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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov. 1. 



ANACER 



WINDOW GLASS ADVANCING. 



With returning iirospevity throughout the country 

 generally, the prices of many commodities are ad- 

 vancing." Window glass is affected by the advancing 

 market to a much greater degree than most things. 

 The shipping ca=e glass li.sted in our catalog we can 

 no longer sell at S2..50 per box of .50 feet: but from n'>w 

 on the price will beS'.S.OO a box till further notice. This 

 would necessitate a change in the price of shipping- 

 cases complete with glass if you did not do something 

 else to overcome it. We have discoveted that large 

 glass-jobbers accumulate a great many two-inch 

 strips, especially of double-thick glass, and these we 

 are able to buy'at a special price. By grooving the 

 glass strips with a wide groove, and the right size to 

 take two-inch glass, we can furnish shipping-cases 

 complete at the regular price. For ca^^es with three- 

 inch glass the price will be 2.j cts. per 100 extra on two- 

 row cases, 12 and 1(1 lb.; .50 cts. per 100 extra on three- 

 row cases, 12-lb.: $1.00 per 100 extra on 2J-lb. cases. 

 The double gla.ss in strips 2x9, 2x13 1^, 2x17^, .50 feet to 

 the box, we can supply at f2.00 per box. 



WIRE NETTING. 



To reduce present stock of wire netting we offer 

 2-in. No. 20 and 2-in. No. 19 wire netting from Medina 

 at the following special prices for the various widths: 

 12 in. wide. No. 20, S .(50 a roll; No. 19, .§ .()5 a roll. 

 IS •' •■ .90 •' " 1.00 



24 " " 1.20 " " l.:^0 



80 ■• " 1..50 " '■ l.(!5 



m •■ ■■ l.SO ■• •■ 2.00 



•J8 ■• ■• l'.4() •• •• 2.(50 



60 ■• ■• :5.(X1 ■■ " 3.30 



72 " •' 3.60 " " 4.00 



Each roll at above price is to be 1.50 feet long. We 

 have of .some of the widths a few rolls that are short 

 length a few feet on each. These we would put in at 

 the same r ite while they la't. N. tice that the-e prices 

 are a reduction of over ten per cent from former rates, 

 and are made only en orders filled from Medina stuck 

 while it lasts. The .'^ame disc nuts for quantity will 

 apply: namely, o per cent for five rolls, or 10 per cent 

 for 10 rolls or" more. We have some 1.50 rolls in stock 

 of all widths, both .sizes. Send on your orders, as 

 these prices can not last long, and are "lower than vou 

 can buy the same goods for elsewhere. 



HONEY MARKET. 



Having had numerous calls for extracted honey in 

 glass jars we have decided to supply it in this foim. 

 We have chosen the square flint jars, which, with la- 

 bel on top and neck of jars, form a veri,- attractive as 

 well as convenient package. The.se are put up in 

 small boxes with corrugated-paper packing to secure 

 safe carriage. We are u-ing the' California white sage 

 for this trade, as it does not candy: we offer it as fol- 

 lows: One-pound jar, one dozen" in a case, per case, 

 81.80; half pound jar, two dozen in a case, per case, 

 82.40; five ounce jar, two dozen in a case, per case, 

 81.70. We also can supply this honev in 60-pound 

 cans, 2 cans in a case, at 6'^ cts. per lb". Lots of five 

 cases at 6 cts. per lb. Clover and basswood in cans at 

 same prices, when we have it. 



We also have on hand comb honey which we offer 

 in lots of 100 lbs. or more as follows: Fancy white, per 

 pound, 13c; A No. 1 white, 12c; No. 2 white, lie; fancy 

 amber. He; A No. 1 ami er, 10c; No. 2 amber, 9c; 

 fancy buckwheat, 10c; A No. 1 buckwheat, 9c. Lots 

 of 500 lbs. shipped direct from producer at Ic per 

 pound less. < 



Special Notices in tiie Line of Gardening, etc. 



By A. I. Root. 



RELIGIOUS PAPERS AND BOGUS ADVERTISEMENTS. 



