1880 



(iLEANlNGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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aud the color of the buds and joung branches. In 

 planting- our basswood orchard, some twelve ycnr.s 

 ag-o, I noticed we found little trees in the foic^t, 

 some of which were rod and others yellow; so it 

 seems to be an accidental and common feature; 

 and if the trees are in no way ditl'crent, except the 

 color ff the baric, which is (piite probable, it will 

 not be worth our while to make the experiment. 

 The whitc-'.eaved weeping linden, or the cut and 

 fern lindens, are ornamental trees for the lawn or 

 dooryard. The same catalogue gives two different 

 kinds of tulip, or whitewood trees; namely, the 

 common and variegated leaved. Now is the time to 

 order basswoods, if you are intending to put them 

 out this spring. See prices in our new price list. 



1!1:DU( TIOX IN THE PRICE OF SAP-PAII^S. 



As the sugar-making season is approaching, sap 

 pails and spiles will be needed soon. We are pleas- 

 ed to tell you that the price of these has declined. 

 We ca 1 furnish sap-pails, made of IC charcoal tir, 

 10 qt., for $14.00 per 100; 13 (|t., *1.').00. JX charcoal, 

 10 qt., $16.00; 13 qt., $17..50 per 100. Sap-spiles, best 

 retinned. at 10 cts. per doz.; 7.5 cts. per ICO, or $7.00 

 per 1000. The spiles can be sent by mail for 6 cts. 

 per doz., or 45 cts. per 100, extra. Wooden sap-pails. 

 $13.00 per 100. These are put up in packages of one 

 dozen each; and in every dozen there are two pails 

 with bails. The rest have no bails. 



Three-eighths-inch bits for tapping trees, 1.5 cents 

 each; postage, 3 cts. extra. Brace for same, with 

 set-screw, 30 cts. ; 18 cts. extra for postage, if sent 

 by mail. Brace with patent grip, .50 and 75 cts., ac- 

 cording to size. ■ Gallon syrup-cans, guaranteed 

 not to leak, $1.30 for 10, or $11.00 per 100. Oblong 

 tin pans, for making maple-sugar bricks, $3.75 per 

 100. 



Please note that the law now recjuires that the 

 name of the person who puts up maple syrup must 

 be put on the package in letters not less than one 

 inch high, and three-eighths of an inch wide. We 

 are prepared to print labels in accordance with the 

 above law; and where desired we can paste them 

 on your cans, so you have nothing to do but to fill 

 them with syrup. 



IlKIirCTlON IN THE PRICE OF BEE-KITPPLIES, ET( . 



March 1, 188(1, your humple servant, A. I. Koot, 

 is enjoying himself with the "New Agriculture." 

 ^'ou see, we take the exhaust steam, after it has 

 warmed oui- buildings, and put it down through 

 those stone reservoirs 1 told you about on page .58, 

 and it has made the ground warm enough so we are 

 setting out all kinds of hardy plants, and making 

 them grow as in .Tune. When there comes a zero 

 freeze, we have to put a sash over them. Sash is a 

 great deal better than any kind of cloth co\ering, 

 especially for a hard freeze. Ernest and .lohn. 

 with the help of a great lot of other of ijour friends, 

 are taking care of the journal and the price list. 

 Perhaps that accounts for the large department of 

 Kind Words that appears in this number. They 

 thouffht they were all right, and so I let them go. 

 An<l, by the waj-, Ernest and .lohn and these other 

 fricn<Is have been figuring on the cost of a great 

 many of these things we make for .you, and have 

 declared so positively that the goods can be sold 

 .cheaper, that I have consented to a big reduction 

 in the price of many things in our price list. The 

 reduction is so great, in fact, that we have decided 

 to mail a new price list to every one of our subscri- 

 bers. This will be done just as soon as this journal 



goes to press. In fact, we have got it out a littfe 

 ahead oC time with that very end in view. 



Wc bavc received, during the month of February, 

 401 new subscribers; but during this time :).58 have 

 expired and have not renewed, 'so we are only 4:> 

 ahead, making 5034. 



A NEW EDITION OF THE A 11 C BOOK. 



This is now out of the press, making the 27th 

 thousand. Tt contains mention of almost every 

 thing of importance up to the present date, even 

 including a notice of Heddon's new hive, as well as 

 cuts and descriptions of his hive of a year ago. As 

 we said before, if you already have an A B C book, 

 and sell it to somebody for half price, we well sell 

 you a new one for the money you get; that is, the 

 new edition will be half price to those who have re- 

 cently purchased the edition before it. 



BUCKEYE SASH-LOCK 



-.1 Do-ire to Fasten If indotrs tip or Jtnirn, 

 Or at Ant/ Point. 



Something Effective, although Low in Price. 



For many years 1 have been trying to get some- 

 thing better to hold a window up than a stick or a 

 book, or something of that sort; but although we 

 have tried them, even paying as high as 75 cents 

 per window, I have never had any thing please me 

 so well as the little device illustrated below. 



This device holds the sash securely by friction in 

 any desired position, as tight as if it were in a vise. 

 It prevents the sash from rattling, and excludes 

 the dust by making tight joints, and yet it does not 

 mar the wood. It is put on with two screws, and 

 can be fitted by an inexperienced hand in three 

 minutes. It works equally well in upper or lower 

 sash, with or without weights. Printed instructions 

 ai'e furnished with each one, as well as screws to 

 fasten them on with, and yet the price is only 5 cts. ; 

 10 for 48 cts.; 100 for $4.0(). If wanted by mail, add 

 ;5 cts. each extra. The little device is the invention 

 of one of our Medina Co. boys. 



A. I. ROOT. Medina, O. 



IC PLYMOUTH-ROCK EGGS by express for $1.(hi. 

 1 9 .579d S. A. DYKE, Pomeroy, Ohio. 



STKAWI{EKKV PLANTS, $1.00 per KHHl, by exp. 

 Pure Crescents. Uownings, and Kentuckles, I 

 doz., 3i)c; Russian Mulberry-trees, 5c; three for 10c. 

 Bokhara clover, and mustard seed, .5c i)er oz. Free 

 by mail. A. FIDDRS, 



5d Centralia, Marion Co., Illinois. 



SPIDEIM'LANT Seeds at $1.50 per lb.; i.i lb., 40 

 cts.; 15 cts. per oz. by mail. W.A.Sanders, 

 5d Oak Bower, Hart Co., (ia. 



rflR QAI F Attirand Bay, Ala., on L. & N. 

 run OnUC. h. K., 35 colonies of hybrid and 

 Italian bees, in two-story Simp, and Viallon hives— 

 the lot together at $5.00 each, as they stand.. House 

 and two acres of land also for sale. 5tfdb 



.7, .1. Davidson, 368 Magazine St., New Orleans, La. 



