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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 15. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The National Bee-keepers' Association will meet at Wasliing- 

 ton, D. C, Dec. 27—29. See our editorial columns. 



The annual meeting- of the Ontario Bee-keepei-s' Association 

 will be held in the town of Walkerton, Ont., Jan, 10. U. 12, 1893. 

 All interested are cordially invited. W. CousE, See. 



Streetsville, Ont. 



The eighteenth annual meeting of the Vermont Bee-keepers' 

 Association will be held in the city of Burlington, Dec 28th and 

 29th, 1892. Ever}' one interested in apiculture is earnestly de- 

 sired to be present. As a bee-keepers' association we know no 

 State lines, but will gladly welcome all that come, regardless 

 of their residence. Programs will be published soon, for 

 which address H. W. Scott, 12.-) Brooklyn St.. Barre.Vt. 



The Ohio State Bee-keepeis' annual convention will be held 

 in the parlor rooms of the Clirrrv Hotel, Washington C. H., O., 

 Dee. 27 and 28. Arrangenunts an- made for 1>^ railroad fare on 

 all roads leadina: into Wasliiimtou ; viz., B. &0.-, C, H. &D. ; 

 Panhandle, and Toledo & Ironton. Also reduced hotel rates. 

 Miss Dema Bennett, Sec, Bedford, O. 



The Southwestern Wisconsin Bee-keepers' Association will 

 hold its next annual meeting in Boscobel, Grant Co., Wis., on 

 the 13th and Uth of January. 1893, commencing at 10 a.m. All 

 members of the association are requested to be present, as the 

 following officers are to be elected: President, vice-president, 

 secretary, assistant secretarj-, and treasurer. Blank reports 

 will be sent to each member of the association for 1892, with 

 instructions. A cordial invitation is extended to all bee-keep- 

 ers, and especially to those who would like to .loin us. Each 

 member will be notified at least one month before said meet- 

 ing. Benj. E. Rice, Sec. 



Boscobel, Wis. 



Special Notices, 



DISCOUNTS FOR EARLY ORDERS. 



Only two weeks remain to this month and year in 

 which to secure the 4-per-cent discount for early 

 orders. Jan. 1, 1893, the discount drops to 35o,and 

 in February to 2 <^o. We have been g-etting a nice 

 lot of orders, taking- advantage of tliese discounts, 

 and trust we shall get many more. 



NEW EDITION OF OUR C-ATALOGUE. 



Between now and Jan. 1st we sliall have a new 

 edition of our c:\ alugue, to the number of 3.5,000, 

 ready to mail. We are also at work on the March 

 1st edition, which will be entirely reset in new 

 type, and electrotyped. Of tliis edition we hope to 

 put out 10(i.(i(Ni or more. If any desire a copy of the 

 Jan. 1st edition, send in your request, and you ivill 

 receive it promptly. Tiiere are quite a few changes 

 from the last edition. 



MORE DEALERS IN ROOTS SUPPLIES. 



Bee-keepers in Dixie can obtain manj- of our 

 goods from J. M. Jenkins, Wetumpka, Ala., and 

 those he makes himself are doubtless equally good. 

 Tliose in Southern Colorado, in the vicinity of 

 Kocky Ford, can secure what they need in our line 

 tliroutili Henry F. Hagen, ot that place, who will 

 have a carload within the next few weeks. We liave 

 still other distributing points in view, but arrange- 

 ments are not sufficiently complete as yet to make 

 further announcements in this i.ssue. 



HONEY M.ARKET. 



Comb lioney has not been selling so readilj' since 

 our last Christmas time is almost here, and sales 

 should ha better at this time. We still have several 

 hundred cases of the clioice Nevada lione.y, men- 

 tioned in former issues, and we should be pleased 

 to hear from those who need such honey. 



Extracted honey of good quality seems to be very 

 scarce, and in good demand. We can furnish extra 

 nice in 60-lb. square cans at 10c per lb., or in 160-lb. 

 kegs at 9'/^. We have 3 such kegs at Bowling Green, 

 O., that we will sell at 9c there for a prompt order. 



TRA.INLOAD OF SEEDS AND BEE-SUPPLIES. 



Our two carloads of betvsupplies for F. L. Posson 

 & Son, Portland. Oregon, left here on the evening 

 of the 13th for Chicago, where they will join a train- 

 load of seven or more carloads of seeds from D. M. 

 Ferry & Co., to the same tlrm. This si)ecial train is 

 expected to leave Chicago on the 30th, via the C. & 

 N. W. and Union Pacific, and will make daylight 

 runs most of the way. you may see notices of it 

 in the papers along the way; and those living on 

 this route may get a glimpise of the train if they 

 are on the lookout for it. 



