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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



April 1. 



life, lots of little cuts that tell a good deal, and the 

 whole is written in that bright racy style characteris- 

 tic of the Farm Journal. This latter, "as you know, is 

 made up of valuable facts boiled down into a few 

 words, and so with this poultry-book. The price, post- 

 paid, is 50 cts. Perhaps I might mention that we had 

 one single order for three dozen copies from Australia. 



frost; when to expect it, and how to lessen 

 the injury therefrom. 

 The above is the title of an exceedingly valuable 

 bulletin from our good friend Willis L. Moore, Chief 

 of the Weather Bureau. It explains all about frosts, 

 in what way they do damage, and discusses most thor- 

 oughly all modem methods of protecting crops of all 

 kinds from damage by frost. and freezes. It considers 

 the matter all the way from covering plants in cold- 

 f ames to protecting orange-trees in California and 

 Florida. If you want it, send a p >stal card to the 

 Weather Bureau. Department of Agiiculture. Wash- 

 ington, D. C, and ask for Built tin No. 23, on frost. 

 This bulletin, if it could be in the hands of the proper 

 people during the next few weeks, might save thou- 

 sands of dollars. I have read it all through with ex- 

 ceeding interest, many portions of it several limes over. 



HUBBARD SQUASH SEED — ADVANCE IN PRICES. 



I judge there must be a scarcity, for I notice the 

 seed has pretty nearly doubled in price; and instead 

 of the figures in our price list the best we can do until 

 further notice is: Ounce, 5 cts.; pound, 50 cts.; 5 lbs., 

 $2.25; 10 lbs., $4.00. I suppose almost anybody can 

 grow Hubbard squash seed, but there ought to be 

 some arrangement for disposing of the squash. We 

 have caniied pumpkin that will keep any number of 

 years, and a nice article is retailed as low as three 

 cans for 25 cts. Is there any reason why Hubbard 

 squashes can not be canned in the same way? If so, 

 then it is the canning-factory's place to furnish the 

 seed. Of course, the strain would be good and pure, 

 and none but nice squashes should be put into the 

 cans, and the seeds saved only from these nice ones. 

 As Hubbard squashes can be kept clear through the 

 winter, the canning-factory would not need to be a 

 large one, for, in fact, it could can squashes all winter 

 at its leisure. And, by the way, is it not true that good 

 Hubbard squashes always biing good prices, not only 

 in towns and cities, but even in the small villages? 



KEEPING FLIES FROM CATTLE AND HORSES; KERO- 

 SENE APPLIED WITH THE FAULTLESS SPRAY- 

 PUMPS. 



Several weeks ago somebody told us a spray of ker- 

 osene applied with these little sprayers would banish 

 flies from horses and cattle instantly. He said the 

 little machine paid for itself alone in keeping the 

 flies away from his cow while he was milking. The 

 letter containing this information stems to have been 

 mislaid; but this is an exceedingly important matter. 

 During fly-time the damage to horses and cattle both 

 goes away up into the dollars, aside from the inconven- 

 ience of having the animals twitching and thrashing 

 around in.-tead of attending to the business on hand. 

 Will others who have used these imp ements for this 

 purpose let us know about it? As I understand it, 

 pure kerosene applied in the furm of a fine mist or 

 spray does the work as well as any of the much-ad- 

 vertised liquids made for this special purpose; and 

 will somebody tell us if the same arrangement will 

 answer for expehing vermin from poultry ? 



HANDBOOKS ON GARDENING. 



After visiting Henry A. Dreer's wonderful green- 

 house covering an entire square acre, I introduced his 

 little book, "Vegetables Under Glass," and we have 

 had a large sale of it; in fact, it is being called for al- 

 most constantly. At the same time I made an edit j- 

 rial mention of two other books by Dreer. One of 

 them, " Open-air Vegetables." is a companion to " Gar- 

 dening Under Glass." The first book tells us how to 

 start stuff undtr sashes, and the second tells us how 

 to manage the same stuff after the sashes are taken 

 off, or after the vegetables are moved from the green- 

 house into the open air. Both books are exceedingly 

 valuable, and by buying lots of them we are enabled 

 to furnish them at the very low price of 20 cts. each; 

 by mail, 23 cts. 