On page 7S9 we are told that the new wheat was ad- 

 vertised principally in religious papers. What does 

 this mean ? I am a"fraid it means swindlers have dis- 

 covered religions papers are a better field for swin- 



dles than agricultural papers or papers of any other 

 sot. In one sense this is a compliment to Christian 

 periodicals ; but if this thing keeps on — if religious 

 pa| ers do not soon learn that it behooves them to 

 take as great care to keep out frauds as agricultural 

 papers do, the great world at large will l>egin to lose 

 faith in the very papers that should above all others 

 teach honesty and truth even in their advertising col- 

 umns. Permit me to say here 1 have been greatly re- 

 joiced to find the Golden Rule has iK;t contained an 

 advertisement of Electropoi^e for several months. If 

 this is to continue, I can honestly recommend the ex- 

 ponent of the Huiieavor Societj- as one of the best pa- 

 pers in the whole wide world to put into the family. 



PRICES OF SEED POTATOES. 



I have been carefully scanning our agricultural pa- 

 pers, especially the advertising columns, and I find 

 only one man who advertises seed potatoes for less 

 than we do, and this is only a little less. He offers 

 Sir Williams for 90 cts. a bushel, while our price 

 is 81.00 In bariel lot.^, however, our price is a little 

 less than 90 ct-. Xutw ithstanding, to be consistent 

 we will sell ;; -in_;le larshel, and fun ish >ack to 

 hold them, for !KI ct>.: and if you hesitate about send- 

 ing your orders to me because some reliable man 

 ofler's the same potatoes cheaper, please let me .see his 

 atlverti^ement and 1 will ti'j' to duplicate his prices. 

 I do not want to undersell niy neighbors in the same 

 busine.--s, neither do I want my prices to be higher 

 than theirs. Please bear in mind that my potatoes 

 have leen grown under my own personal care, and 

 the greater part of them have been dug and picked 

 up and a.ssorted under my personal supervision. For 

 immediate orders we can furnish yoii some of the fin- 

 est htale of Maine potatoes I ever saw, for (j5 cts. per 

 bushel, including sack to s-hip them in. If to go long 

 di.rtances, and you order three or more bushels, we 

 will put them in a barrel at the same price. 



THE BOVEE EARLY POTATO. 



We have toward .50 bushels of ven,- handsome pota- 

 toes of this new extra-early variety. At the pre.sent 

 writing we can make the following prices: 1 lb., 30 

 cts.; 3 lbs., 7.5 cts., when .'■ent by mail; if i-ent by freight 

 or express, 34 peck, .50 cls; iie"ck, 80 cts.; half bushel, 

 81.50; bushel, 82,25; barrel of 11 peck.s, 8.5.00. 



In regard to this potato, our Ohio Exjeriment Sta- 

 tion last year reported a yield of over .5(X) bushels per 

 acie, and'it was tried with the Early Hai vest," Norther, 

 Thoroughbred, Earl5- Ohio, and Rose, and went far 

 ahead of any of them. We have not as yet received a 

 report from it this year, but here is what they .said 

 about it last year: 



" It seems to be quite as early as Earh- Ohio, and 

 there is no doul t about its 1 eiug more prolific. We 

 regard it as very promising, and we think we have had 

 a chance to test it quite thoroughly, as we had three 

 plantings. It has uniformlj- given "good results, hence 

 we conhdently recommend it." 



Just as we go to press we find the following in a 

 letter from Prof. W. J. Green: 



The Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, 



Woosler, Ohio, Oct. 2,5, 1897. 



Dear Sir. — Our late-planted crop of Bovee potatoes 

 has turned out well, and the tubers are smooth. 



Yours truly, W. J. Green. 



Permit me to add that we have purchased the crop 

 grown by the E-xperinient Station. 



Here is also something just at hand from C. N. 

 Flansbur.gh, Leslie. Mich: 



The general yield in this section is light; but we 

 stiali have nearly 200 bushels of the Bovee from one 

 barrel of seed. Yours very truly, 



C". N. Flansburgh. 



Perhaps you may know that Peter Henderson gave 

 it a big boom during the past season. We made a test 

 of it on our own grounds, but did not get it planted at 

 the time of our other extra-early potatoes, so we could 

 not give it a iair co»/parali7'e test. If anybody else 

 offers it at a less price than that given above we will 

 try to make ours correspond. 



\YINTER CASES FOR PENNSYLVANIA! 



Root's goods at Root's prices. Send for catalogue. 

 PROTMERO & ARNOLD. Dubois, Pa. 



pOR SALE. — Green-bone cutter. Good order; can 

 * be u.sed with power: bargain. 



Box .57, Medina, Ohio. 



