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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



JUI.Y 1. 



5PECIAb^N0T^icEs 



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BY }!/ 



bVsine'ss^manager 



BEKSWAX. 



Although we have a very large s^ock of wax on 

 hand, we will pay, for the present, 25 cts. cash, 27 in 

 trade, for average wax delivered here. The general 

 market at present may be a little above this figure,. 

 but it will very soon be down to this, or below. 



DEEP-CELL FOITNDATION. 



Besides the drawn foundation, we are just gettin,g 

 into operation a machine for making ordinary foun- 

 dation with bases as thin as in natural comb, and 

 walls quite a little deeper than old style. This will 

 be, approximatel}', 14 to 1.5 feet to the pound, and the 

 price for the present will be 75 cts. per lb. We expect 

 to have several grades of this before next sea.son, but 

 are prepared now to furnish extra-thin super grade, 

 and within a few days light-brood grade also. .Sample 

 packages containing some of this as well as the drawn 

 foundation, mailed for o cents each. 



CARLOAD SHIPMENTS. 



As we go to pre.ss we are loading a car for our 

 Chicago branch ; one for Jos. N5'.sewander, Des Moines, 

 Iowa, and one for Rocky Ford, Colo. These will be 

 followed next week by a car to Walter S. Ponder, In- 

 dianapolis, Ind., another to our S3-racu.se branch, and 

 one to Geo. E. Hilton. Fremont, Mich. We shipped 

 Mt. Hilton half a ca.rload about ten days ago, but he 

 requires another car yet to finish the season with. 

 This will contain oOO more of his chaff hives, besides 

 sections and shipping-cases,and numerous other goods. 

 We have also another car to go to our St. Paul 

 branch, and a third car for I,assiter & Co., S3'dney, 

 Australia. 



BUSINESS AT THIS DATE. 



We are gratified to be able to announce that we are 

 up on orders with the exception of sections and a few 

 carloads. The number of small orders whi:h have 

 come to us this month has been verj' small compared 

 with previous months, so that we have been able to 

 work off the accumulation of old orders and fill most 

 of the new ones. We still have eight or ten carloads 

 to ship which we expect to get off wiihin the next 

 two weeks. These carload orders, and the few small- 

 er orders on hand unfilled, take upward of a million 

 sections, ^\'e are turning out 100,000 every twenty- 

 four hours, .=0 that we are practically a week or ten 

 days liehind yet on sections t" ship orders in turn. 



Unless an unusual demand starts up we ought to be 

 close up on sections within two weeks, and we can 

 ship orders for other goods promptlj- now ; al.so for 

 No. 1 45^ 7-to-foot sections. 



The prospect for a fair crop of honey in many lo- 

 calities seems to be better than it promised two 

 weeks ago : yet, in spite of the heavy demand for 

 supplies, we do not anticipate that there will be inore 

 than enough honey to go around at good prices, if the 

 home markets are properly worked, and producers are 

 not too anxious to sell. The price of honey ought to 

 be a little higher than it ruled last season, to be in 

 keeping with other food products. We are already re- 

 ceiving orders, and would like to hear from those who 

 already have some ready for market, both comb and 

 extracted. In ca.se of extracted, send a sample by 

 mail, and say how it is put up for shipment. If comb, 

 describe it carefully, and say how packed, and put a 

 price on it. We especially prefer clover honey if to 

 be had yet. 



DRAWN FOUNDATION. 



It is not too late to test the drawn foundation in 

 many places j'et this .season, and in order to encourage 

 many of our leaders to test it on a number of hives we 

 have decided that, from this date, we will furnish it 

 for SI. 00 a pound, those receiving it to report results. 

 There are from SO to 100 pieces, right size for a pound 

 section in a pound, so that, at this rate, the price is 

 reasonable. It can be attached to the .sections by the 

 regular Daisy or other heated-plate fasteners. Send 

 on your orders. We will mail quarter-pound pack- 

 ages for 40 cents ; half- pounds for 75 cents ; or .send a 

 pound prepaid for 11.25. With other goods the price 



will be 30 cents per quarter-pound ; 55 cents per half- 

 pound, or $1.00 a pound. 



BARGAINS IN WATCHES. 



We have in stock the following standard make of 

 watches on which we quote special low prices to 

 close. They are fully guar'.nteed, and in many in- 

 stances could not be bought at wholesale in large 

 quantities at prices named. 



