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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov. 15. 



His apparatus, running four burners, cost $f)0, and 

 he said the expense of the carbide was only half as 

 much as that of kerosene, providing you u.'^e kerosene- 

 lamps enough to give an equal quantity of light. The 

 flame was very small— much snialk r than an ordinary 

 gas jet — but it diffused a most clear sfift white light, 

 reminding one of very bright moonlight. He said 

 the machines were made in Dayton, O., and that he 

 was introducing them into stores just as fast as he 

 could get the machines, aTid that they were behind 

 with their orders. This was the statement of the 

 agent who set.s up the machines. I give it to you for 

 what it is worth. I forgot to ask him the present price 

 of the carbide. 



We are very much pleased to receive the following 

 notice from one of our respectable agricultural papers; 



MISSING-WORD -ADVERTISEMENTS. 



The publishers of Hovie and Farm have accepted 

 several advertisements in which the principal feature 

 is an offer to cistribute cash or other \ rizes to persons 

 who supply letters to complete names fiven with 

 blank spaces. The.'-e were accepted from well-known 

 and reputaljle adveiti>ing agencies; but the cour.se of 

 events seems to justify our excluding advertisements 

 of this character from' our future issues, for the good 

 of our sub.scribers and advertising patrons generally. 



.^dveitisers and adveiti>ing agencie-^ interested are 

 reque-ted to take due notice and govern themselves 

 ace rdingly. Home and Farm. 



L,ouisville, Ky. 



I have been .satisfied for a I'^ng time thnt there was 

 some swindle about all this class of .Tdvi;'. tiding, but I 

 have never taken the pains to investiuiate ju^t where 

 the humbug came in. A short time ago cash was sent 

 us in advance to advertise a " splendid razor" given to 

 anybody' who would send ten cents. We sent the 

 money, and got a very small cake of shaving soap. 

 When w-e read the advertisement more cirefuUy there 

 certainly was a very small chance to make out bv the 

 wording of their advertisement that all they offered 

 was the soap for ten cents I think it behooves every 

 respectable periodical to refuse all advertisements that 

 are purposelv made blind 



GOING WITHOUT YOUR BREAKFAST, ETC. 



In commenting on this "cu e" in another column, 

 I omitted to mention that the giod people of Battle 

 Creek, Mich., who make the health foods, have prac- 

 ticed for ytars the two-meal-a-day system. They, 

 however, have a very late liieakfast,"and a second 

 meal somewhere between two and three in the afcer- 

 ni on. Now. just one thing more : When you are 

 traveling you can .save quite a little money by omitting 

 breakfa.st. Of course, you would have to have your 

 two meals at about the time other folks do ; but if, by 

 omitting b' eakfa.st, you can .save mone\-, save doctor's 

 bills, and feel ever .so much t etter, why not give it at 

 least a trial — especially if you have not got either 

 monev or health to throw awnv ? 



POTATOES FOR PREMIUMS. 



Every per.son who sends usJl.OOfor CiLE.\NiNGS may 

 have 25 cents' worth of p. tatoes as per li^t mentioned 

 above, providing he a.sks for no other premium ; and 

 every subscriber who succeeds in sending us a new 

 name— that i.s, who introduces Gi.F.ANiNGsinto a fam- 

 ily or neighborhood where it has not been going, may 

 have 50 <:^«/j' worth of potatoes. But please remeni- 

 ber we ean not pay postage on premium potatoes. 

 Selling postage-stamps does not afford very much 

 profit ; neither is there ven,^ much margin to give away 

 postage-.stamps as premiunis for getting subscriber.s. 

 Potatoes aie so bulky and heavy that itisveiymuch 

 better to have them .sent by freight with other goods. 

