1898 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



201 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



"STICKERS" FOR THE RIGHT. 



I,ast fall we sent a customer some seeds bv express. 

 After a long delay the express compat y claimed that 

 they could noi find the man, and wanted to return 

 the .seeds, and asked us to pay charges both ways. 

 We explained to them that they had not forwarded 

 the seeds according to directions, and told them that, 

 to atone for their delay and neglect, we thought they 

 should forward them to destination free of charge or 

 else return them to us free of charge. Now, some 

 people have an idea that you can not make an express 

 company do the fair thing. The following from our 

 customer .seems to indicate that they do, at lea.st some- 

 times do the fair thing, after all — at least, where you 

 hang on to them. 



yl/;-. Root: — The buckwheat and clover-.seed that you 

 shipped me last fall was delivered ye.sterdav. The 

 agent at Stonghton said the N. Y. & B. Ex. Co. had 

 ordered him to deliver as soon as possible, and free of 

 charge. He .says the A. I. Root Co. are " stickers," and 

 that there was no let-up till the goods were delivered 

 or returned free of charge. Please accept thanks for 

 being such ".stickers" for the right. 



Brockton, Mass., Mar. 8. Geo. M. Buck. 



RELIEF FOR THE CUBAN SUFFERERS. 



Since our S30 was sent, as mentioned in our issue for 

 Feb. 1, we have received and .sent forward as below: 



The A. I. Root Co.: — We beg to acknowledge receipt 

 of yours of the 5th, inclosing check for S^S.7.5 to be u.sed 

 for the starving Cubans, and collected by von from 

 the following persons: Mr. Horn, Jfl.OO; Mrs.' Warner 

 50c; J. A. Buchanan, i:l 00; K. W. Vankirk, S'-'.OO; Bur- 

 bett Hall. 2.5c: C. A. Bunch, Sl.OO; I^ydia Wagner, $2.00- 

 S. T. Pettit, SI .00. Please expre.ss'the thanks of the 

 Cuban Relief Committee to each and all of these 

 givers, and also our thanks to vou for the interest you 

 have taken in I his matter. Very truly vours, 



H. A. Garfield, Treas. Cuban Relief Fund. 

 Cleveland, O., March 7. 



Bee=supplies. 



I do not claim to sell cheaper than any one 

 else, but I do claim to sell as cheap as any 

 other firm, quality of goods considered. I 

 keep a full line in'.stock. ,Sections and ship- 

 ping-crates a specialty. Write for catalog 

 and price list. 



W. E. SMITH. Kenton, Hardin Co., O. 



In writing, mention Gleanings. 



Farm and Apiary for Sale. 



Desiring to move to Kansas I hereby offer for .sale 

 my farm in Hagerman, Idaho, consisting of 120 acres, 

 on which is a small house of two rooms: al^o .stable, 

 corral, etc. Thirty acres are fenced. I have out .some 

 grapes. 10 pear-trees in bearing; 31 bearing peach- 

 trees, 30 younger ones, and a lot of seedlings; 3,3 plums 

 and prunes, all bearing; % acre of .strawberries; 8 

 acres alfalfa— first cutting last season, 32 tons. 



I shall have about 101 colonies of bees in the spring, 

 about half of them in three-storv hives and the rest in 

 two-story ones, all lun for extracted honey. Hives, 

 frames, smokers, extractor, etc., all perfect: hives ali 

 painted. Price $2000. One-third can stay on mortgage 

 at 5 per cent. 



My farm is one mile from po.stoffice, store, black- 

 smith shop, etc. For further particulars address 

 ROBT. P. LANCHESTER, Hagerman, Idaho. 

 In writing, mention Gleanings. 



1898 Queens fo[Business. 1898 



Queens for honey ; queens for strong 

 colonies. Competition in quality but 

 not in price. Supplies at bottom 

 prices. Price list free. 



J. P. H. BROWN, = Augusta, Ga. 



In writing, mention Gleanings. 



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. I. ROOT CO., Medina, O. 



TEXAS QUEENS. 



Be.st honey-gathering strain in America. Untested, 

 SI. 00; tested, 11.50. Ready to mail April 1. Write for 

 circular. J. D. Givens. I^isbon, Texas. 



MUTH'S HONEY-EXTRACTOR, 

 SQUARE GLASS HONEY-JARS, 

 ROOT'S GOODS AT ROOT'S PRICES, 



Bee-keepers' .Supplies in general, etc., 

 etc. .Send for our new catalog. "Prac- 

 tical Hints" will be mailed for 10 cts. 

 in stamps. Applj' to 



CHAS. F. IVIUTH & SON, Cincinnati, 0. 



In writing, mention Gleanings. 



pOR SALE. New eight- frame IVi-story Simplicity 

 or Dovetailed hives, nailed and painted, with sec- 

 tions and starters, SI. 20 each; American hives com- 

 plete, SI. 25; 500 all wood Simplicity frames, S2.:50 for 

 the lot; "Ivangstroth on the Honey-bee," revised, .fl.OO 

 each: ^-dozen quart pepper-box bee-feeders, .5c each; 

 seeond-hand American hives, newly painted, and new 

 .sections, frames, and cases, SH.OO each. Write at once 

 for these bargains to 



Theodore Bender, Canton, Ohio. 



Fay's Currants. 



T.,arge stock, nice bushes, Si. .50 per 100. Barred P. 

 Rock (Hawkins' noted strains) eg?s, 75c per 13, or 26 

 for 81.2.5. FRED H. BURDEPt, Clifton, N. Y. 



In writing, mention Gleanings. 



Write Quick 



G.W.COLE, 



for circular of Cole's Garden- 

 plow. Best in use, 



Canton, 111. 



C r BROWN LEGHORNS. 13 eggs, 7.5c: '20, Sl.OO; 

 o. V. good .stock. Also pure Italian bees. Circu- 

 lar free. H. M. Mover, Shanesville, Berks Co., Pa. 



Vegetable Peaches — who would not grow them? 

 Pel fectly delicious. See Cook's adv't., page 234. 



Rootville Wheels Cheap. 



ONE UOO COLUMBIA. 



Belonging to Huber Root: 'it(i pattern; keyless 

 cranks; I's-inch tubing; Hartford single-tube 

 tires; weight 21 lbs. In splendid condition, not 

 having been ridden over 200 miles. S30.00. 



ONE $100 WHEELER. 



'96 pattern; keyless cranks; I'/s-inch tubing 

 ■2.5-inch frame; Morgan & Wright tires; re-em 

 ameled, and in first-class running order. i22..50 



ONE COLUMBUS, $75 MODEL. 



Belonging to A. t,. Boyden, '96 pattern, large 

 tubing ; ridden one season. Re-enameled, and 

 in excellent condition. $20.00. 



ONE $150 COMBINATION TANDEM. 



Belonging to E. R. Root, made by the Reming- 

 ton Arms Co.; ridden but little, not over 50 miles 

 all told, and almost new; long cranks, wood 

 handle-bars, large tubing, long reinforced drop 

 forgings; in fact, the strongest and most rigid 

 tandem ever built, for only $55.00. 



THE A. I. ROOT CO., Medina, Ohio. 