Four Ladies', 6 size, 14 K., guaranteed five years ; 

 handsome royal gold filled cases ; complete with full 

 7-jewel "Sun Dial" movements (made by Elgin). 

 Regular price SIO 00 : special, to close. $0.00. 



Two Gents' 18 size, 14 K., guaranteed handsome 5-year 

 royal gold-filled cases. Complete with full 7-jewel 

 Sun Dial movements. Regular price SIO.OO ; special, 

 to close, S6.25. 



One Gents' IS .size 14 K., guaranteed, 5-year gold-filled 

 case ; complete with a 7-jewel Trenton movement. 

 Regular price SIO.OO : special, to close, ?6.25. 



Four Gents' 16 size 10 K.,15-j'ear guaranteed gold-fill- 

 ed cases ; complete with 7-jewel Elgin or Waltham 

 movements. Handsome goods. Regular price $15.00 ; 

 special, to close, 811.50. 



Six Gents' 18 size silverine cases, complete with 

 full 7-jewel Trenton movements : good timers. Regu- 

 lar price ?4 00 ; special, to close, only $3.00. 



Twelve toadies' .size, made b\' Waterbur^^ Watch 

 Co , $2.50 each. Excellent timers. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



CUCUMBERS FOR PICKLES. 



There is yet time to grow them if planted this 

 month. By the way, we furnished one company of 

 pickle-growers 200 lbs. of cucumber seed; so we are 

 prepared to give 3'ou the best seed at ver3' low prices. 



EXTRA- EARLY POTATOES. 



Is there an earlier potato than the early Ohio? At 

 present writing it looks as if there were several that 

 are going to be a little ahead. The Bovee, EarU' An- 

 des, White Bliss, and pos.'.ibK' Early Prize ; Burpee's 

 Extra EarUv Earh- Vaughn, and New ()ueen promise 

 to ripen about with the EarK- Ohio ; Thoroughbred 

 and Freeman a little later. All of the extra-earlj* 

 have now potatoes larger than hens' eggs. Several 

 kinds that came up without being planted were care- 

 fulK- cultivated, but will not be anj* earlier than those 

 from seed that we planted early in April. 



BUCKWHEAT. 



Now is just the time to sow it. In most localities 

 JuU- is the great month for sowing buckwheat. As it 

 IS a cold-weather plant, it is not well to get it in too 

 earl3'. The later 30U can do it. and have the grain 

 ripen before frost catches it, the better. We have a 

 prett\' good suppH- in .stock that we can ship prompt- 

 ly at the following prices: Peck, 25 cts.; }4 bushel, 45 

 cts.; bushel, 80 cts.; 2 bushels, $1..)0. Sack is included 

 at above prices, to ship in. Single pound by mail, 

 postpaid, 15 cts. 



POTTED STRAWBERRY-PLANTS. 



.Somebody asks me if our potted plants put out in 

 Juh' will Ijeai next season. Yes, sir. With good care 

 thej' should not onlv- bear a full crop of fruit, but 

 should send out ■ unners and make half a dozen 

 plants, more or less, that will likewise bear fruit. If 

 3'ou bu3' some of the new and high priced varieties like 

 the Nick Ohmer, give them plenty of old well-rotted 

 .stable manure, and water when there is a dry time. 

 If you put the old manure all around the plant 3'OU 

 can pour the water right on the manure without any 

 danger of having the crust of the soil bake. And this 

 is the best wa3' to apply liquid manure. Do not keep 

 the plant wet all the while, however. Give it a good 

 wetting, then let it get pretty dry ; then give it an- 

 other wetting. When the runners get out a suflScient 

 length, la3' a chunk of 3'our old dark well-rotted ma- 

 nure on the end of the little plant, and it will soon 

 take root. A single plant put out in July, properly 

 cared for, should make quite a little bed of plants that 

 will all bear fruit next season. Prices of the potted 

 plants we have in .stock will be sent on application. 

 Laj'er plants will be readj- b3- the middle of July. 

 See our regular price list for prices of all. 



STRAWBERRY PL.ANTS READY TO SEND OUT IN JULY'. 



This 3-earwe expect to be able to furnish our regular 

 list — Jessie, Parker Earle, Sharpless, Warfield, Bubach, 



