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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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ridge, with the roots toward the right side, looking up 

 the row. I .straddle the ridge, and push the roots into 

 the fresh .soil with a small wooden paddle. This 

 .straightens up the plant. I then e.xert a downward 

 pressure with the thumb and fingers of my left hand, 

 and at the .same time pull a little dirt with the paddle 

 on the opprsite side, and press downward toward the 

 left hand. If '>ne hasn't many to .•■et. it would V)e bet- 

 ter to use the forefinger of the right hand instead of 

 the paddle. 



To set the plants in a dry time, I >ise the puddling 

 plan. Take fresh cow manure and a clay soil, and 

 add w iter by .stirring till quite a lump will hang on to 

 a plant when it is dipped into the mixture; then take 

 a small bucket and ulace in it some of this mixture, 

 and about 50 plants. I do not have any one to drop 

 the plants, but set the bucket in front as I walk down 

 the row, and, after making a hole with a dibble, I 

 carefully lift the plant: and, after swishing it around 

 in the bucket. I drop it into the place already made, 

 and press the dirt against it firmly, using the thumbs 

 and fingers of both 1 ands, exerting a pinching and 

 downward pressure. 



Another method, called "the watering plan," is as 

 follows : 



In the evening, say after 4 p m., make a hole in the 

 ridge: dro]) in the plant and pour in a pint of water. 

 lyCt this remain till ne.xt morning; then fill with dry 

 dirt. This will prevent baking the soil around the 

 plant. 



Never set plants in a dry time that have come from 

 a di.stance. Heel them in first, and. after getting them 

 started, they can safely be removed to the field. 



CULTURE. 



I go over the ridge with the weeder already men 

 tioned, just as fast as they are set, and it is indeed sel- 

 dom I find a plant torn out I use the weeder after 

 every rain, and cultivate deeply between the ridges 

 with a cultivator. I use the weeder till the vines are 

 three fett long. If the horse walks slowly I find the 

 vines slip around the fingers readily. When the vines 

 are that long I give the ridge a th irough hoeing, and 

 .some two weeks later go between the ridges with the 

 bar-plow, laying the vines over out of the way. By 

 u.sing the weeder, and cultivating in this waj', I find 

 the work of hoeing is greatly reduced. 



I never bother pulling the vines loose after the last 

 plowing, and never clip the vines to keep them from 

 getting too large. J. Q. Mulford. 



L,ebanon, Ohio. 



Coiicliidt'd ill our ncA't isaui'. 



I can endorse every thing said of sweet clover on 

 page 177. My neighbors, to whom I have mentioned 

 the matter, think it very strange that it should be con- 

 sidered a nuisance by anv one. J. M. CuTTS. 



Chambers, Ala., April 8. 





SPECIAL PURCHASE OF BUSHEL BASKETS 



We have recently purchased a large quantity of 

 handmade oak-.stave bushel baskets at a price which 

 enables us to offer them forfl.50 per dozen: 80c for 6. 

 This offer holds good only while present stock lasts. 



■WATER-WHITE CALIFORNIA HONEY. 



We have received from R. Wilkin a carload of the 

 nicest water-white honey we ever had. It has winter- 

 ed over, and shows no signs of candying; is very thick, 

 light-colored, and of very fine flavor. Price SI .00 per 

 gallon; fjO-lb. can for $.5 00; case of 2 cans, $!».00. I, ts 

 of 5 cases or more, 7c per lb. I^ight amber California 

 honey at Ic per lb. less than above prices. Samples of 

 water-white mailed to any one interested, for 6c, the 

 price of the sample package. Free to intending pur- 

 chasers. 



BEESWAX WANTED. 



Beeswax is growing more scarce in the market, and 

 price is advancing. We mark up the price we pay 1 

 cent a pound, and will pay 27 cts. cash or 2il in trade 

 for average wax delivered here. We are using over 

 two tons a week, so you need not be afraid of .sending 



us too much; but don't put off sending it. If you wait 

 till the season is nearly over before you .send it you 

 must not be disappointed if the price is lower again. 

 Pack it securely, and be sure to put your name and 

 address otj the package, and write us, sending weight 

 and shipping receipt. 



MAPLE SYRUP AND SUGAR. 



