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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Aug. 1-5. 



B, Toledo, Ohio: or, if more convenient, send it here. 

 By sending ns Si. 75 yon can have Gleanings for one 

 year, and membership in the l'. S. B. K. U. Let the 

 "list of members roll up to large proportions so that 

 the officers may soon have a fund with which to begin 

 aggressive work. 



EF.ESW.AX DECLINED. 



The demand for beeswax has .slackened because the 

 season for n-aking comb foundation is practicalh- 

 over. Theni'^e is al.so on Ihe down srade.. From 

 now on until further notice we will pay 23 cts. cash, 2o 

 in trade, for average wax delivered here. For select 

 lots of .sun- extracted wax we u.sually pay one to two 

 cents above the price of average. 



CALIFORNIA EXTRACTED HONEY. 



As I write this, our ca'-Ioad of honey has just arrived 

 from California. We shall be pleased to hear from 

 those in need of honey who did not rai^e enough to 

 supply their home trade. The honey is in (50-lb. cans, 

 2 in a ca=e. Water white, in ca.se lots, at (i%c per lb.; 

 light am^er at (J. Samples and prices on large lots 

 furnished on application. 



CLOVER HONEY. COMB AND EXTRACTED. 



We are prepared to furnish both comb and extracted 

 honey, gathered mainlj- from white clover, in large or 

 small lots. Particulars and prices on application. As 

 in years past, we will serve as a medium of exchange 

 between tho.se who have a surplus and those who do 

 not have honey enough to supply their home trade. 

 We shall be pleased to hear from both. 



CAN.S FOR EXTRACTED HONEY. 



We have iu.st received from the factory a carload of 

 over 8^00 five-gal'on .square cans, most of them with 

 the 2-inch lever seal. A few have 1-%-inch screw caps 

 with seal. These cans are the very^ best quality, Rec- 

 ord make, and we can furnish either .style, 2 ina box, 

 in 10-box lots and upward at fi(tc a box :'.50-box lots at 

 oic : 10) I oxes at ■">5c a box. shipped from Medina. We 

 can furnish can-; with l-:s-inch caps from Chicago, or 

 St. l,ouis. Mo., at the same price. 



We can al.so supplv from Medina one-gallon cans 

 with the 2-inch lever .seal, in boxes of 100, at S9.00 per 

 100 — a special low price to reduce stock. These cans, 

 put up 10 in a box, in lots of 10 boxes, at Si. 20. We 

 have devised a screw-cap honey-gate to fit the lever- 

 seal cans, which we can supply to those who require 

 them, at the regular price, 1.5c each. 



HONEY MARKET. 



Although still early for selling honey, there is a friir 

 demand, and prices seem to be pretty well maintain- 

 ed, and choice honey is already finding ready .sale. 

 L,ater reports show that, in many sectiians, the crop 

 will be much less than at first anticipated. In the 

 northern New England States there seems to have 

 been very little honej' gathered ; likewise in Minne- 

 sota, owing to cool weather and rains, very little honey 

 has been gathered from the white-clover bloom, which 

 is very abundant. In Michigan the yield from willow- 

 herb seems to he cut short. With abundant farm crops 

 and fairly good prices ; with the starting-up of .so 

 many industries that have been dormant or working 

 on short time during the past three or four years, the 

 demand for honey should be .so improved that as good 

 or even better prices should be realized than last 

 year. If bee-keepers who have plenty of honey will 

 not make the mistake of rushing it off to the "large 

 cities into the hands of irrespon.sible commission 

 houses, but will, instead, develop their home market 

 to the fullest extent, there will be hope for improved 

 prices for honey instead of lower. If Americans gen- 

 erally consumed as much honey as they do in Europe 

 there would be demand enough" for a full crop of hon- 

 ey. Make sure that the consumer gets pure honey; 

 and to help toward that end, join the I'nited States 

 Bee-keepers' Cnion, paying your fee of Sl.OO, and thus 

 furnish the sinews of war for the prosecution of those 

 unscrupulous firms and individuals who palm off upon 

 the unsuspecting public a mixture consisting chief- 

 ly of glucose, but under the name of pure honey. 

