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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Sept. 15. 





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HONEY MARKET. 



We are entirely sold out of water-white California 

 sage honej', and as there is no crop in Southern Cal- 

 ifornia this year there is no prospect of our getting 

 any more till next season. We still have a supply of 

 light amber California honey in (iO-lb. cans, 2 in a 

 case, which we offer at V cts. per lb.; five-case lots at 

 6J4 cents. We have also a choice lot of Wi.'consin 

 honey, clover and basswood, mixed, which we offer 

 at 1^/2 cts. per lb. by the ca.se of 2 cans, i. e., S^O.OO for 

 120 lbs. We hope a little later to have a carload of 

 alfalfa honey, both comb and extracted. 



INSTALLING NEW ENGINE. 



We expect, during the month of October, to be put- 

 ting our new 20x20 Ideal engine in the place of the 

 Buckeye which has served us .so well these j^ears, and 

 of necessity will be shut down for about three weeks 

 in the wood-working department. If any one is need- 

 ing any odd-sized goods which he expected to order 

 during that month we would advi.se placing the order 

 at once so that we may get out the work before we 

 .shut down. The Buckeye engine to be replaced is 

 13x21, running at present 200 revolutions per minute, 

 and furnishing about 135 hor.se power at 95 lbs. steam 

 pressure. At normal speed, 1()5, and ordinary pres- 

 sure, 80 to 90 lbs., it will furnish easily 100 horse pow- 

 er. It is a Tangeye bed, left hand automatic engine, 

 with two drive-pullej's (i,xl2 inches, and is practically 

 as good as the day it was installed. It can be bought 

 for 8500 cash, and is a big bargain at the price to any 

 one wanting an engine of that size and style. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



We still have an abundance of nice strawberry- 

 plants at prices quoted in our last issue, page 609. 



ONION SETS SOLD OUT. 



We are already closed out on both Egyptian or 

 winter onion-sets and American Pearl. We have, 

 however, an abundance of nice onion-plants of both 

 varieties. The former, planted out almost any time in 

 the fall, will grow with scarcely a possibility of fail- 

 ure. In fact, they grow all winter long. The Ameri- 

 can Pearl, however, ought to be put out some time in 

 September. We have tried them .side by side with sets 

 of the same variety, and one seems to succeed just 

 about as well as the other. If they stand the winter, 

 they make large white onions, ready to pull about the 

 time you are picking your strawberries. A good 

 many, however, do not succeed in wintering the 

 American Pearl. Market-gardeners with rich soil, 

 well underdrained. generally succeed all right. We 

 can furnish plants of either of the above at 11.00 per 

 1000; .5000 or more, 75 cts. per 1000. The winter onion- 

 plants are very much larger than the others, and 

 therefore the express charges will be more. 



CHARLES F. MUTH & BON. 



The following is a clipping which we take from the 

 Cincinnati Times, for Sept. 2: 



A sensational suit was filed Friday by Matilda 

 Schaufler against Charles F. Muth & Son, August 

 Muth, and the administratrix of the late Charles F. 

 Muth, of the Board of Control, whose peculiar death 

 in Indiana is recalled. Plaintiff sues on notes for 

 money loaned as follows: For Sl'jOO, May -1, 1897; $1970, 

 September 1, 1897, and S2000, December 22, 1897. The 

 money was loaned by Jacob Pistor, whose widow she 

 is. The first note wa.s all paid except S22(), so that the 

 amount sued for is $-119t) 02, with interest. It is alleg- 

 ed that the firm of Muth & Son is insolvent, that the 

 assets are only about S5000 and the liabilities S20,000, 

 and that the assets are constantly depreciating in val- 

 ue. A receiver is therefore asked toward disposing of 

 the stock and applying the proceeds to the payment 

 of this and other debts of the firm. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



The six queens arrived this morning, all in fine con- 

 dition; not a single dead worker in the whole lot. I 

 enjoy doing business with the A. I. R. Co. The only 

 objection is, you are so far away. C. K. Decker. 



Angiola, Cal., Aug. 31. 



PLAIN SECTIONS A DECIDED SIXCESS. 



In regard to the use of plain sections, they have been 

 a decided success so far. We have taken onlj- about 

 150 sections, but not one that was not fastened to the 

 bottom of the section. R. D. Minehart. 



Central City, Iowa, Aug 22. 



ANOTHER report FROM THE DARLING STRAWBERRY. 



ATr. Root: — I received one Darling strawberry-plant, 

 started in jadoo fiber the last of Aug., 1897. The sea- 

 son was very dry; but by using plenty of water I got 

 fourteen new plants. Seven or eight were rooted 

 enough to bear this spring. I got nearly one pint of 

 medium-sized berries. J.^s. Campbell. 



Oxford, Ind., Aug. 8. 



Your shipment of goods is received, and every thing 

 is just as ordered. I had no difliculty whatever in 

 putting the hives together. Every piece fitted perfect- 

 ly, and I am more than pleased with their appear- 

 ance. You may look for another order .soon. 



Coldwater, Mich., July 20. P. D. Gray. 



Please send Gleanings right along. If I ever want 

 it stopped I will let you know. I take several papers, 

 but could not very well get along without Gle.^nings. 

 Give us the footnotes and Straws, and don't leave out 

 A. I. Root's part either; in fact, .send Gi eanivgs just 

 as it is. It is good enough. Geo. Vandewarker. 



Brown City, Mich., Aug. 4. 



Mr. Root: — I take Gleanings for the sermons, or 

 Home talks. I read them all carefully and prayerful- 

 \y. The amount of good derived from them is inval- 

 uable. They are all carefully saved, and passed round 

 to different persons who are alw-iys anxiously await- 

 ing their turn. I read every one to a blind man, who 

 enjoys them more than all the rest of us. 



Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 6. H. H. Cawood. 



some EXCEEDINGLY KIND (PERHAPS EXTRAVAGANT) 

 WORDS. 



I value Gleanings ver^' highly, and mostly on ac- 

 count of A. I. Root's writings therein, as bee-keeping 

 is a failure here. I always begin the book at the back 

 side; and while what you say on theology does not 

 impress me, yet the humanitarian spirit that bubbles 

 up in almost every sentence you write, like water in a 

 spring, and j'our evident sincerity, have won my ad- 

 miration. M. ly. Bradley. 



Vinton, Cal., July 28. 



Wants and Exchange. 



IVANTED. — To exchange for extracted honey, one 

 "' trio of Buff Cochins, one trio of Eight Brahmas 

 (birds are purebred). 1 Beagle hound (good hunter), 

 shipping-cases, bee hives, and sections. 



J. M. Kinzie, Roche.ster, Oakland Co., Mich. 



ANTED. — To exchange tandem and single bicy- 

 cles for engine, honey, etc. 



Robert B. Gedye, Ea Salle, 111. 



WANTED. — To exchange a 10 inch foundation-mill 

 in perfect condition, for a horse in same condi- 

 tion; or for a market-wagon. 



E. W. Brown, Eden, Erie Co., N. Y. 



ANTED. — To buy quantity lots of fancy and No 1 

 white comb honey, car lots preferred. 



Byron Walker, Evart, Mich. 



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11^ ANTED.— To exchange 20 colonies of black bees, 

 '" all in good shape, but in box hives. Must part 

 with them at once. Also some fine game bantam 

 chickens to trade. 



W. S. Brillhart, Oakwood, Paulding Co., O. 



