1897 



GLKANINGvS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Jd'i 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



The Ajax wheel cnme Monday, the 11th, all right. It 

 is a fiiie-IookiiiR wheel. ' I" H. Sackett. 



Piccolo, O., Oct. IS. 



I send you Sl.OO, and will .send more soon; hut don't 

 stop that paper, a.* I can not do without it. I Invc 

 been in a tight row financially, but must have Olkan- 

 iNcs. It is the best relisious"and ajiricullnral paper 

 that coiufs. Put on the white-rose button, Rro. Root. 



Newark, O. H. Hoi-lkr. 



STRAWBERRIES AND RASPBERRIES — SECOND CROP. 



We have picked a .second crop of .strawberries on old 

 beds for two months, and the last month has been 

 verv drv. M'e are also pickiusi quite a .second crop of 

 Cuthbeft raspberries. Nearlv every i)1ant has a bunch 

 of blos.soms and berries. This is the first time I ever 

 heard of Cnthbert bearing a fall crop. 



Claremont, Va., Oct. 11. A. F. Ames. 



QUEEN TO AUSTRALIA. 



I have received the two Caruiolan queens — one dead 

 and one alive. The cage with live queen contained 

 two live workers only, and a/l the honey had been 

 consume 1, and about half the candy. In the other 

 cage a little honey still remained, and about three- 

 fonrths of the can'dv. Bees are doing well. 



G jodna. Queensland. H. L. Jonep. 



[It would seem from this that honey was the im- 

 port.Tnt part of the food. There can be no doubt of its 

 value in queen-cages designed for long distances. 

 -Ed.] 



CLEATED SEPARATORS AND N0-BEE-\VAY SECTIONS 

 WANTED. 



If you have not shipped goods ordered on the i^th 

 inst.. please send the cleated separators and the " no- 

 bee-way sections" for the Dauzy hive, if you have 

 them. 'If not in stock, ship the rest of the order and 

 I will wait till you have some of these. I have just 

 read the editorial on pige 7-14. and it is the same idea 

 I have had for some time. In fact, I m ide and used a 

 few last year that pleased me wonderfully. I also 

 tried hole.s in the separators, which was an advantage. 



Bristol, Tenn. M. D. Andes. 



OCR TRANSPLANTING-MACHINE. — SEE PAGE 462. 



The strawberry-transplanting machine I bought of 

 you a few weeks'ago is an exceedingly useful tool, al- 

 most invaluable. I have used it to set out a thousand 

 plants. I planted some potted plants at the .same 

 time, and. so far as I can see now. those moved by the 

 transplanter are doing just as well as the others. ' It is 

 al.so a great help in setting out potted plants. I stretch 

 my line, put marks on it just the distance apart I want 

 to' plant, walk along, make holes with the planter, 

 and some one follows and drops the plants in, fills 

 with a little earth mi.xed with bonemeal. and the job 

 is done to perfection. As I can irrigate mv patch by 

 simply turning water on it from a creek higher up, I 

 have been able to plant right in the mid.st of this se- 

 vere drouth. C. E. Moody. 



AsheviUe, N. C, Oct. 7. 



AN EXCEEDINGLY "KIND WORD" AND A BRIGHT 

 MORAL, BESIDES. 



A few days ago I found the following on my desk: ' 



Mr. A. I. Root: — Is it too late to sow spinach in this 

 latitude? If not, I should like you to .send me 

 enough seed ( spinach ) to drill in one acre. Please 

 state distance apart drills should be, and care and cul- 

 ture necessary for growth of this crop (very briefly). 

 I have a Planet Jr. drill bought of you. I will remit 

 for seed when received. Do not send if t •■o late to sow. 

 The land I think of sowing has been cultivated j/.r/r<'« 

 times this season. No frost here to date. 



Hickman, Ky., Oct. 18. D. \V. Dickinson. 



We promptly sent our friend 10 lbs. of seed, with the 

 following directions: 



It would be a little late in our locality for .sowing 

 spinach, but we should think it would be about right 

 where you live. The main thing is to have the grciind 

 real rich. You do not .say how much it has been ma- 

 nured. On the whole we'have concluded to send the 

 seed along. The extra cultivation is just the thing. 

