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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 1. 



Special Notices. 



NEVADA COMB HONEY. 



Scarcely a month lias past since the carload ar- 

 rived, and at this writing it is over lialf gone. If 

 any of our readers desire to secure any of it they 

 will need to apply early. See last issue for descrip- 

 tion and price. 



CHOICE EXTllACTED HONEY. 



E' We have a little nice extracted honey in 60-lb. 

 <-ans at 10 cts. per ib. We have also secured five or 

 six kegs ;160 lbs. each) of very nice basswood ex- 

 tracted, that we can sell at 9 cts. per lb. There is 

 still seven or eight hundred pounds of choice clover 

 extracted left at Massena Springs, N. Y., which we 

 offer at 9 cts., cans to be returned. 



DAMAGED QUINBYS ALL, SOLD. 



Orders are still coming in for the damaged books 

 mentioned a mouth ago. The " Quinby's New Bee- 

 keeping " that were damaged are all sold; but we 

 have plenty of the pei feet copies at $1.5j. postpaid. 

 We still have a good supply of tlie sligiitly damaged 

 Christian's Secret of a Happy Life at 15 cts. each, 

 postpaid, or 10 cts. if sent witli other goijds by 

 freight or express. 



EXTRA EARLY AMERICAN PEARL ONION SEED. 



We have finally, at tliis late date, succeeded in 

 getting 5 ll)s. of this seed that has been called for so 

 much; but it is very scarce, and consequently very 

 high. Tlie best figures we can give will be aS fol- 

 ows so long as it lasts: if ounce, 15 cts. ; ounce, .50 

 cts.; Vz lb.. $3.00; 1 lb., $5..50. The above prices in- 

 clude postage. Our experiment last season, of 

 starting the plants in the cold-frame, was a success, 

 although, owing to the great wetness after lliey 

 were put out in the fields, we did not get as many 

 nice onions as we have heretofore, nor did they 

 mature as early, nor get tu be quite as large as t liose 

 from sets planted the fall before. As many wei-e 

 unable to get sets, however, tne ne.xt best thing for 

 them to do is to buy tlie seeds, as above. 



HOO- .J C.)MB FOUNDATION. 



In connection with the announcement of special 

 prices on sections in last number, we spoke of the 

 fact of our greatly improving the quality of goods 

 of our manufacture. This is especially true of 

 comb foundation. Dadant's toundation has an en- 

 viable reputation, and the manufacturers deserve 

 credit for the high standard of excellence they 

 have set. We desire to say, however, the founda- 

 tion we are now making is equal in every respect to 

 Dadant's; in fact, we are "conceited" enough to 

 think that it is, in some respects, superior. Here is 

 a testimonial, just received in the mail as 1 write 

 this, which is quite a surprise, unsolicited and un- 

 expected: 



I can get goods cheaper in Chicago, but they do 

 not keep the new style of separators, and I like 

 your f(juiidation better. It seems to me that your 

 light brood does not buckle as much as Dadant's 

 medium lirood. I had some verj' nice t'onibs built 

 on your foundation the past season. 



Bishop Hill, 111.. Nov. 25. D. Lindbeck. 



We should like the privilege of showing you how 

 nice our foundatioi' is, by sending you a sample, 

 which we shall be i)leased to send free on request. 

 We do not hesitate, too, to "guarantee every inch 

 of our foundation equal to the sample in every 

 respect." We are just filling one order from "a 

 ■western dealer for tweuty-four Inindred pouiuh, hi'- 

 sides a number of others not so large. As we run 

 our mills by steam power, we can certainly make it 

 as cheaply as any one. Write for samples; and if 

 you can use 200 lbs. or over, ask for dealers' prices. 



THE SCNDAV-SCHOOL TIMES. 



Doubtless must if ni)t all nf our readers know 

 what a Sunday-school is. You iiiaj' also know of 

 t\w Siiiiildii-Siliiiiil TinK'.s, ;i most excellent Iti-page 

 weekl>- fni- Sunday-school workers, published in 

 Philaiielphia, Pa., at )B]..")0 per annum, but which we 

 are able to club with GLEANiN(is at ifl.T5 for the 

 two, and both mailed from this odice. The year be- 

 gins this month, and you wlio wisli to take' advan- 

 tage of this offer should lo.se no time in sending us 

 your orders. 



THE (JOLDEN RULE. 



