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Special Notices. 



PKAVINK, Oil M AMMIITH, CI.OVKH SKED. 



Till' piico of iliis s«>c(l li:is lu'cii on llic iipwar<l 

 movo of latt. Ni'Xl to alsiki- :tiitl while rlovi'i- Hit- 

 1a>«>s RatlitT lioiu'v fidiii I his vuiifly most rciidi- 

 Iv. Wo havo soint' (•lioici- src<l. in limited (|u:imI il \. 

 as follows: 1 lb., 15 e.; 1 peek. ^^l.'.HI: '.. bushel. *:t.ti(l; 

 1 buslu'l.lT.tHi; 2 bushels, li;!.(10. bajrs inclmUd. \\y 

 mail, !• <". per lb. e.Mra. 



im,.vm:t .M{. (!.\hi)EN imi*uk.mi;nts. 

 The se»v.soii for pircU-iiinji' opei'ations is at hand, 

 and these operations ai-e ffieatl\ faeilitated by iIh; 

 proper tools. TIk' Planet .Ir. fiarden implements 

 liave a woild-wid(.> repiital ion. If yon are iidi'iested 

 in e.vaiiiininfi' the neat and tasty priee list of these 

 tools, we shall l)e ph a.sed 1o mail you one. inclosinj,'' 

 oiii- s|)eeial nel-piioe sheet oUerinf;' the tools at eon- 

 siderabh h--s than list priees. Mailed fret on re- 

 <l>'«'si. ■ 



BEESW.W W.VXTED. 



Tiie mai-ket in beeswax has toned up (piitea little, 

 so that wet'an oiler, till further noiii'C. »7 c per lb. 

 I'iusli. 30 e in trade, for averajic wax dt.'livered here. 

 He sure to put your name and addri^ss In oi' on the 

 packaiL'-e when you send us wax. for we ai-e daily re- 

 eeivin«r it ; i\\'h\ unless von are careful to liiark 

 your bo.x it jrive^ considerable annoyanei'. We have 

 "bad two orlhi-ee such caseslately. Ourselling- price 

 will be 32 cents for averajre, a5 for .selected. No 

 eliaiig'e to note in the price of comb foundation. 



SWKET Cr.OVEK— .MEf.ILOTUS AL,B.\. 



Since tin- appearance of the artieli- on this variety 

 of clover .found on pajiX' 91. the wi'iter has received 

 numerous imniiries in regard to seed, and writes re- 

 <iuestinjr that we notify our readers that he lias no 

 seed to .sell, but that we can furnish it. This we are 

 g-lad to do. It is found in our seed list, quoted as 

 follows: 18 e per lb.; 10 lbs.. i^l..50; 100 lbs., !t!l2.00. By 

 mail, 9c per lb. extra. This reminds me that any of 

 our readers interc-ted in \'e^(table-oarden seeds, and 

 phmts strawbeiry-plants, honey-iilant seeds, eti;., 

 can have our lH-page seed catalofrue foi' a request 

 on a postal g-iving' your address. 



COWAN R.\.PII) HONEV-EXTKACTOH. 



This machine was illustrated and described in the 

 Jan. loth numbei'. anfl is also included in our March 

 1st (-atalogue. which is nearly ready for mailing'. 

 From tests made we ai-e able to reverse the baskets 

 in this e.xtractor about as i-apidly and with as great 

 ea.se as t he Stanley automatic, even though it is not 

 automatic. The leason is, that you do not have to 

 biing the revohing gear to a standstill, and then 

 turn the otht'i- wa.v, but jou simply slow up the mo- 

 tion suHicienty to tlirow the baskets over with one 

 hand, one after the otiier. while you keep the other 

 hand on tin- crank. It is equipped with the new 

 vertical gear, with crank at side of can, and for two 

 L. frames the price is ifli.du. A larger size, with 

 ba.skets 12 inches wide, for deepei' fames or two 

 shallow frames in each basket. $14.00. 



THE NEW VERTICAL GEAR FOR EXTK ACTOItS. 



Since tlie article in the .Tan. 1.5th issue, describing 

 this gear, we have had a number of inquiries in re- \ 

 gard to it. We put it on any of our regtilar exti'act- I 

 «)rs for $l.(Xt each extra. It can not be attached to ' 

 extractors already sent out. because^ the top part of 

 the revolving basket stands too high. We are get- 

 ting' up a gear with a humpback ci'oss arm that can ! 

 be attached to the old extraetoi-s, and will give bi't- j 

 t4T wear than the old gear. We hope to tell you 

 more of this in our next issue. We can furnish (he 

 vertical gear with cro.t.s-arm. as shown in .Ian. 15th 

 i.ssue. for 17.20,22.28, and 30 inch cans; 17 and 20 

 inch. *1.50 each; 22 inch, $2.00; 28and :iil inch,.t2..50 

 each . 



Ar.,SlKE CLOVER SEED. 



On page 16.5 of this number will be found an inter- i 

 e.sting and instiuctivt- article on al.sike clover— 

 when and how to sow. and the profits derived, both 

 from seed and tlie honey pi'oduced. Agriculturists 

 are learning of its value as a i)aying crop to raise, 

 but it looks as if they were very slow in doing so. 