During the past week we have secured about 100 

 gallons of good " Buckeye State" maple syrup and 

 a limited quantity of sugar, which we offer at the fol- 

 lowing prices : 



No. 1 fir.st-cla.ss syrup, 95 cts. per gallon; 10 gallons 

 or luore, 90 cts. per gallon. 



No. 2, good color, full weight but slightly buddy, 

 owing to being made late in sea.son; per gal., 85c; 10 

 gallons or more, 80c. 



We can furnish a limited quantity of sugar at the 

 following prices: Extra choice, 10 cts. per lb.; No. 1 

 .sugar, 9 cts. per lb.; No. 2 sugar, 8 els. per lb. 



THE SITUATION AT PRESENT. 



During the past week our main engine-shaft broke 

 in two. Very fortuuately there was a large pulley 

 keyed on just where the break occurred, which held 

 the shaft in place till the break was discovered, and 

 no serious damage was done, except a shut-down of a 

 part of our wood-working building for three days and 

 four niglits By day and night work in large iron- 

 works in Cleveland we secured a new shaft in two 

 days, and every thing is going again full blast. We 

 have lieen shipping about an average of a hundred 

 orders a day, besides two to three full carloads a 

 week, so far this month, yet we have hardly held our 

 own, and I believe we have more unfilled orders than 

 at any previous date. As the sea.son advances, the 

 need of prompt shipment grows more imperative. We 

 are doing our utmo.st, and our friends will have to 

 exercise lots of patience or else look elsewhere for 

 their supply. We have bought four carloads from 

 other factories, and are placing orders for more. 1 

 will mention a few ite ns to show the amount of goods 

 we are turning out. During March we shipped seven- 

 teen thousand pounds of Weed new-process founda- 

 tion, and so far this month we are going ahead of last 

 month's record. We have about twenty people work- 

 ing on fences alone, and turning out about tiUUO a day. 

 Our less than carload shipments for the first week of 

 April aggregated sixty tons weight, or five carloads, 

 besides three full carloads for the .same time 



Many orders for little things of which we have a 

 surplus, or for seeds and department store good-, go 

 off within a few days; but on general bee keepers' 

 supplies, especially hives, we are very much behind. 



SPECIAL SALE AT BALTIMORE, MD. 



We have on hand at Baltimore, Md., in the hands of 

 the Rawlings Implement Co., the following goods 

 which we offer, to close out quickly, at the special 

 prices annexed. Orders may be sent to us or to the 

 Rawlings Imp't Co. direct. Some of the goods are 

 old style, made several years ago, but to many they 

 will answer the .same purpose as the latest make If 

 interested, and yi u desire further particulars, write — 

 remembering, however, that, at the prices we have set 

 on the goods, they are likely to go off quickly, and 

 they can not be duplicated at these prices : 



HOO thick-top brood-frames with top-bar 19^'b long, 

 |1.'25 per 100; %'i\.H) for lot. 



700 all-wood frames, same as we now list, ffl.lO per 

 100; $6.50 for lot. 



200 half depth wide frames to hold 4 sections, 45^x 

 17/8, $2.50 for lot. 



6 Laree.-.e bee-e.scapes, .same as we formerly catalog- 

 ed, 25c each; $1.00 for lot. 



5000 two-pound .sections, 5i^x6i4'xl"8. "Write for spe- 

 cial offer on this lot. 



6 boxes of ten 1-gallon .square cans with screws, $1.20 

 per box; $6. .50 for lot. 



15 eight-frame gable covers for Dov. hives in flat, 15c 

 each; $1.75 for lot. 



160 24-lb. single-tier shipping ca.ses for 45^x1% sec- 

 tions, no glass, nails, or paper, $9 per 100: $13 for lot. 



10 12-lb. .shipping-cases without glass, 75 cts. 



90 Dovetailed winter-cases, in flat, .50 cts each; $4.50 

 for 10; $;^7.50 for lot. 



1 comb-bucket, $1.00. 



2 Hubbard section-pre.s.ses, at $2.00 each. 



30 old-style Alley queen and drone traps, 3-5 cts. each; 

 $3.00 for 10; $7.50 for lot. 



10 pair of hive-carriers, at 15 cts. a pair. 



450 plain cartons for 4]4xm .sections, $2.25 for lot. 



