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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Jan. 15. 



never seen the Oregon evergreen blackberry ; 

 but I believe it is pronounced by competent 

 authority as of " no account." Friend C, I 

 would not, if I were you, ever again pay $2.50 

 for a single plant of ar/v new fruit, no matter 

 how much the catalogs boom it. Better stick 

 to the good kinds that you find in your neigh- 

 borhood. These woukl be pretty sure to suc- 

 ceed, while the new things are always e.r- 

 trenielv doubtful. 



AHAGER 



The third edition of 10,000 copies of Danzenbaker'.s 

 book, "Facts about Bees," revised and up to date with 

 new cuts, is now on the press, and will be ready for 

 di-tribution the last of this month It will be sent 

 free with 2 cents to pay postage. See Danzenbaker's 

 advertisement elsewhere. 



CHOICE STRAWBERRIES. 



It is a little out of season for strawberry-plants, but 

 you will want to know where to get them when the 

 time comes. We have printed fo' C. N. Flan.'-burgh, 

 of l,eslie. Mich., a neat catalog which he will be pleas- 

 ed to mail to tl ose who write for it. His ad"t appears 

 in this issue. 



MAPLE SUGAR AND SYRl'P. 



We shall be prepared as usual to supply these prod- 

 ucts at low prices, as we are right in a good maple 

 section. If you expect to buy any this spring it will 

 pay you to send for our prices. We have on hand a 

 little .stock of '!I7 siigar which we ofTer as follows: No. 

 2 at 7c per lb ; No. f> at <jc; 50 lb. lots at 'jc per lb. less. 

 First-quality .syrup at 90c per gal. 



A NEW BINDER FOR GLEANINGS OR ANY OTHER PE- 

 RIODICAL. 



We take pleasure in saying that the Monitor binder, 

 advertised in this issue, is not only the neatest and 

 mo.st convenient binder, but the cheape--t thing we 

 have ever .seen or heard of. It is a real marvel of Yan- 

 kee ingenuity. It costs only 12 cents for Gleanings, 

 and yet it is about the handiest thing I ever .saw for 

 the purpo.'e. 



SEEDS FOR farm AND GARDEN, FRFSH AND TRUE 

 TO NAME, AT PRICES LOWER TH.AN EVER BEFORE. 



We can not just now in this issue give you the re- 

 duced prices, but any order you may send us will be 

 made at these lower figures : and in our next i.'sue we 

 expect to give you a revised condensed list of prices. 

 The .seeds were grown by the same hrm who supplied 

 us la.st year. Their germinating qualities have al- 

 ready been tested in our greenhouse, and we shall be 

 growing crops from them all through the .season. 



T TINS FOR 1808. 

 We have changed our T-tin machine so that the up- 

 right in the tin, as now made, is only % inch high in- 

 stead of i'b, as formerly. This is to accommodate the 

 new T fences without crojs-slotting them. To use 

 with old-style T tins they must be cross-slotted, as 

 shown in the diagram. In order to work freely we 

 find that this groove mu.st be at least fc, of an inch 

 w^ide or they are apt to bind on the T tins. The plain 

 separators for use in T supers with the new T tins 

 should be fully 8% inches wide, and from now on we 

 will make them so unless otherwi.se ordered. 



FENCE, OR CLE.ATED SEPARATOR. 



The above illustration will make the matter of 

 fences more clear than any amount of description. 

 By a careful .study of the detail drawings, and read- 

 ing-matter under each, you will get a better idea of 

 these fences than you could in any other way except 

 by .seeing the samples themselves. The N Danzy 

 fence is just like the O fence with cleats on one side 

 only, and is used in connection with sections \\\ wide, 

 with one plain side and one open-cornered slotted 



.side. We do not recommend this arrangement. The 

 spaces between the slats should not be over J of an 

 inch ; and as it is practically impossible to maintain 

 that space absolutely accurate, and it is much .safer to 



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have the space less rather than more, we are now 

 making the fences with a space of about V% full so as 

 to make sure it d es not run over J, and thereby pro- 

 duce ridgy or washboard honey. 



OUR 1898 CATALOG. 



As we go to press with this issue of Gleanings we 

 are just finishing the last page of matter for our 1898 

 catalog, and within a week after this number is mail- 

 ed we expect to begin mailing catalogs. Our various 

 dealers are waiting for a supply, and it will take some 

 twenty to twenty-five thousand' to furnish them. Our 

 own list numbers about one hundred thou.sand names, 

 and it will take us some weeks to print and make 

 enough catalogs to go around. The finst we have to 

 send will go to our Gleanings readers, so that you 

 will receive one just as soon as we can furnish it, with- 



