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Contents of this Number. 



Alder-Tiig 311 



Bee-sting Rimedies 295 



Boys' Hive-factory .ilO 



Buckwheat, Japanese 296 



Burning-glass 30? 



Camp-meeting Fruit 314 



China Letter 313 



Comb vs. Extracted. (Q.B.), 309 



Comb, Manufactured 291 



Combs, Bulged iQ. B.).308 



Drones, Small 307 



Editorial 321 



Eggs, Surplus of 307 



Elm 312 



Express Companies 294 



False Statements 293 



Force-pump for Feeding 297 



Frames, Emptj- 298 



Given Press. . .' 295 



Grimm's Methods 284 



Heads of (Jrain .307 



Head-wear for Apiary 296 



Heater's Kxhibit 291 



Honey Statistics 320 



Honev, Candied 295 



Linn Logs Peeled 312 



Our l)wn Apiary 320 



Our Question Box 308 



Peach-Bloom .• 311 



Question 38 Reconsidered.. 298 



Runaway 312 



Sections onlFrames. (Q. B.) .310 



Sections of Shavings 28X 



Sections. Slotted Sides 292 



Songs for Bee-keepers 289 



Supers, Foster's 292 



Swamp-elm 314 



Sweet Clover Protttable. . . .297 

 Sweet Potatoes in Honey.. 312 



Tobacco Column.. 313 



T Super Improved 308 



Water elm 311 



ITALIAN BEES FOR SALE. 



Seventy colonies in ten-Irame Langstroth hives, 

 at $5.00 per colony. JOHN OR ANT, 



8-lldb Batavia, Clermont Co., Ohio. 



ITALIAN BEES, QUEENS, AND EGGS 



from high-class Silver Laced Wyandotte, and S. C. 

 B. Leghorn fowls, at living rates. Price list free. 

 8tfdb GEO. A. WEIOHT, Qlenwood, Susquehanna Go., Pa. 



IF YOU HAVE LOST ALL YOUR BEES, you had better 

 ' send a postal card for my prices for the coming 

 season. 8tfdb Thomas Gedye, LaSalle, III. 



FOR SALiE.— One complete Saw-mill, with one 

 ■ti-inch circular saw for sawing logs. Is new; 

 never been used. Cost #231.00; will take $175.00 for 

 it. on board the cars here. Thomas Gedye, 



8d LaSalle, LaSalle Co. 111. 



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EGGS. $1 .50; 

 Leghorns. 



13, *1.00. Todd strain of Brown 



A. F. BSIQHT, Mazeppa, Minn. 



gPECIi^Ii ]^0¥ICEg. 



T TINS. 



Whilestrolllng through the tin-shop yesterday we 

 were informed that our original T-tin machine has 

 made 110,(X)0T tins. Thiswillgive our readers some 

 idea of the popularity of the T super. At the pres- 

 ent lime it seems to till the bill better than any other 

 surplus arrangement in use. 



THE NKW .lAPA.NKSE BUCKWHEAT. 



Keraeraber, we have in stock about 80 bushels of 

 choice seed of this plant that did so well the past 

 season. We offei- it as follows: ^4 lb., Sets.; lib., 

 12 «ts.; 14 peck. 60 cts.; 1 peck. $1.00; V^ bushel, 

 $1.!»0; one bushel, $3.,50; 5 bushels or over, $3.00 per 

 bushel. Bags free. 



A LAWN-MOWER FOR $4.25. 



We call the attention of our readers to our adver- 

 tisement of the Young America Lawn-mower, in 

 another column. Having bought the entire stock 

 at assignee's rate, we are enabled to make this most 

 unparalled offer in the history of lawn-mowers. 

 We shall be pleased to quote still lower prices in 

 <)uantities to those who desire tosupply their neigh- 

 bors and friends with a good mower at a low price. 



GARDEN-SEEDS, POTATOES, ETC. 



A Ithough there has been quite a brisk time among 

 seedsmen, and many of our large houses have run 

 out of certain seeds, we are prepared to furnish 

 everything in our price list by the tirsf mail or ex- 

 press, without any advance in price, with the excep- 

 tion of the Early Ohio potatoes. We are out of these 

 and can not find any. If any of our readers have 

 Bometosell, will they please inform us at once, with 

 price? 



