IS'.' 



(;lkaxings in bkic cri/n'Ric. 



(in 



sense, to be huiiihvis^j^cd by such statLMiiLMits. 

 In roj^nl to their cl<clric h;iir-l)rush, which 

 cures " nervous or bihous headaches and neu- 

 raljiia, prevents bahlness, and falhnj;-uut of 

 the hair, cures and prevents dan(hulT ami all 

 diseases of the scalp," they make the foUow- 

 inj;' statement : " The I>rush is ])ermanently 

 chari^ied with electrt)-maijnetism in manufac- 

 ture." I do not exactly uniiersland why these 

 charlatans, the whole {ril)e of them, have the 

 siime lot of meaningless set phrases and absurd 

 statements that they keep harping on over and 

 over ai^ain. 



LARGE ORDER FOR FOUNDATION-MILLS. 



During the pa.st month we received from Riis.sia the 

 largest order ever booked for comT)-foundation ma- 

 chines. It calls for six 14-inch, twelve 12-inch, and 

 (wenty-four 10-inch mills, besides a lot of other goods. 



TUPELO HONEY FROM FLORIDA. 



We have about KXX) lbs. of very fine tupelo honey 

 from Florida, in three barrels, which we offer at ti cts. 

 per lb. for the lot. We shall be pleased to mail a .sam- 

 ple free to intending purchasers: to others for -5 cents. 



The honey is light amber in color, and has the same 

 peculiarity as California .sage honey in that it remains 

 liquid in cold weather. This makes it desirable to 

 those who put up honey in glass to retail. 



HONEY MARKET. 



We are having a fair demand for honey, both comb 

 and extracted. We hear frequently from bee-keepers 

 who are developing their home market, and who have 

 sold all their honey and need more. We are very glad 

 to be of service as a medium of exchange between 

 those who have a surplus and those who have not 

 enough to supply their home demand. So far we 

 have sold honey, "especially comb, as fast as we have 

 .secured it. We have several places in view where we 

 can use more to good advantage. If those not loo far 

 distant, having honey to .sell, will write us, telling how 

 many cases o^ each grade as graded on page .566 of 

 current volume of Gleanings, the size of the cases, 

 whether our make or no-drip, and the price at which 

 you hold it, we may be able to help you dispose of it 

 quickly to good advantage. In the case of extracted 

 honey' send a .sample bottle by mail, and tell what 

 kind of package it is in, the number of packages, and 

 the price you expect. 



We offer water-white California honey, in (JO-lb. 

 cans, two in a case, at ti'A cts. per lb.: light amber at 6 

 cts. Large lots quoted on application. .Samples free 

 by mail to prospective customers. To those who 

 would like to see a .sample and compare it with their 

 honey we will mail samples for ~> cts. each, the cost of 

 the package. 



Fancy comb honev. in 100-lb. lots and upward, Vi cts. 

 per lb.: No. 1 at 12 cts.: less than 100 lbs., 1 ct. per lb. 

 more. Large lots quoted on application. Correspon- 

 dence solicited from tho.se interested.- 



HONEY-LEAFl.ETS. 



Perhaps no offer which we have made recently has 

 been more popular than our offer to furnish honey- 

 leaflets to our readers and cu.stomers up to 500 at sim- 

 ply the cost of mailing them. An edition of 2."j,0()0 was 

 go'ne in five davs: the next edition of 14.000 was hardlv 

 dr\- before it was all gone. The third lot, of .■U.(HK), wa's 

 used up in three or four days. IJy the time this issue 

 is mailed we .shall have sent out over 100,000 of these 

 leaflets. We are glad of the privilege of contributing 

 so much to bee-keepers to develop a larger use for 

 honey. If all these leaflets are judiciously di.stribnted 

 it is impos.sible to estimate the amount of influence 

 they will have in increasing the demand for honey. 

 We" are preparing the leaflet in a more convenient 

 form. It will be a folder, the right size to slip into an 



envelope without folding. It will also be pr..vided with 

 space on the front and hack ]jages for printing the 

 address or advertising card of the one who distributes 

 them. V.> have had a call lor tlKin in this way. We 



will 1 k..:.Ui-. r..i llii- ^ivl. <,!" liaHet at jl.OO per 



lOiKI . .'.mtti loi ,;|Oii: 1(111(11. 7:,(i -I (in extra for your 

 ad.lios and l.iiMii. -- .ai.l .m ..nc page : $2.00 e"xtra 

 fo; iH.lh lir^t .111. 1 la-t pa.^'^ iirinli M special. We shall 

 not have these ready for two or three weeks; and if 

 there are any recipes", tried and found good, wliich are 

 not in the present leaflet, we should be plea.sed to have 

 you send us such at once. Here is one which has been 

 tried and found excellent: 



HONEY-DROl' CAKl-.B. 



