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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUEE. 



May 



CHOICE BEED 



—OK THK— 



WEW JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT. 





Per lb., 1 S*- ; >4 peck, 604- ; 1 i>eck,;$1.00; '/2 bush., $1.90 ; 1 biiMiel, $».50; 5 bushelii or 

 more, $3.00 per bushel. 



Here is what a few men did with this variety last year: 



C. M. Underwood, Oteg-Q, N. Y., raised 11 bushels from 6 lbs. of seed. Jos. Griffin, Klo, Va., raised 3^ 

 bushels from 2 lbs. of seed. F. W. Dean, New Milford, Pa., raised Sy^ bushels from 3 lbs. of seed. J. C. 

 Gallup, Smithport, Pa., raised 10 bushels from K lbs. of seed. R. B. Hetcher, McClure, N. Y., raised 914 

 bushels from .5 lbs. of seed. 



These yields are not so remarkable till you consider the very dry season and unfavorable circumstances 

 under which they were produced. The testimony was, that, as compared with other varieties, it yielded 

 from ~ to ."> times as much seed, and seemed to produce more honey. 



M. J. Bundy. Angola, N. Y., a miller, called his farmer cousin's attention to the matter last season, and 

 he, thinking that, if a little were good, concluded that more would be better. He therefore bought and 

 sowed TWO BUSHELS, July 6, "and during the drought it looked as though it would not be worth cut- 

 ting; but after the fall rains it came on in a hurry." He harvested 140 bushels of choice seed. 



Mr. Axtell, Koseville, 111., " believes it will do better in this climate than any other buckwheat he ever 

 sowed, and he has had an e.xperiencc of over 3.5 years." I am not aware that any of the above men got 

 less than $2.00 per bushel for their seed, and most of them got much more than that. 



Send in your orders early, before our stock of 80 bushels is exhausted. 



A. I. ROOT, Medina, Ohio. 