There is another valuable book by Dreer, entitled 

 "Grasses and Clovers, with Notes on Forage Plants," 

 at the same price as the above And. by the way, all 



of these books are most fully illustrated. A large part 

 of the pictures are photos of the gardens, beds, sashes, 

 shutttrs, and cheap greenhouses, as well as the plants. 

 A great many times the pictuies alone may be worth 

 the price of the book to the purchaser. In addition to 

 the above three books we have still another, by T. 

 Greiner — " The Young Market-gardener." This bock 

 is also fully illustrated, and full of valuable hints. 

 The regular price is 50 els., postpaid; but we have 

 about a dozen copies left that we will close out for 35 

 cts., postpaid. 



Books for Bee=keepers and Others. 



Any of these books on which postage is not given 

 will be forwarded by mail, postpaid on receipt of price. 



In buying books, as every thing else, we are liable 

 to disappointment if we make a purchase without see- 

 ing the article. Admitting that the book-seller could 

 read all the books he offers, as he has them for sale, it 

 were hardly to be expected he would be the one to 

 mention all the faults, as well as good things about 

 a book. We very much desire that those who favor us 

 with their patronage shall not be disappointed and 

 therefore we are gt-ing to try to prevent it by mention- 

 ing all the fault -;, so far as we can, that the purchaser 

 may know what he is getting. In the following list, 

 books that we approve we have marked with a *; 

 those we especially approve, ** ; those that are not up 

 to times, f ; books that contain but little matter for 

 the price, large type, and much space between the 

 lines, \ ; foreign, g. The bee-books are all good. 



As many of the bee-books are sent with other goods 

 by freight or express, incurring no postage, we give 

 prices separately. You will notice that you can judge 

 of the size of the books very well by the amount re- 

 quired for postage on each. 



BIBLES, HYMN-BOOKS, AND OTHER GOOD BOOKS. 



Postage.] [Price without postage. 



8 I Bible, good print, neatly bound 20 



10 Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress** 50 



20 I Illustrated Pilgrim's Progress** 75 



This is a large book of 425 pages, and 175 illustra- 

 tions, and would usually be called a S2.00 book. A 

 splendid book to present to children. Sold in gilt edge 

 foi 25 cents more. 



6 | First Steps for Little Feet 50 



By the author of the Story of the Bible. A better 

 book for young children can not be found in the 

 whole round of literature, and at the same time there 

 can hardly be found a more ai tractive book. Beauti- 

 fully bound and fully illustrated. 



3 | John Ploughman's Talks and Pictures, by Rev. 



C. H. Spurgeon* 10 



1 | Gospel Hymns, consolidated, Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 1, 



words only; cloth, 10c; paper 5 



2 Same, board covers 20 



5 Same, words and music, small type, board cov. 45 



10 Same, words and music, board covers 75 



3 New Testament in pretty flexible covers 05 



5 New Testament, new version, paper covers 10 



5 Robinson Crusoe, paper cover 10 



4 Stepping Heavenward** IS 



15 Story of the Bible** 1 00 



A large book of 700 pages, and 274 illustrations. Will 

 be read by almost every child. 



I "The" Life of Trust'" by Geo. Muller** 1 25 



5 | Tobacco Manual** 45 



This is a nice book that will be sure to be read, if left 



around where the boys get hold of it, and any boy who 

 reads it will be pretty safe from the tobacco habit. 



BOOKS ESPECIALLY 7 FOR BEE-KEEPERS. 



A B C of Bee Culture, cloth 1 



Advanced Bee Culture, by W. Z. Hutchinson ... 



Amateur Bee-keeper, by J. W. Rouse 



Btes and Bee-keeping, by Frank Cheshire, 



England, Vol. I., § 2 



Same, Vol. II., \ 2 



Same, Vols. I. and II., postpaid 5 



Bees and Honey, by T. G. Newman 



Cook's New Manual, cloth 1 



Doolittle on Queen-rearing 



Dzierzon Theory 



Foul Brood; Its Natural History and Rational 



Treatment 



Honey as Food and Medicine 



Langstroth Revised, by Chas. Dadant & Son 1 



?uinby's New Bee-keeping 1 

 hirty Years Among the Bees, by H Alley 



Bee-keeping for Profit, by Dr. G. L. Tinker 



The Honey-bee, by Thos. William Cowan 