1 cup honey; % cup sugar; % cup butter or lard; '/^ 

 cup .sour milk; 1 egg; ;4 teaspoontul .soda; 4 cups .sift- 

 ed flour. 



Our offer to give away leaflets was only for the 

 month of Augu.st. We shall be pleased to .sell them to 

 tho.se not already supplied, or who may need more, at 

 the regular prices, which barely cover co.st : 1(X), 20c; 

 2.")0, 40c; .JOO, 7.5c, postpaid; 75c per 1000, sent at j'our 

 expense with other goods. 



GLEANINGS AT REDUCED RATES. 



New subscribers sending us $1.00, or subscribers who 

 have paid up all arrearages, and send us Jl.OO before 

 their subscription expires, will receive a copy of the 

 A B C of Carp Culture, 70 pages, price 40 cts., p'o.stpaid, 

 the pages the size of these ; or we will .send, in place 

 of the carp-l)ook, one copy of Winter Care of Horses 

 and Cattle, by T. B. Terry, a book of the same size as 

 the carp-book, 44 p.; price 40 cts. postpaid ; or in place 

 of either one of the two we will send Maple Sugar 

 and the .Sugar-bush, a book of the same size, costing 

 al.so 40 cts. postpaid. Remember, in order to get one of 

 these valuable books all you have to do is to send $1.00 

 for Gle.^nings, and 5 cts. postage, and we will give 

 you one of them free. An old subscriber, to be enti- 

 tled to this offer, mu.st pay up all back subscription, 

 if any, and send in |1.00 for a year in advance, with 5 

 cts. postage. 



Special Notices in the Line of Gardening, etc. 



By A. I. Root. 



GARDENING FOR SEPTEMBER, 



Now is the time to put in American Pearl onion- 

 sets. We have a nice stock ; abso Prizetaker .sets and 

 White Victoria. The two latter have succeeded nicely 

 when put opt at the same time as the American Pearl. 

 The ordinary white and yellow .sets, however, do not 

 seem to .stand the winter as well. Prices of any of 

 the onion-.sets mentioned above, quart, 20 cts. ; peck, 

 $1.00 ; bushel, $3. .50. I^arger .sizes, .such as are used 

 for pickling-onions, half the above prices. The.se 

 will al.so do for planting out in September, but they 

 are more dispo.sed to .send up seed-.stalks than the 

 smallerones. White Multiplierand Whittaker onions, 

 large sizes, that will split up into small ones if plant- 

 ed now, quart, 10 cts. ; peck, 75 cts. ; bu.shel, $2.;50. 

 Small .sizes, that will make large onions next vear, 

 quart, 20 cts. ; peck, $1.00 ; bushel, $5.50. 



At the present price of wheat, over $1.00 to-day, 

 August 23, I do not know but we could almo.st afford 

 to grow wheat on our vacant ground for high-pressure 

 gardening. Nice potatoes are al.so still worth $1.00 a 

 bushel ; apples ditto. Don't let your ground be idle. 

 Get in crim.son clover, rye, wheat, onion-sets, or some- 

 thing else. It looks at present as if there were going 

 to be a demand for almost even.- thing we raise, and 

 at very good prices. 



POTTED STRAWBERRY-PLANTS WITHOVT THE USE OF 

 POTS. 



In connection with this new material, jadoo fiber, 

 we have made a discovery which is, I think, of con- 

 siderable importance. With the fiber, as I have told 

 vou, the pots very soon become filled with roots; and 

 if you are not on hand to slip the pot out, and let 

 the roots expand off into the .soil, your plant is injured 

 bv becoming pot-bound. Now, my discovery is this: 

 Have a j-'ece of i:on turned up in a lathe, so one end 

 is just the .shape of the in.side of a two-inch pot. Take 

 this iron bar and strike it in the ground after you 

 have pushed the strawbeny-runneraside, and you will 

 have a cavity in the soil just like that in a pot. Fill 

 this cavity with moistened jadoo fiber. Push down 

 the riinner exactlv as if it were in a pot, and then the 



