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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



July 15. 



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BEESWAX. 



Although we have a very large stock of wax on 

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

 tiade, 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. 



A FEW STATISTICS. 



In the year beginning July 1, 1897, and ending June 

 30, l.SilS, we have made about sixteen million sections 

 of all kinds and sizes, besides buying about four mil- 

 lion from other manufacturers and turning away 

 orders for manj' more. Our output of Weed process 

 foundation in the same time was fifty five tons, while 

 Chas. Dadant & Son made thirty-three tons, or eighty- 

 eight tons in all, or 17t),000 lbs. of Weed process loun- 

 dation sold in the U. S. within the twelve months. 

 Several tons of what we made was exported. 



Since we have been making fences we have turned 

 out half a million of the variou, stvles. 



ADVANCING PRICES. 



There have been, within the past month, or two or 

 three months, considerable advances in the price of 

 several commodities entering into the construction of 

 bee-keepeis' supplies. Theie has been a large ad- 

 vance in window glass, which affects strips for ship- 

 ping-cases and glass for sections. Sheet zinc has ad- 

 vanced over a cent a pound; and lumber of various 

 grades which we use is from 50 cts. to $3.00 per thou- 

 sand feet higher than we paid a year ago. These ad- 

 vances will necessitate the readjusting of pr ces of 

 many goods, and the new prices will be somewhat 

 higher than they have been. 



HONEY PROSPECTS. 



In our last issue we made a request for offers of 

 comb and extracted honey, and we have not heard so 

 far from half a dozen people. We have a number of 

 orders for new honey waiting for a supply to fill 

 them, but so far we have got track of none ready for 

 market. We have received plenty of discouraging 

 reports as to the honey crop being a disappointment 

 or an entire failure. In many places where some 

 white honey was gathered, honeydew was also gath- 

 ered with it, theieby spoiling its value for market. 

 With a failure entirely in Southern California, where, 

 in an average season, several hundred carloads are 

 produced, and with a very meager crop in many other 

 parts of the country so far as we have learned there 

 ought to be a good demand for honey at better prices 

 than have prevailed in many places during the past 

 two or three years. We should like very much, for 

 our own information in making plans and prepara- 

 tions for next season, to hear from our readers gener- 

 ally as to the prospect for honey in their locality as 

 compared with previous j'ears, both as to quantity 

 and quality, comb and extracted. 



ORDERS FILLED PROMPTLY. 



As we go to press we can say that all orders are 

 filled with the exception of a few No. 2 grade of sec- 

 tions and a few shipping-cases, besides a large carload 

 of export orders that do not have to go till next 

 week to reach the vessel on which they sail. We have 

 been able for the past two months to supply but a 

 part of the No. 2 grade of sections that have been 

 called for. We make this grade only as they accumu- 

 late in making No. 1: and as our lumber has been of 

 unusually good quality it has not run to more than 10 

 to 1.5 per cent of No. 2 grade, while the orders have 

 called for about 30 per cent of No. 2; consequently it 

 has been impossible to .supply the desired quantity of 

 No. 2 g ade. We have shipped during the past ten 

 days to two weeks, over fifteen thousand shipping- 

 cases. These have gone mostly to Colorado, Michi- 

 gan, and Minnesota: and these are the States where 

 the most encouraging reports of honey-yields so far 

 received have come from. 



We have kept our day and night forces going up to 

 the fifteenth; but from now on we shall be able to get 

 along with the daylight run. We expect to make up 

 stock from now on, as well as work on box orders, of 

 which we have orders booked already for about five 



carloads. We are in shape now to ship goods of any 

 kind by first train. If in need of any thing, let us 

 hear from you. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



I expect to leave Cinnabar, Mont., on my wheel-trip 

 through Yellowstone Park on Wednesday, Aug. 3. 



ONION-SETS FOR FALL PLANTING. 



We are just now gathering a splendid lot of Amer- 

 ican Pearl, White A'ictoria, Prizetaker, White Multi- 

 plier, and Whittaker. For particulars about fall sow- 

 ing, see leaflet, free on application. Prices of new 

 onion-sets, quart, 20 cts.; peck, $1.00; bushel, $3.50. 

 Large-.'-ized sets, half above prices. If wanted by 

 mail, add 10 cts. per quart extra. 



PRIZETAKER ONION-SETS. 



We did not sell all our second-size onion-sets la.st 

 spring, and some are left over To my great astonish- 

 ment they are .still hard and firm, no sprouting; they 

 are just good, solid, ripe, small-sized onions. Of 

 course, the dry weather may have had something to 

 do with it, but it looks now as if they would keep over 

 till another .sea on In this one respect Prizetaker 

 onion-sets are ahead of any thing else I ever .saw or 

 heard of; and so far ihey seem to answer well for 

 growing large onions the second year. 



GROWING LATE CAULIFLOWER. 



The cauliflower is emphatically a cold-weather 

 plant. Some of the finest heads we ever saw were 

 grown in the open air late in November. They will 

 .stand moie frost than cabbage, and almost as much as 

 any other vegeiable. For growing this late crop the 

 plants should be put out in July. We have succeeded 

 so many sea.sons in that way that we are now supplied 

 with a nice lot of plants. Prices : 10 ct.s. for 10; 75 cts. 

 per 100 If wanted by mail, add 5 cts. for 10 or 25 cts. 

 per 100 for postage Plants right from the sted-bed, 

 that have not been transplanted, will be half the 

 above prices. 



TURNIP SEED. 



The old adage. 



The 25th of July, be the weather wet or dry, 

 is about the time for sowing turnips. If you want 

 theni only for table use, however, ypu had better sow 

 them a little later .so they will not become too large. 

 And, by the way, turnips for the table should have 

 successive sowings, for they are never really nice 

 where they are too large or too old. About the size 

 of a good-sized apple is just right; and for the table 

 you might sow a little .seed once a week, say for five 

 or six weeks The la.st sowing will produce them 

 large enough for taLle use generally, before there is 

 freezing weather enough to hurt them. We can fur- 

 nish seed promptly of Yellow Aberdeen, White Egg, 

 and Purple-top White-Globe, at the following low 

 prices: Ounce, 5 cts.; pound, 25 cts.: 5 lbs., $1.00. The 

 last named .seems to be the popular all-round fall tur- 

 nip. But to be nice they ought to be grown quickly, 

 which can not be done during a severe drouth. If dry 

 weather spoil-, them sow again just after a rain. 



C. F. JNIUTH iV SON. 



We are sorry to say that complaints are still coming 

 in to the effect that this firm does not settle for honey 

 sent it, nor answer letters. We have written repeat- 

 edly, but have had no reply since the death of Mr. C. 

 F. Muth, with the exception of one postal card read- 

 ing as follows: 



Gentlemen : — Your different favors of recent date 

 were received in due time. Since my father's death 

 it has kept us very busy day and night; but we are 

 now catching up, and will write you fully, and ex- 

 plain every thing in a few days. Hoping this is sat- 

 isfactory, lam Yours truly, 



Cincinnati, June 18. Aug. J. Muth. 



You will notice the above was sent us in time so it 

 might have appeared in our July Lst issue; but as 

 there was a promise of something further in a few 

 days we delayed publicity. As we have received 

 nothing further up to dale, July 12, we have thought 

 be.st to submit the above card to our readers. We 

 would also state that we have had the matter looked 

 up, and have reason to believe there is plenty of prop- 

 erty to .settle all the claims, and a great deal more. 

 The only trouble is that their affairs are even yet a 

 good deal mixed up. 