Probably not all of our readers are as familiar 

 with the Voung People's Society of Christian En- 

 deavor, which lias been refi^rred to occasionally in 

 the Home talks ol the senior editor. I take it that 

 most of you do kuow of it, not only from reading 

 your papers, but from contact with it in your 

 church. To those who do not know of it I will say 

 that you will do well to address the United Society 

 of C. E., ,50 Bromtield St., Boston, Mass.. for Chris- 

 tian Endeavor literature, for I can assure you it is 

 fully as important in the work of the church as the 

 Sunday scho;)! itself. There is also a weekly paper 

 published for Christian Endeavor workers, called 

 the Oolden Rule, at 47 Franklin St., Boston, and this 

 brings me to the subjcect of this notice I can not 

 give you an adequate idea of the value of this 

 paper. Drop a postal to the above address for a 

 sample copy, and examine it for yourself. It claims 

 to be only 16 pages, but they have given twenty and 

 over for several months, and from all appearances 

 they will keep it up. It contains each week, among 

 other very excellent things, tlirilling letters fiom F. 

 E. Clark, D. D., founder of the Christian Endeavor 

 society, who is now on a trip around the world in 

 the interest of Christian Endeavor. The regular 

 price of the paper is $3.00 a year. We are able to 

 offer it clubbed with Gle-^vnings, one year each, for 

 $2.00 only. New subscribers to either for t893 will 

 receive the remainder of this year free. In order- 

 ing, be kind enough lo stale whether you are a new 

 subscriber or renewal to the Golden Rule, which now 

 has about 100,000 subscribers. It is so good, how- 

 ever, that we wish it might have twice the number. 



THE NEW TOMATO BOOK. 



Among the nianj' pleasant notices we have receiv- 

 ed from the press, we select the following from the 

 Americdn Aijrieidturist : 



Tomato Culture.— in three parts. Part First 

 — Tomato Culture in the South. Part Second — 

 Tomato Culture, Especially for Canning-Factories. 

 Part Third. Plant-Growing for Market, and High- 

 Pressure Gardening in General. A Practical Book 

 for those who work under either Glass or Cloth as a 

 Protection from Frost. By J. W. Day, D. Cummins, 

 and A. I. Root. Medina: A. I. Root, 1892. 135 pp., 

 il., 16mo, paper 



The first part of this industrial book is written by 

 an exceedingly practical Southern planter, who 

 works in the fields among his men, and shows them 

 how by working himself. J. W. Day has made a 

 practical success of hot-beds and cold-frames cover- 

 ed with cotton cloth instead of glass, in which to 

 start the plants for the hundreds of acres of toma- 

 toes he raises yearly for the Chicago market. The 

 second part is written by an equally practical 

 Nortliern grower of tomatoes, D. Cummins, who 

 successfully heats his plant-beds with steam sent 

 through drain tiles. The third part, telling how to 

 support a family on one-fourtli acre of gLound, is 

 written by A. I. Root, who claims relationship with 

 every boy who raises popcorn, chickens, honey, 

 strawberries, or tomatoes, and thinks that, when 

 our great nation of people can otter the boys en- 

 couragement In tlie way of good prices, we shall be 

 on the roaii to bettei' things. He pi'aises especially 

 those boys wiio go into tlie fields and work for 

 themselves under (Jod's clear sky instead of hang- 

 ing around ilu- factories, begging for a cliance to be 

 "bossed." The raising of lettuce and onions, and 

 the marketing of garden crt)ps, is fully treated. 

 Sold by Orange. I udd Company Price, postpaid, 40 

 cents. 



('AHFORNI.\.>S, ATTENTlOxV. 



We have completed arrangements with the firm of 

 G. G. Wiekson & Co., who do business both in Los 

 Angeles and San Francisco, to keep a general stock 

 of (jur supplies at both places for the convenience 

 of California bee-keepers. We expect, by Jan. 1st, 

 to send a carload to each point. We can not, of 

 course, send a full line of every thing we advertise 

 in our catalogue, but will send a good general line, 

 including comb foundation and foundation-mills; 

 Novice and Cowan extractors, 2, 4, and 6 frame; 

 8-fiiiine Dovetailed hives; sections, 1%. 1%, and 7 to 

 foot, and many things too numerous to mention. 

 We commend oui' California customers to this firm; 

 and as soon as you read this, if you will at once sit 

 down and write to them, naming the list of goods 

 you are likely to require, they will thus be enabled 

 to get what you need, including all odd-sized things 

 that could not be well kept in stock. Your prompt 