ITALIAN BEES AT ONE-HALF OUR, REGULAR PRICE. 



We have at Quitman, Mo., abdfut 20 colonies of 

 Italian bees in good condition; and as we desire to 



dispose of them quickly, we will offer them at half 

 our catalogue price, which would be $10 for a full 

 colony with queen. Two colonies, Sl9; three col- 

 onies, $27; 4 colonies, $35; 5 colonies, $42. ,50; 10 or 

 more, $7. .50 per colony. These are a rare bargain. 

 Please send in your order early if you wish to se- 

 cure them. 



FRIEND martin's CAREFULLY SELECTED AND 

 IMPROVED TURNIP-SEED. 



In answer to an inquiry to friend M., in regard to 

 such seed as he uses and recommends in this num- 

 ber, he replies that the turnips are only just plant- 

 ed from which he expects to raise the seed for this 

 season's use. You will remember, he recommends 

 using new seed just harvested. Those who want 

 seed may leave orders with friend Martin or with 

 us, as they choose. The price of seed from these 

 selected turnips will be 15 cts. per ounce; 60 cts. per 

 half-pound, or $1.00 per pound. The ounces will be 

 prepaid; pounds and half-pounds at the rate of 

 18 cts. per pound extra, for bag and postage. I 

 think it quite likely that the demand for this seed 

 will be greater than he can supply. Therefore you 

 had better have your orders placed on file to be 

 tilled just as soon as the seed can be harvested. 



THE A B C OF POTATO CULTURE. 



The demand for this bookj for the past few weeks 

 has been beyond precedent. In fact, our mailing- 

 clerks keep a pile of them already wrapped up, and 

 when I read the mail I sort tout the orders for the 

 potato-book and put them all together. I presume 

 it is the almost unprecedented price of potatoes 

 that has something to do with it. Another thing, 

 people are waking up to the importance of improv- 

 ed potato culture in a way they never did before. 

 Good! When our boys get.;enthusiastic in raising 

 potatoes we need not worry abo.ut them much— no, 

 not even if potato-growing gets to be a fever. It 

 will be far better for our nation when our boys are 

 seen rushing to the fields and„ engaging brain and 

 muscle in growing potatoes rather than to crowd 

 the cities, begging for permission to stand behind 

 a counter for barely enough to pay for board and 

 clothing. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



The orphans are in exstacy over " Fables and Al- 

 legories." A very nice book for the money. 

 Peoria, 111. Mrs. L. Harrison. 



The goods you sent me came promptly and safely 

 I am more than pleased with them. I am begin 

 ning to keep a few bees for home supply, and have 

 enjoyed your ABC more than I can tell you. My 

 bees had a nice fly on the 13th of this month. They 

 are packed in chaff, as you direct. I am a farmer's 

 busy wife, with a family of little ones whom lam 

 trying to teach to love tlowers and pets. 



Hattie Meltav. 



Olathe, .lohnson Co., Kansas. 



AN A B C SCHOLAR 62 YEARS OLD. AND HOW HE 

 HAS SUCCEEDED. 



1 am an A B C scholar 62 years old this coming 

 spring. I take your ABC book and Gleanings, 

 and think I could not get along without them. 1 

 appreciate them very highly. I commenced with 

 two small nuclei three years ago last summer. I 

 wintered seven last winter, without any loss. 1 

 winter on summer^'; stands in your chaff hives. I 

 think your chaff' hives can't be beat for wintering 

 bees. Noah Thomas. 



Horatio, Ohio. 



e.xceedingly interested in gleanings. 



We have taken vour paper one year, and have 

 become exceedingly interested, so that we think wo 

 must look it all through before retiring, no matter 

 how late we receive it. Our bees never did so well, 

 and we feel that we have profited by your Home 

 talks. Whether we have kept up with the bees or 

 not is not for us to say; but we hope that you may 

 be prospered in your good work to a good old age. 

 Mrs. and Mr. Herbert Deming. 



Cornish Ctr., N. H. 



