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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar. 1. 



The Faultless Sprayer. 



Few little inventions make the stir and do the amount of good that the little tin spray-pumps did that 

 were so extensively introduced last season. Although we have a machine for sprajing potatoes, that cost $25.00, 

 we let it stand in the tool-house, and sprayed a great many acres of potatoes with a little spray-pump similar to 

 the one pictured here. It did the work easier and cheaper and better. A boy with some packages of Piris 

 green (a large spoonful in each paper) in his pocket, and in his hand a spray-pump weighing only about a 

 pound, will do the whole job in a very little time; in fact, one boy takes his hoe along and does the hoeing and 

 spraying both, without any machine to lug back and forth, nor any chance of said machine getting out of order. 

 As soon as we began to offer them for sale others seemed to discover their advantages; and although we ordered 

 pumps from the factory at several different times we were sold out in spite of us when we wanted them most. 



Well, we have now a tremendou-ly big stock of some that are considerably improved over the ones we 

 had last year, and the price is even lower. These pumps are so perfect that the spray looks like steam out of 

 the nose of a tea-kettle; in fact, you can fill the air in a room with vapor with one of these machines. The 

 price of the new improved machines is only 60 cts.; 3 for SI. 50; y 2 dozen, S2.50; dozen, $4.50. You can have the 

 same thing made of brass for only 25 cts. more on each sprayer. As the brass can not rust, they are good for a 

 lifetime. We can send the tin ones bv mail for 20 cts. extra to cover postage. As the brass ones are somewhat 

 heavier the postage on them will be 25 cts each. We have two or three dozen of the old-style, such as we sold 

 last year, on hand, which we offer, while they last, at -10 cts. each. Now do not say you can not afford a sprayer 

 to keep the potato-bugs out of sight, for the great advantage of this little apparatus is that it is so little work to 

 use it you can kill the bugs when they first start, and keep them down before your potatoes are injured at all. 

 Thousands of people lost their potatoes last season just because it was too much work to fight the bugs. 



With every machine is a stout linen tag, with full directions how to use the sprayer for all kinds of in- 

 sects. Yes, this machine will answer for fruit-trees all right, but you would have to get up on a high stool, or 

 climb a ladder, to get the spray all over a tree of any size. For spraying orchards a larger and more expensive 

 machine is needed. 



The A. I. Root Co., Medina, Ohio. 



The Luxuries of Yesterday are 



The Necessities of To=day. 



Twenty years ago, comb foundation was a luxury. To-day it is a necessity. We sell the 

 Weed Foundation — the best made. Root's sections to go with them are unparalleled. Send 

 for catalog. If a dealer, get our wholesale list. Beeswax wanted. 



M. H. HUNT & SON, Bell Branch, Wayne Co., Michigan. 



Don't Buy Supplies 



For 1899 until you see my 39th annual cata- 

 log. A full line of hives and fixtures best 

 adapted to our New England climate. Also 

 best brands of Comb Foundation and Sec- 

 tion-boxes. I have also made arrangements 

 to keep quite a general stock of 



The A. I. Root Co.'s Goods, at their Prices. 



Parties desiring these goods can get them of 

 me, and save freight charges. Bees, 

 Queens, and Nuclaus Colonies from the 

 very best strains in America. A 40-page 

 illustrated catalog free. Address 



W. W. CARY, Lyo nsville, Mass. 



ALHAMBRA BLACKBERRY. Earliest blackberry 

 *■ known Plants 35 cts. per dozen; $1.25 per 100; 

 $10.00 per 1000. Edw. Smith, Carpenter, III. 



A WASTE OF 



MONEY 



s never desirable or justifi- 

 ible. It is worse than waste 

 to put high priced eggs in a 

 poor, imperfect incubator. 



TheMASCOTTE 



NCUBATOR 



ly prevents euch waste, 

 but tarns failure into success. 

 Regulates perfectly as to heat, 

 and ventilation. Guaranteed. Send at once for FK*EE catalogue, 



Mascotte Incubator & Lumber Co., Box 18, Bedford, Ohio. 



Headquarters for the Albino Bee. 



The Best in the World. 



If you are looking for the bee that gathers the most 

 honey, and are the gentlest of all bees to handle, buy 

 the Albino. I can furnish the Italians, but orders 

 stand, as heretofore, 50 to 1 in favor of the Albino. I 

 manufacture and furnish supplies. 



S. Valentine, 



Hagerstown, Md. 



In writing advertisers, mention Gleanings. 



TDCCO -1 to 6 ft. at S S A cts.; 3 to 4 ft. at 2J4 



KpflljH I nLLO cts.; all one year from bud; heal- 

 1 ^r^*" 1 thy and thrifty; no scale. Official certifi- 

 cate accompanies each shipment. Sample by express 

 if wanted. Can ship anv time. Trees kept dormant 

 till May 10. R. S Johnston. Box 43. Stockley, Del. 



In writing, mention Gleanings. 



STDAIAIRTDDV Plants. Largest and choi- 

 I nHWDLnr.! cest stock in the world 

 (50,000 000; 100 varieties. ) Lowest prices. Safe- 

 ly and cheaply delivered anywhere on conti- 

 nent. Catalog free. Continental Plant Co., 

 Strawberry Specialists. 49 South St., Kittrell, N. C. 

 In writing advertisers, mention Gleanings. 



FREE! FREE! 



A beautiful present with every order. 

 Cheapest place in Michigan to buy your 

 Supplies. Send for a price list explaining. 

 W. D. SOPER, Box 565, Jackson, Mich. 



WHAT have you for a one-horse power tile-mill 

 (Hacket pattern); dies 3J4 to 10 inches? 



James Rutherford. Sims, Ind. 



