji. 



ANOTHER WHEELBARROW FOR BEE- 

 KEEPERS. 



A WHEKLBAKUOW KOK WOMEN, CIIIMIKKN, AM) 

 PEOPLE WHO AKE .NOT VEHV STOUT. 



'HEN I got our gas-pipe wheelbarrow 

 I had been greatly disgusted by our 

 wheelbarrows breaking down, rot- 

 ting to pieces, and giving out when 

 I didn't want theni to. Well, the 

 iron wheelbarrow- remedies these defects. 

 They will get rusty, it is true : but they nev- 

 er rot and never break, or rarely. On one 

 occasion one fell from the top of our factory, 

 loaded with brick, because of a rope break- 

 ing ; but it was a pretty good wheelbarrow, 

 even after it got to the bottom. There is I 

 only one trouble with it. Being all metal, it 

 is necessarily pretty heavy. Sometimes when 

 I go down across the creek for a wheelbarrow 

 load of green corn, I conclude the wheelbar- 

 row is lieavy enough for me, without any 

 load on it. "Well, I have several times felt 

 as if I should like to try my hand at making 



ing only iv") lbs., aiul yet it will cat ry .50(1 lbs. 

 safely, and itcan be packed so closely togeth- 

 er for shipment that you can take the whole 

 thing under your arm and walk off easily. 

 The wheel has flat spokes instead of round. 

 Tlie different i)ieces are all cut and forged 

 ])y means of dies. The legs are steel, so 

 they will lu'ither break nor bend. even if you 

 bump them on the sidewalk. The springs 

 are oil-temi)ereil. with adjustable bearings, 

 so you can tigliten them up for wear. More 

 than all, the wheelbarrows are the nicest job 

 of painting an I \ aiiiishiiig, I lielieve. I evei' 

 saw. for a farm implement. They are hand- 

 some enough to go around town with, and 

 strong enough to do heavy work ; and yet 

 the price of the small size is only ."^l.oo, the 

 same as our iron wheelbarrow. The larger 

 size is s;l.."SO. The only discount that can be 

 made is 5 per cent off for two: Id percent 

 off for tive,or lo per cent off for ten or more. 

 They can be sent either by freight or express. 

 It is only five minutes' work to put one to- 

 gether. 



NOTICES or PRICE LISTS RECEIVED. 



OCR aa-POUND WHEELBAKKOW, C.VP.\BLE OF CAKK 



a wheelbarrow of our strongest wood and 

 our best steel, properly braced and arranged 

 so as to give strength, and yet not weigh 

 (me ounce more tiuui is absolutely necessary. 

 At the Ohio State Fair last year I found a 

 wheelbarrow that came so near lilling the 

 bill that I asked the luanufacturers how 

 cheaply they could make 100. The wheel- 

 barrow was "all I could desire ; but the price, 

 I thought then, was more than we could 

 stand. During the winter, however, they 

 made a proposition which I considered very • 

 reasonable, pro\iding they coidd make them 

 at their convenience, when times were dull. 

 Well, friends, the wheelbarrows are here. 

 ant| they are a surprise to everybody. We 

 show you a picture above. 

 )ye "liave tWO 3i/.es — the larger one weigh- 



A. H. Uulf, CrfiKlit'>ii, <'■. sendf; an 8-p,age li;^t of bees and 

 poultry. 



B. D. Siilwell. FUishintr, ().. sends a price list of Plymouth 

 Rock poiiltrv- 



F. J. Crowley. Batavia. N. y, sends us his l:.>-page price list 

 of bee-supplies. 



W. S. Cauthen, Pleasant Hill, S. C Fends his 8-page list of 

 bees and queens. 



a. W. McKallip, Hiawatha, Kan., sends a 13-page eir'-nlar of 

 apiarian supplies. 



E. S. Brooks, Silverton, Oregon, sends a 13page price list of 

 supplies in general. 



Henry Criiic, of N'lirth Manchester, Ind., sends his 3i annual 

 (()-lia(;e list of s\ipplics in general. 



H'. A. Sntll, Milledtivville, 111., fends us a 15-pige descriptive 

 catalogui- : specialty, the Eclipse bee-hive. 



E. M. Hayhui-st, of Kansas City, Mo., sends us his postal-card 

 riicular— a printed list of bees and queens as a specialty. 



T. O. Newman A: Son, of Chicago, send their .'i5 page price list 

 of apiarian supplies. Among the noticeable featu'-es of their 

 list for '8.'), wo notice the Heddon hive figured and illustrated. 

 Mrs. Lizzie E. Cotton, West tJorham. 

 Me., sends out her annual circular of 

 ■Vi pages, it is written in her usual 

 bitter an<l censorious style, and 

 breathes " threatening and slaughter" 

 tu the bee-jouinals and supply-dealers 

 in general. wJiich alone is enough to 

 indicate that trouble may be expected 

 by all who deal with her. We can 

 oiily add our old stereotyped para- 

 gr.aph, which we alwa.ys refer to when 

 .isked in regard to her standing. U 

 reads thus, and probably always will ; 



1 am being asked my opinion of the 

 new circulars Mrs. Cotton is again 

 sending out quite plentifully. The 

 statements she makes, anil the jirices 

 she charges for the goods she sends 

 out, would, in my opinion, forbid her 

 being classed with our regular supply- 

 dealers, to say nothing of the strings 

 of complaints against hei- that have 

 VIXG 5Ut) I'OCMJS. filled our bee-journals for years past. 



John A. Thornton. Lima, HI., sends a sheet concerning bee- 

 supplies and Plymouth Rock poultry. 



F. A. Salisbury, of Geddes, N. Y., sends a Itll-page price list of 

 apiaiian supplies; also containing much valuable information 

 besides. 



Chas. F. Muth & Son, of (Uncinnali, send a.S()-page catalogue 

 of apiarian supplies, besides a good deal of useful information. 

 Among the notable features, we notice their new all-metal 

 sMiokci-s listed. 



.\mong the circniai's recently printed at this olfiec we iiotici- 

 On- following: '_ 



K. Sehmidt. Caroline, Wis., ii sheet, of apiarian supplies in 

 general. 



L.J. Trip, Kalamazoo, Mieh., .i J page price list of Italian 

 bees and queens. 



Oscar F. Rleilsoc, (;ienada. Mi-s.. a ."i page |.ricc list; Italian 

 queens a specialty. 



(Jeo. W. Raker, .Milton, Iml., :ui :idvertising sheet of bees, 

 queens, and bronze turkeys. 



Oliver Foster, Mt. Vernon, Iowa, an S-page circular of 

 queens, and bees by the pound. 



A U page catalogue lor .1. M. Jenkins imeiiticmcd on page ','>> . 

 Specialties, bee liives iind implements. This catalogue con 

 tains a large aminint of instructive matter, besides the prices 

 it gives, 



Hutihiiison A Taylor, Rogersville, Mich., a t-page price list 

 of bees, (iiieens, hives, sections, etc. .\s Mr. Hutchinson has 

 iidopted the new Hcdiluii hive, he will now otVer his old one- 

 loi'salc 



