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GIvEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov. 1. 



vented digging our potatoes. In fact, a good 

 many of them are still growing more or less. 

 There have been several little frosts that nipped 

 the leaves of the Hubbard squashes and sweet 

 potatoes. The tomatoes, at least this year, 

 seem to stand more than the above. 



I have finally found an everbearing straw- 

 berry — at least, I have one plant that bears 

 great nice luscious berries all along through 

 the fall, just as I saw the same variety do dur- 

 ing the winter in Arizona. It does not bear a 

 great many, but there are some blossoms and 

 berries i>n the plant almost all the time. I 

 have not any plants to spare, for the simple 

 reason that it, at least during this season, 

 keeps bearing fruit instead of putting out run- 

 ners. I have it on our very best ground, and 

 we are going to give it excellent care, and will 

 try to get runners from it next season. Of 

 course, the White Alpines bear berries every 

 day during the summer — at least, they bear a 

 few. They are small but very soft. The 

 Louis Gautier has gone through two seasons 

 without producing a fall crop as the introducer 

 claimed it would. We have given it different 

 soil, and will try it one more season. 



The unusual wetness for the past three 

 months has given me a revival in toiderdrain- 

 ing and sui-face draining as well. My potatoes 

 this season have done so much better right 

 near a dead furrow that I think I shall, next 

 year, throw our underdrained land up into 

 beds so as to have a dead furrow, say every 30 

 feet; then these dead furrows empty into sim- 

 ilar dead furrows at each end of the lot, or 

 wherever there is much of a low place in the 

 ground. I believe I shall get better crops, 

 both in quality and quantity, for having these 

 surface drains. You may remember this is 

 the way James Smith, of Green Bay, Wis., 

 managed to get his wonderful crops in small 

 areas. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The Colorado State Bee-keepers" Association will 

 hold its annual meeting some time in November — the 

 exact date given later. Hetetofore we have met the 

 third Monday in Jannary; but it was thought best to 

 meet earlier, and so we changed our constitution. 



Loveland, Col., Oct. IS. R. C. Aikin. 



The annual meeting of the Ontario Bee-keepers' As- 

 sociation will be held in the city of Ouelph. on the Hth, 

 7th, and Sth of December. ISilS. There is every pros- 

 pect of there being a good meeting and a large attend- 

 ance, owing to there being other attractions in Guelph 

 on these dates: namely, the Guelph fat-stock show, 

 which has a continental reputation; the Guelph poul- 

 try and pet-stock show; the Experimental Union. 

 Many bee-keepers have an interest in all these a.s.soci- 

 ations. All bee-keepers are cordially invited. 



Street.sville, Ont.. Oct. 20. W. Couse, Sec. 



The Illinois State Bee keepers' Association will hold 

 its eighth annual session in the State house, on the 

 16th and 17th of November, 1898. The Odd-Fellows 

 hold their annual meeting the .same week, and we 

 have with them railroad rates of one and one-third 

 fare for the round trip, open rate (that is, without a 

 certificate). As this will be an important meeting we 

 hope for a large attendance. Committees will be ap 

 pointed, and steps taken to a.sk our next legislature 

 for a foul-brood law. Jas. A. .Stone Sec, 



Bradfordton, 111. 



1,000,000 

 Peach Trees 



?rown on the bank of Lake 

 Erie, two miles from any 

 peach orchaids and guar- 

 anteed free from Scale, 

 Borers, Yellows, etc. Largfr 

 stock of Pear, Plum, 

 Cherry, Quince and immense supply of Small 

 Fruit plants. Headquarters for Ornamental 

 Trees and Shrubs. A quarter of a million of 

 low down budded roses. 



32 Greenhouses filled with Roses, Palms, 

 Araucarias, Ficus, Dracenas, Pandanus, etc. 

 Will have immense stocks of best Holland Bulbs 

 for fall.' 45th year. 1000 acres. Correspondence 

 and personal inspection solicited. 



THE STORRS & HARRISON CO., 



Box I, Painesville, Ohio« 



In writing, mention Gleanings. 



Low=down Broad=tire Farm Trucks 



originated with us, and we 

 still sell direct to farmers- 

 three- fourths of all that are 

 used. We build ten styles of 

 farm wagons, extra wheels 

 for old wagons, and railk-ped- 

 dlers' wagons. Steel - wheel' 

 trucks, f 18. 



Farmers Handy Wagon Co., Saginaw, Mich. 



In writing, mention Gleanings. 



Machine $10 



TO BUILD THE STRONGEST 

 AND BEST WIRE FENCE. 



i 16 to 24 Cents per Rod. 



•^ No farm rights, royalties or 



"S patent stays to buv. AGENTS 



~ WANTED. Write for circular. 



The Bowen Cable Stay Fence Co. 

 NORWALK, CHID, U.S.A. 



In writing advertisers, mention Gleanings. 



One Man with the 



UNION COMBINATION SAW 



Can do the work of iowx men using 

 hand tools in Ripping, Cutting off, 

 Miteiing, Rabbeting, Grooving, 

 Gaining, Dadoing, Edging Up, 

 Jointing Stuff, etc. Full line of 

 Foot and Hand Power Machinery. 

 Sold on tnal. Calalogfree. I-24ei 



Seneca Palls Mfg. Co., 

 44 Water St., Seneca Falls, N. Y. 



In writing advertisers, mention Gleanings. 



Dovetailed Hives, 



Sections, Extractors, Smokers,, 

 and every thing a bee-keeper 

 wants. Honest goods at close 

 honest prices. 60-page cata- 

 log free. 



J. JVI. JENKIIMS, Wetumpka, Ala^ 



nilFFN^ Warranted purely mated, either gold- 

 V^Ulvlwl^O. ej, or imported, bv return mail. Un- 

 tested, y^ doz., 81 7."); select tested, '^ doz., S2.40; best 

 breeders, 82.00. One sample queen to new cu.stomer, 

 55 cts. each. E. A. Seeley, Bloomer, Ark. 



P. O. M. O. office, Lavaca, Ark. 



