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(JLEANINGS IN BEE CL'LTURE. 



Mar. 15. 



Dr. Hall's medical pamphlet has made u.se of not 

 a few of oui- western exchang-es since the beginning- 

 of the year. Dr. Hall makes a good use of secrecy 

 in the application of liis highly recommended reme- 

 dy; but when he is pushed as to its discovery it be- 

 comes evident tliat he is not well posted in medical 

 lore; for there appeared a little book in Reutlingen, 

 more th m forty years ago, in wliich we saw all that 

 Dr. Hall puts f()rth with so much secrecy. Tlie Ger- 

 man la. of Milwaiikcr, took up at first a column of 

 his recommciuhilions; but tinding afterward that 

 there was nothina- original about it, it grave the 

 whole thing awav t) its readers. It contains only 

 about 3J pages, written with great verliiage, and is 

 sold to people for ^i.«>0 liy Dr. Hall and his agents. 



Now. friends, there is a moral in all this. It 

 transpires, as you see, that the whole of Dr. 

 Hall's discovery was not only in print at the 

 very time in our own country, but in other 

 countries also; and with the multitude of books 

 and periodicals now extant, as well as the mul- 

 titude of thinking people and earnest students, 

 not only in medicine but in all other depart- 

 ments of science and art, shall we not be a lit- 

 tle slow in deciding that any one man has the 

 right to monopolize and make capital out of 

 any thing that comes up, that seems, for the 

 time, to be new? 



gPEci^ii piewicEg. 



ALSIKE CLOVEK SEED WANTED. 



If any of our readers have any choice alsike seed 

 for sale thev will do us a favor by mailing us a small 

 sample, telling what they have and wliat tliey will 

 take for it. The wholesale price still continues 

 quite tirm, and our stock is almost exhausted. 



TOBACCO DUST FOR KILLING BUGS AND INSECTS. 



As some of the friends may wish to try some of 

 the tobacco dust spoken of on another page, we will 

 say that we can furnish it as follows: 1 lb., by 

 mail. 2.5 cts. ; .5 lbs., bv express or freight, 3 cts. per 

 lb.; 10 lbs.,2V2 cts. per lb.; 25 lbs., 2 cts. per lb.; 100 

 lbs., $1.7.5. 



ADVANCE IN ALSIKE CLOVER SEED. 



We aie compelled to advance the retail price of 

 alsike to the following, and may without notice have 

 to advance still more, but will always give as good a 

 price as it is possible to do. Hushel, SIO.OO; 1/2 Imsh- 

 el, $5.20; peck, $2.75; lb.. 22 cts. No (.liange is made 

 from the prices quoted in last issue, on white and 

 alfalfa clovers. 



RUBBER TUBING, ETC. 



So manv of the friends have cimiiilained that they 

 do not find the soft-rul)ber tubing I descrilied in 

 our last issue at their drugstores, 1 have taken 

 pains to purcliase a quantity that we can send by 

 mail at the rate of five cts. per foot. We can also 

 furnish the hard-rubber terminal tube at 10 cts. each. 

 The above prices will include postage. 



SMOKER FUEL AT 75 CTS. A BARREL. 



This is a kind of sawdust and excelsior mixed, 

 that comes from making bee-feeders and other work 

 of this class, that is the best smoker fuel of any 

 thing u'c have ever used, and we liave tried almost 

 every thing. We will dispose of what we have on 

 liand, for to cts. a barrel, barrel included. It can go 

 by freight. When you are ordering other goods you 

 can easily have a barrel of this Included. 



OUR SEED AND PLANT CATALOGUE FOR 1891. 



This is just out. and on many things we have been 

 enabled to make the prices even lower than they 

 were in our January numlier. Very few things 

 have advanced much, with the excei>ti()ii of alsike 

 clover. In our locality there is at present no oppor- 

 tunity to get plants outdi)ors, on account of the 

 continued wetness. In fact, we have had more win- 

 ter since the first of March than during all the win- 

 ter months. 



FOR SALE. 



Thoroughbred Cheshire Pigs, Plymouth Rock and 

 Light Brahma Eggs, Liglit Brahma Cockerels, and 

 Uiifei'mented Niagara Grape-juice. Write for 

 prices. V. J. BAL.DKII>OI<., 



6d Keiidalii, Noiiet-a Co., N. IT. 



Please mention this paper. 



A Four-Color Label for Only 75 

 Cts. Per Thousand. 



Just think of it I we can furnish you a very neat 

 four-color label, with j-our name and address, with 

 the choice of having either " comb " or " extracted " 

 before the word "honey," for only 75 cts per thou- 

 sand; 50 cts. per 5(10, or 30 cts. for 2.jO. iHist|iaid. The 

 size of the label is 2)^x1 inch— ,iust liglit to go round 

 the neck of a V)ottle, to put on a section, or to adorn 

 the front of a honey-tumbler. Send for our special 

 label catalogue for samples of this and many other 

 pretty designs in label work. 



A. I. ROOT, Medina, O. 



Maple Sugar Supplies 



Maple-sugar-making time is at hand, and some are 

 inquiring the price of supplies. First, you should 

 supply yourself with that excellent book by Prof. 

 Cook, "Maple Sugar and the Sugar-Bush;" price 35 

 cents; by mail, 38c. By studjiug this you may save- 

 many times the price of it. Notwithstanding the ad- 

 vance in the cost of tin, we are able to otter you sap- 

 buckets and spiles and cans at last year's prices, as 

 below: 



Above cut shows a bucket hung- on wire lixip, withv 

 hinged tin cover, and manner of emptying. 



IMPROVED RECORD SAP-SP' )UT. 



Record sap-spouts, $1.00 per 100; $8.00 per 1000. 



10-qt. buckets, IC tin, $1.5.0(1 per 100; IX tin, $17.00. 



12-qt. buckets, IC tin, $16.00 per 100; IX tin. $18.00.. 



Patent hinged covers, $6.00 per 100 .Reversible wood 

 covers, $4.60 per 100. Wire loops for wood pails. 30c- 

 per 100: for tin pails. 2.5c per 100. 1-gal. square cans, 

 .50 or 100 in a crate, $12.00 per 100. Boxed 10 in a box, 

 for re-shipment when filled, $1.50 per box; $14.00 for- 

 10 boxes. 



A. I. ROOT, MEDINA, OHIO. 