 Such stuff does a great deal more harm to tlie 

 honey business, by blunting and destroying the taste 

 for honey, than in any other way. If people can get 

 pure hoiiey they will continue to eat it, while thej- 

 will not continue so readily to eat the mixed stuff. 

 Send your membership fee to Dr. A. B. Mason, Station 



GLE.ANINGS FOUR MONTHS FREE. 



We wish to extend our subscription-list by several 

 thousand names during the next few months. As a 

 help toward that end we offer the remainder of the 

 year l.Si)7 for 25 cts. To those who .send early we will 

 inail the two August numbers, as long as we have a 

 supply, as well as the remaining four months of this 

 year. Will not m.any of our readers bring this offer to 

 the attention of their neighbor bee-keepers who are 

 not taking Gleanings? As an inducement to yon to 

 do so we make the following, liberal offer : 



ROOT S HOME REPAIRING OUTFIT NO. Z. 



We sold this outfit'for years at $2.00, and that is .still 

 the list price, and price at which it is usually .sold. 

 About a year and a half ago we reduced the pricQ to 

 ;1..50. and again last spring we made it SI. 35. We have 

 quite a number of these outfits on hand which we 

 desire to get into your hands where you can make 

 them valuable in various kinds of mending. We will 

 furnish one of these outfits, together with Gle.anings 

 for the rest of this year, for the price of the outfit 

 alone — SI. 35. Now, if j-ou can induce your neighbor 

 to accept the offer above, put Si. 10 with "the 25 cents he 

 gives you, and .send to us and we will ship you one of 

 the outfits. If you wish to renew your own subscrip- 

 tion at the same time, .send us S-.25 for Gleanings 

 one year, to yourself the rest of this year (4 or 5 

 months) to a iiew subscriber, and the No. 2 repairing 

 outfit. Or if you can not secure the new name we will 

 send the outfit, with Gle.\nings one vear, for S2.00, 

 the price you would ordinarily pay for the outfit 

 alone. Please remember that, if you "are in arrears on 

 your subscription, all arrears should be sent in addi- 

 tion, as this special offer is made for subscriptions 

 paid fully in advance. 



Special Notices in the Line of Gardening, etc. 



By A. I. koot. 



SWEET CLOVER. 



W'ith the low price on clovers of all kind.s, especial- 

 ly with crimson clover at only S2.75 per bushel, we are 

 going to be able to make a little better price on sweet 

 clover ; but as the crop is not yet gathered and hulled, 

 it is a little difficult to say wh'ere the price will settle ; 

 but if you will write us what you want we can give 

 you a special price which we think would be satisfac- 

 tory. 



GARDENING IN THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST. 



You can .sow beets for table use. Celery may be put 

 out on very rich .soil, where plenty of water is at hand. 

 Grand Rapids lettuce should be started where you 

 have a fall market, and youmay e.stablish a fall market 

 in almo.st any locality. "Now is just the best time to 

 sow winter or Egyptian onion-sets. Put them in drills 

 2 feet apart, and' 5 or 6 inches apart in the row. We 

 have a splendid lot of sets ju.st being gathered. Quart, 

 5c ; pk.. 35c ; bu., Sl.OO; 10 or more bn., 7.5c per bu. For 

 description, send for our leaflet on growing onions to 

 bunch up. You can .sow all kinds of radishes, but 

 don't forget the Chine.se Rose Winter. It is one of 

 the very finest, both in appearance and quality, espe- 

 cially for fall u.'-e. Spinach sown now will be ready 

 to rnarket this fall, and will probably not run up to 

 seed before cold weather stops it; and, with a little 

 protection, it can be wintered over outdoors. Purple- 

 top White-globe turnips will be quite large enough for 

 table use if put in at once. Whittaker onions. White 

 Multiplier, and American Pearl, will need to be put 