 We have known a number of bee-keepers who inter- 



ested t hemsel\ fs ill explaining . a nd pr(i\ iiig to their 

 neighbors I he met its of alsike, and furnishing I hern 

 seed, soniet lines at cost, somel imes foi- less. Iieeaiise 

 of llie improNcd p.istiirage for his bees. As a iiile 

 he has been abundantl.N repaid foi' his trouble. I 

 don't remember a time in .\eais when seed has been 

 iis high ;is it li.-is I his yeai; lint t his should not si, ■! ml 

 in t he w,i.\ of its being used. The .seed is so.liiie t hat 

 it does Mill require more lli;in half the niimlier of 

 pi )U lids per acre t h.'in it does of common red or medi- 

 um clover. We lia\'e an extra nice lot of seed whicli 

 we furnish as follows: By mail, 1 lb.. :!;"> c; 3 lbs. for 

 ^^l.iO. I{> fi'eighl or express, at your i'Xi)ense, I lb., 

 2.-. c; 4 lbs, 1^1.0 1; 1 peck, «2.S,I; >^ bushel, *5.4(); 1 

 bushel, *l0.5n; 2 bushels or over, *10.Cfl per buslie . 

 IJags included in such ease. 



MAIT.E SUOAR AND SVRll'. 



The niaple-siig;ir season is here, and the woods arc; 

 aglow with I he tiles of the sugar-camp. The toiliTS 

 in this industry are wending their way from tree to 

 tree, gathering nature's sweet, and reducing it to 

 those delicious sweetsthatsur|)ass honey itself. Ohio 

 is the home of the niiiple, and our Slate has laws so 

 strict that it makesit a seriovis mat ler to aflulterate 

 the products of the maple-sugar eamp; and llio.se 

 within the State who are found daring enough for 

 this nefarious business are few and far between, if. 

 iiifleed, they exist at all. As a conseiiuence. ( )hio 

 s.\iup ami sugar have a national reputation for 

 purity, and, as a further consequence, our s;des 

 have greatly increased the i)ast year. The sugar 

 bounty does not ai)ply to niai)le syrup, and to sugar 

 it is in such shape as to be of no benefit to the or- 

 dinary prodiKH'r. A nice article of syrup brings 

 ju.st as much now since the reduction in inice of 

 other sugars as bt'fore. and there is not much 

 chaiigi' in the price of maple sugar. Tliese piodiicls 

 have a market of their own. just as much as honey, 

 and a fancy article will bring just as good a price in 

 one as in the other. 



There are man.y thousands of gallons of syrup 

 produced within a radius of 20 miles of Medina, be- 

 sides large quantities of sugar. To help these pro- 

 ducers we have for jcars been the medium for find- 

 ing a market for a large part of tlieir product. The 

 first run is just coming to market as this goes to 

 press; and in from one to three weeks we shall, no 

 doubt, be alile to supply all demands at the follow- 

 insf prices: 



Choice s.vrup in 1-ga lion cans, $1.20 iter gallon; 10 

 gallons, $10 51; 20 gallons or more, SI. 00 per gallon, 

 w"ll i)iirked, and (klivered on board cars here. Ma- 

 ple sugar we offer in three grades: No. 1, extra, at 

 9c per U).; No. 2, good, at 8c; and No. 3, fair, at 7c 

 I)er lb. In 5ll-lb. lots, >^c jier lb. less. In barrel lots 

 of about 3uO lbs.. Ic jier lb. less. Sugar is in cakes 

 of from 2 to 10 lbs. each, mostly 4 to 6 lbs. in a cake. 



We lm\At Sugar-Bush 



BV 



IPI^OI^- ^A^. J. COOI^, 



AUTHOR OF THE 



HKh-li EHfKR'S GUIDE, lyjIHJOl'S /A'- 



SKCTS OF MICHIGAN, HTC. 



The name of the author is enough of itself to rec- 

 cmmeud any book to almost any people; but this 

 one on Maple Sugar is written in Prof. Cook's hap- 

 piest style. It is 



-« PROFUSELY •* ILLUSTRATED.fr- 

 And all the diflicult points in regard to making the 

 very best quality of Maple Syrup and Maple Su- 

 gar are very fully explained. All recent inven- 

 tions in apparatus, and methods of making 

 this delicious product of the farm, are fully 

 described. 



I»It.IC3:EIi 33 C:«».j loyAXail.38 C7ts. 



A. I. ROOT, MEDINA, O, 



Ulllili sell m.v Barne«» Foot-Poiver Saw for 



•' $15 cash in advance. Saw in fair running or- 

 der. Attachmente, 1 cut-off saw 6 in. in diameter; 1 

 rip, 7 in.. oii(> (5. one 4: one grooving. 4-in. ; 1 emery 

 wheel. 4 in.; 1 cutter-head, X in. 

 .5d .lONAS E. HERSKBEKGER, 



Grantsville. Garrett Co.. Md. 