AUGITE STOVE-.MATS, AGAIN. 



Since our last issue was msiiled we have sold over 

 three gross of these mats, and they will no doubt 

 make as many housewives happy. See Dr. Miller's 

 article on another page; and if you have not al- 

 ready ordered one, make haste to do so before 

 Christmas is past. Price 30c each; by mail, 6c extra; 

 6 postpaid for $1.40; one dozen by express, $3.00; 

 by mail, 65c extra. Except to far distant points, a 

 dozen will go cheaper by express. We furnish 6 

 dozen for $11.00, or 13 dozen for $31.00. Send on your 

 orders. 



U. S. OPFICI.AL POSTAL GUIDE. 



This is a book of almost 1000 pages, 5J^x'i'M, with 

 monthly supplements of about 40 pages. It is pub- 

 lished by autliority of the P. O. Department, and 

 contains an alphabetical list of all postofflces in the 

 U. S., with county and State, a list by States, a list 

 by States and counties, showing the money-order 

 offices, domestic and international, also rates of 

 postage, synopsis of postal laws, rulings of the de- 

 partment.'information relating to postal matters, 

 and general regulations respecting foreign mails. 

 It is a book that ought to be in every business office 

 that has much correspondence. The regular price 

 in paper covers is $3.00; in cloth, $2. .50, including 

 supplements from time subscription is received till 

 July, '93. The large volume is mailed early in Jan- 

 uary; but subscriptions should be sent in before 

 that time. We are able to club the paper edition 

 with Gleanings one year for $3.40, or the cloth- 

 bound edition for $2.70. 



MUSHROOMS — HOW TO GROW THEM. 



The above is the title of a new book published by 

 the O. Judd Co. It is written by William Falconer. 

 I suppose tliat most of you know that mushrooms 

 are quite fashionable .iu.st now. If you pay a dollar 

 for a dinner on a dining-room car, on any of our 

 leading railway lines, you will be likely to see mush- 

 rooms on the bill of fare. You won't see very large 

 dishfuls of them, even then. At present, mush- 

 rooms are seUing in Boston and New York at a dol- 

 lar a pound, retail. The business is constantly in- 

 creasing, and more and more gardeners or florists 

 are putting them under their plant-beds every year, 

 but still the price keeps up; and, by the way, mush- 

 rooms are not such an expensive dish, after all. 

 They taste more like oysters, perhaps, than any 

 thing else, and a very few of them will make quite a 

 dishful for a family — that is, they will give a mush- 

 room flavor to a meat pie, or a stew large enough 

 for an ordinary family. For our family .^ lb. does 

 very well; and away back here in Medina we are 

 quite content to get 15 cts. for H lb. If you want a 

 whole pound the price is .50 cts. Since I told you 

 about growing them by steam heat we have had 

 them right along, and 1 expect to have some for 

 supper when I get through writing this editorial. I 

 am going to the postofflce with the mail on my 

 wheel, however, first. You see, that gives me an 

 appetite. May be you would like to grow mush- 

 rooms. Well, the book I started out to tell you 

 about gives the fullest possible directions, in plain, 

 easy language that every one can easily understand. 

 Anybody who likes to make garden can raise 

 mushrooms; and as they do not need a bit of sun- 

 light, any out-of-the-way place, under the cellar- 

 stairs or aii.ywhere else, where it will not freeze, 

 will gi'ow !liem to perfection. The book contains 

 173 pages, and is full of nice pictures The advertis- 

 ed price is $1.50. It seems to me rather too much, 

 therefore I am going to otter it for $1.35, even if I do 

 not make very much profit. I presume the publish- 

 ers excuse tiiemselves for asking a large price by 

 saying that it is the first book of the kind ever pub- 

 lished in America. After T have had a little more 

 experience I will tell you how to do it, in my garden 

 talks for the coming year. All the expense besides 

 labor is the stable manure. Nothing else, so far as 

 r know, will grow them. But the publishers claim 

 that the manure is worth just as nnich for the gar- 

 den afterward as before. It niMy be worth as much 

 foi- some purposes. If you want the book by mail, 

 add 6 els. extra for postage and packing. 



SECOND-HAND FOUNDATION-MILLS. 



We have the following list of second-hand foun- 

 dation machines which have accumulated during 

 the past few months, some in exchange for new 

 machines, others from those who liave decided to 

 buy what foundation they use. We give as fair a 