 If it does not get large enough before freezing wea- 

 ther it will come up all right next spring — that is, if 



your ground is nnderdrained or has sufficient .sand or 

 gravel so the plants will not heave out. One ounce 

 should make al)out loO feet of drill, and I would have 

 the rows about a foot apart. If you wish to cultivate 

 it with a horse it should be between two and two and 

 a half feet. Ten pounds will be plenty of seed, and 

 this is the amount we send you. Yon do not tell us 

 how to send it: but as it will' go almost as cheap by 

 exjiress, and much quicker, we send it in that way to 

 Hickman, Ky. Spinach does ver>- well .sown at the 

 .same time yon .sow wheat: and I think very likely 

 they are .sowing wheat in your locality now, Oct. 20, as 

 we .sowed .some last week. 



Of ctnirse. I supposed that would end the matter: but 

 imagine my surjirise when I received the following: 



Dnir Friend and Bro. in Christ— The longer I know 

 you, the more I find in yon to admire and esteem; and 

 I do believe you are the " one in ten thou.sand." May 

 God ever ble.ss and prosper you is the prayer of the 

 writer. 



.Some davs ago I sent yon an order for spinach seed. 

 I knew nothing about the cost of seed or cultivation; 

 in fact, I was utterly ignorant about the plant. Well, 

 after the letter wa's niailed I began to think, "I've 

 done a reckless thing. I don't know whether the seed 

 co.sts 5 cts. per lb. or Jo. 00;" and then I consoled my- 

 self by the thought, "A. I. R. is sure to do the right 

 things I received the bill .Saturday, and was a.ston- 

 ished at the paltr>' price, 10 cts. per lb., and 25 cts. to 

 my credit. D. W. Dickinson. 



Hickman, Ky., Oct. 25. 



The "bright moral " I gather from this simple trans- 

 action is this: This world is not a bad one to live in 

 after all. It is not a verv hard task to please the aver- 

 age of humanity: and the mo.st important thing is to 

 conduct all your bu.siness having in view first and fore- 

 most helping humanity along. Do not let self or self- 

 ish interests warp or twist your judgment. In the fir.^t 

 place, our friend seems to have forgotten that we 

 placed to his credit SI .2.5 in a potato deal last spring. 

 If I am co'-rect. he sent his money in accordance with 

 our printed prices; but before the order reached us 

 there had been a decline. Again, when he stated his 

 wishes in regard to the spinach (something he had 

 never bought ), without thinking any thing about it I 

 advised only a moderate investment in the seed, etc. 

 There are good nice kind people in this world; and 

 when von are tempted to think otherwise, remember 

 it is Sa'tan himself who has gotten hold of you. 



Two Bee Papers for the 

 Price of One. 



To all new subscribers, and also to those 

 who renew before their subscriptions expire, 

 and inclose $1.00, we will send the Busy Bee, 

 a monthly bee-paper, in addition, free. 



THE A. 1. ROOT CO., Medina, O. 



Wants and Exchange Department. 



\VHAT will yon offer for one b-flat cornet and ca.se, 

 '" al.so one e-flat alto, good instruments, practically 

 new? Address Box 321, Clifton, New York. 



ll^ANTED.— To exchange 1 "Planet Jr." double- 

 *~ wheel hoe complete, used only couple of times. 

 for a good coon dog. 1. S. Tilt, Box 73, Filion, Mich. 



Y^ANTED.— To exchange 140 colonies of bees, with 

 '^~ all fixtures belonging to a fir.st-class apiarj', for 

 good horses and mules. 



Anthony Opp, Helena, Ark. 



II/ANTED.— To exchange 65 volumes Scientific Amer- 

 " ican. vohmies 1, 2, 7. 8. 9, 15 to 33 inclu.sive. 36 to 

 77 inclusive, unbound, good condition, for bicycle, 

 view camera, firearm.s, or offers. 



J. E. Hammond, Oxford, Ma.ss. 



\VANTED. — For exchange, tandem and single bicy- 

 '' cles. Marlin repeating rifle. 32 caliber. Wanted, 

 Barnes saw. Robert B. Gedye, La Salle, 111. 



