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just about equal to the npw for any purjiose; and 

 the cheaper g'rade is as handy lor bees that need 

 stores, or stimulating', as any thing we can have. 

 In fact, we have never had better success with an.\- 

 sort of feed than we have had with cakes of maple 

 sugar placed right over the cluster. A strong colo- 

 ny will take care of a tin-pan cake. 



I..\WN-MOWERS CHE.\PEK. 



The little lawn-mower that pleased so much last 

 season will now be $5. CO, instead of >S6.00. This cuts 

 10 inches wide, but we can now furnish one of the 

 same kind, cutting 13 inches wide, for ?6.00. The 10- 

 inch one runs a little easier, of course, and it may 

 therefore be preferable for a lady or for a child. 



rOUl-TRY-NETTING, JOU LOT. 



We luive just secured some job-lot pieces of 

 l)oultry-netting, which we can sell at the regular 

 price of one cent per square foot, and you need buy 

 only a small quautit.^-, if that is all you want. A 

 printed slip, giving the widths and the number of 

 square feet in each piece, will be mailed on applica- 

 tion. The different widths are as follows: 12,18,-4, 

 33, 36, 12, 48, CO, and 72 inches. Any one who takes 

 two or more pieces can have a discount of .5 per 

 cent; 10 or more, 10 per cent. 



MAPLE SYRUr. 



A FINE article of maple syrup, such as is now 

 made by the latest improved evajiorators. Is, in my 

 ()I)inion, one of the most deliciou-^ sweets of any 

 thing that God has ever given his children: yes, 

 better then anj- honey ever gathered, to my notion. 

 AVe ha^■e just purchased the entire production of 

 one of our neighbors, who has been one of the most 

 successful and progressive maple -sugar makers. 

 This syrup weighs ]1'2 lbs. to the gallon, and it is put 

 up hot, just as it comes from the evapoiuxtor. We 

 are now using .some for our table, that is one year 

 old, and it has apparently all the fine aroma and 

 freshntss that it had when first put up. Price 

 f 1.00 per gallon where cans can be returned, after 

 the syrup is used out. Where we shij) it so far that 

 the cans can not be returned, the price will be $1.10, 

 can and all. In lots of 10 cans, an even dollar each; 

 100 cans, f95.00. Maple syrup of former years, made 

 in the old wny, in canS holding 3''2 quarts, 'b cts. 

 each. 



PEAVINE, OR MAMMOTH RED CLOVER. 



M.\NY are inquiring as to tho results obtained 

 from this large red clover for bee-pasturage, as well 

 as for other purposes. I believe the reports indi- 

 cate that it unquestionably yields, some seasons, 

 very large quantities of beautiful clover honey. As 

 the honey-tubes are, however, deep, and difficult of 

 access, bees seem to prefer to woi'k on other 

 sources when they can; at least, it does not seem to 

 attract the bees every season so invariably as does 

 alsike and white clover. As for hay and feed, it 

 yields, unquestionably, the largest amount of any 

 clover known; but the qiiality is coarse, and is not 

 generally considered quite equal to the hay from 

 alsike or common red clover. For turning luider, 

 however, it yields more tops and more root than 

 any other clover known, and on this account it 

 I)lays a very important i>art in farming operations. 

 Our agricultui-al papers, almost with one assent, 

 declare that turning under heavy crops of clover is 

 one of the surest and cheapest ways of bringing up 

 the fertility of the soil, or of getting manure. 



FIRST IN THE FIELD!! 



The Invertible Bee-Hive 



Invertible Frames, 



ENVERTIBLE SURPLUS - CASES, 



top, bottom, and 

 Entrance Feeders. 



Cataloiiucs Free. Address 



J. M. Shuck, Des Moines, Iowa. 



4-3db 



ROSE COMB WHITE LEGHORN EGGS. 



6d 15 for SI (10; 30 for ^1.60: 4.") for S^2 00. 



<'. ii, FUIVIV, ^Vstsliino'toii, foiin. 



SYRIAN AND ITALIAN QUEENS, 



Before June 15, tested, $2 50 each; after, $2.00 each. 

 Untested, befoi-e June 15, $1.00 each; after, single 

 queen, $1.00; six for $5.00; twelve for $9.00. 



ISRAEL. GOOD, Sparta, Teuii. 



Italian Queens sent by Mail. 



Untested queens from imported mother, April, 

 $1.25; May, June, and Julv, $1.00. After ApHl, per 

 half-dozen, $.5.00. E. CRUDGINGTON & SON, 

 6tfdb Breckinridge, Stephens Co., Texas. 



Pure ITALIAN BEES and QUEENS 



QUEENS BRED FROM IMPORTED STOCK. 



Untested queen, just commencing to lay, - $1.00 



Furnished bv the 10th of May. 

 Tested, $2.00. Select tested, $2.50. Furnished by 



the 16th of May. 

 One-half pound bees, 90c. Furnished after the 1st 



of April. Cage included. 

 Two-frame nucleus, consisting of '; lb. of bees, 9Jc, 



two frames partly filled with brood, 90c. and one 



nucleus hive, 40c. Total $2.20; guaranteed. 

 All bees, queens, and nuclei are to be safely deliv- 

 ered at your nearest express or postoffice, you pay- 

 ing all express charges. Order early. First order- 

 ed, first served. C. F. UHL, 

 6d Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. 



G. W. Phelps & Go's Foundation Factory. 



SEE ADVEETISEMEMENT IN ANOTHER COLUMN. 



Black and Hybrid Queens For Sale. 



For the benefit of friends who have black or hybrid queens 

 which they want to dispose of, we will insert notices free of 

 charge, as below. We do this bec«use there is hardly value 

 enouffh to these queens to pav f"r buying them up and keep- 

 ing them in stock; and yet If. is oftentimes quite an accommo- 

 dation to those who can not afford higher priced ones. 



Black and hybrid queens for sale, from 15th of 

 May during the season. Black queens until June 

 20th, .50c; hybrid, 750. 



J. A. BuCKLEW, Clarks, Ohio. 



For S.\i,k.— T or 8 good Italian queens from apure 

 mother. They are mated with black drones; 50 cts. 

 each. Address J. T. Hightowek, 



(j Walnut Hill, Arkansafj, 