 As a rule it is expensive l.u'siness to send them by ex- 

 press. Where you want only a potato or two to put in 

 your garden in order to get a stait with some of the 

 newer varieties it may pay very well, especially where 

 you live a long way o'ff, to have them sent by mail or 

 express. But where we give them away, please d j not 

 ask us to pay postage our.selves. For .several seasons 

 a good many have said, "' Send me the 2') cents' worth 

 of potatoes by mail. If you can not send a pound, 

 send as many as you caii, taking the postage out of 

 the 25 cents." Now, please bear in mind we can not 

 pay any of the postage out of the 25 cents. We give 

 you the potatoes freely and gladly, because we want 

 you all to make a test of the new varieties in your lo- 

 cality ; but if wanted by mail, send 10 cents per lb. for 

 postage, etc. Our new seed catalog, describing the po- 



tatoes and every thing else we advertise, is now ready 

 to mail on application. The two mo-t promising va- 

 rieties of potatoes, in my opinion, just now, are the 

 Bovee and Manum's Enormous. The Thoroughbred 

 has now been .so thoroughly introduced that we offer 

 it for sale right along with the ."-tandard varieties and 

 at the same prices. 



SEED POTATOES. 



The way the best early potatoes are being called for, 

 and by the many inquiries that come from seedsmen . 

 and dealers for the best varieties of early potatoes, we 

 imagine there will be a scarcity next spring. In fact, 

 a great many early potatoes grown for seed were this 

 fall sold for table use as fast as they were dug, on ac- 

 count of the large prices that have been offered for 

 them. Our potatoes aie all dug and safely put in the 

 cellar — something like 2000 bushels. No rot has yet 

 appealed on any of our potatoes, and we are pouring 

 them out f)f the bo.xes and looking them over carefully 

 everv week to see that we don't get caught. Our 

 whole lot of 2000 bushels is stored in slatted bushel 

 boxes, thus giving them plenty of air, and affording 

 ease of access in looking them over. Since our last 

 digging we have some more choice .seconds. At 

 present we can fill orders promptly for seconds of the 

 following varieties : White Bliss Triumph, Thorough- 

 bred, Early Ohio, Freeman. Monroe .Seedling, Sir 

 William — all at SI. -50 per barrel, except Monn e Seed- 

 ling and Sir William. These, while they last, are 

 only SI. 25 per t:arrel. For prices of firsts, see page 

 75(i,'Oct. 15. We have al.'-o a few Bovee and Manum's 

 Enormous, seconds. Price.s, Sl.OO and 75 c respectively. 



BEANS AT LOW PRICES. 



You will see bv our new catalog that we offer two 

 kind,s— Best of a'II and Nayj-— at Sl.2.5 a bushel. This 

 is because we have a very large stock — not l>ecause 

 they are in any way inferior. We also offer Mills' 

 Banner bean, one of the very best field beans ever in- 

 troduced, for only S2..50 per bushel The two first men- 

 tioned are well worth the price asked for a Lean for 

 table use. 



Light zc'ithout oil. 



Heat without fuel or fire. 



Power without belting, pulleys, or shafting. 



The first two are alreadj' realized in our own home, 

 and the latter is beginning to be realized in our fac- 

 tory. None of the.se things were realized or thought 

 of fifty years ago. What will the next fifty years 

 bring Forth ? Who can tell ? 



DON'T FAIL, Try Again. 



Send for our 3(i-page catalog full of information 

 about l)ees. hives, bee-fixtures of all kinds, new 

 iiii]M-ovcineiUs ahead. Keep up with the times. 



A. 1 Root Co.'s Goods by the Carload 



ke]>t ill stock. Shippetl to you on short notice 

 at le^s freight. Prepare early for the coming 



Jno. Nebel &, SON, High Hill, Mo. 



Prosperity, 



It is here and still coming. So are the car'oads of 

 bee-keepers' supplies coming from The A. 1. Root 

 Co.'s to my distributing points, thus enabling me to 

 sell at their wholesale and retail prices. I keep the 

 best of every thing you need. Send for my illustrated 

 36-page catalog free. 



GEO. E. HILTON, 



FREVIONT, - - - niCHIGAN. 



One nan with the 



UNION COMBINATION SAW 



Can do the work of four men u.sing 

 hand tools in Kipping, Cutting off, 

 Mitering, Rabbeting, Grooving, 

 Gaining, Dadoing, Edging Up, 

 Jointing Stuff, etc. Full line of 

 Foot and Hand Power Machinery. 

 .Sold on trial. Catalog free. l-24ei 



Seneca Falls Mfsr. Co., 

 44 Water St., Seneca Falls, N. Y. 



