28S 



GLEANINGS lis BEE CULTURE. 



Apr. 



KENWARD-HALL APIARY 



TESTED QUEENS AT ONE DOLLAR EACH. 



We do not send out warranted queens. Our 

 Tested Queens ai-e sold at the price asked for war- 

 ranted. 

 Our queens are from imported mothers, are large, 



LIGHT, PROLIFIC, and, ABOVE ALL, A PLEASURE TO 



HANDLE, and will prove A No. 1 in every respect. 

 Satisfaction guaranteed. See ad. in Glean- 

 ings March I. 



Untested queens $ 7.5 



3-frame nucleus, 3 lbs. bees, tested queen - 3 00 



Orders tilled promptly by return mail. Special 

 rates to dealers. 



Write for price list. 



J. W. K. SHAW & CO., 



(Iberia Parish.) 



LOREAUVILLE, LA. 



J. P. Caldwell, of San Marcos, Tex. 



Pure Italian queens. April. May. Jun.toOct. 

 Select tested *2 75 $2 35 . $1 75 



Tested 1 75 1 ,50 1 25 



Untested 1 GO 90 75 



Six untested 5 00 4 40 3 75 



Twelve untested 9 .50 8 CO 7 00 



All queens will he shipped in cages which answer 

 the double purpose of an introducing- and shipping- 

 cage. Address .J. P. Caldwell, -San Marcos, Tex. 

 7-18db 



DR. a. L. TINKER, 



manufacturer of 



Open-Side White-Poplar Sections, 



the best-made sections ever offered to bee-keepers. 

 The best-made perforated zinc. The best-made and 

 only perfect wood and zinc honey-boards. Western 

 agent for Crawford's Section Cartons. Sample 

 section, zinc, and beautiful wood cards, 3 cts. Cat- 

 alogue free. Address DK. (i. L. TINKER, 

 7-lOdb New Philadelplila, O. 



MY20TH ANNUAL PRICE LIST OF ITALIAN, 

 CYPRIAN, and HOLY-LAND BEES, QUEENS. 

 NUCLEUS COLONIES, and APIARIAN SUPPLIES, 

 sent to all who send me their name and address. 

 7-1.5d H. H. BROWN, Light Street, Col. Co., Pa. 



The A B C of 



POTATO ^ Culture. 



HOW TO aEOW THEM IN THE LAEOEST QUAHTITT, AND 

 OF THE FINEST QUALITY, WITH THE LEAST EX- 

 PENDITUEE OF TIME AND LABOE. 

 Cnrefttlly Considering all the Latest Improve- 

 ments in this lirancJi of Affrieiilture tip to 

 tlie Present Date. 

 ILLUSTRATED BY TWENTY ENGRAVINGS. 

 Written by T. B. TEEE7, of Hudson, 0. 



Table of Contents : Soils, and their Preparation.— 

 Manures, and their Application.— When, and How 

 Far Apart Shall we Plant?— Shall we Plant Deep or 

 Shallow?— Shall we Plant in Hills or Drills?— How to 

 Make the Drills, and Fill Them.— Selection and Care 

 of Seed.— Cutting Seed to One Eye.— Planting Pota- 

 toes by Machinery.— Harrowing- aft'^r Planting.— 

 Cultivating- and Hoeing.— Handling the Bugs.— The 

 Use of Bushel Boxes.— A Top Box for the Wagon.— 

 Digging.— Storing.— What Varieties shall we Raise? 

 —Potato-growing as a Specialty.— Best Rotation 

 where Potatoes are made a Special Crop.— Cost of 

 Production, and Profits. 



Besides the above, we have recently added an ap- 

 pendi.x of 8 pages, bringing the book" up to the pres- 

 ent date, and containing an account of all the im- 

 provements made d\iring the past two years. 



Price 35 cts. ; by mail, 38 cts. 



A. I. ROOT, nfedlna, 01ito« 



BEE-KEEPERS, LOOK I 



to your interest. Now is the time. Strike while 

 the iron is hot. It is smoking and sizzling now. 

 Strictly pure, straight, nice, fresh, and clean 

 FOIIND.VTION, 34 cts. a lb. Bound to please. 

 Made and sold tons in three seasons. Not one dis- 

 satisfied customer .Jersey hives our specialty. $2. .50 

 will buy one. MODE:!. B. HIVK <''0., 



W. Phila., Pliihi. <'o., Pa. 



APIARY FOR SALE. 



I will sell my complete apiary and outfit at a 

 very low price. Any one about to invest in bee- 

 keeping will do well to address 



PHILIP H. liUCAS, 

 ITIouiit Vernon, West Cliester Co., N. Y. 



ITALIAN QUEENS 



--^3^ Untested, May, $1.25; June, 

 ^^ $1.00; July, '.Kl cts. Send for 16- 

 page II.LUSTKATED PRICE LIST 



of Bees, Queens, Chaff Hives, 

 Barnes Foot - power Saws, 

 Langdon Miter - Boxes, and 

 Apiarian Supplies. Address 

 Wll,L.IAM K. GOITL,I>, 

 Fremont, Ne\vayjj;o Co., 

 V-9db ITIiolifg-an. 



HELP THE AFFLICTED. 



I have 50 colonies of bees in Langstroth Hives to 

 sell for an afflicted brother, at $5.00 per colony, or 

 five or more. $4. .50 percolony. Safe arrival guar- 

 anteed. <;E0. E. HILTON, 

 Fremont, Newaygo Co., IVIieli. 



FOE SALE. One fine Wyandotte cockerel; price $2.00. 

 Speak quick. W. K. Leavis, Dry Ridge, Ky. 



The a B C of Bee Cetdre. 



320 THOUSAND NO^V READIT. 



AVEKAGE SAI^E, 200 PER MONTH. 



Ih ordering please state distinctly ivhctlier you want 

 cloth or paper hinding. 



Single copies, cloth bound, postpaid by mail, 

 $1.35; same as above, only paper covers, $1.00. From 

 the above prices there can be no deviation to any 

 one; but each purchaser, after he has paid full re- 

 tail price for one book, maj' order the cloth-bound 

 to anj' of his friends on payment of $1.00, or the 

 paper cover at 75 cents each. This discount we give 

 to pay you for showing the book, explaining its 

 worth, etc. If you order them by express or freight, 

 you may take off 15 cts. from each cloth-bound book, 

 or 12 cts. for each one in paper covers. Of course, 

 it will not pay to do this unless you order a number 

 at a time, or order them with other goods. To those 

 who advertise ABC books in their price lists and 

 circulars, a discount of 40% from retail prices by mail 

 >vill be made, and this discount will be given to all 

 booksellers and newsdealers. To any one who pur- 

 chases 100 at one time, a still further discount will 

 be made, to be given on application, and the 100 may 

 be made up of part cloth and part paper, if desired. 

 Purchasers are requested not to sell single books at 

 less than the regular i-etail prices, although they 

 may sell two or more at any price they think proper; 

 or the ABC may be clubbed with any other book 

 or periodical, at such prices as the agent thinks 

 proper. 

 Cook'* Manual in cloth at the same price as above 

 A. I. ROOT, Medina, O. 



