1899 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



333 



feriPECIAI^NOT.icES - 



rrn'^fi^ Jr BUSINESS MANAGER 



Since the advertisement of the Modern Farmer and 

 Busy Bee was printed on the cover of this journal, we 

 have received notice from Mr. Abbott that he had sev- 

 ered his connexion with that psper, the reasons for 

 which are stated in anothf- r advertisement in this is- 

 sue (page 331). Mr. Abbott, it seems, does not believe 

 in the principle of accepting questionable advertis- 

 ing: and if we understand it he preferred to sacrifice 

 his business relations rather than his principles. All 

 honor to Mr. Abbott. 



BEE-KEEPING FOR BEGINNERS. 



The above is the title of a book of over 100 pages, by 

 Dr. J. P. H. Brown, of Augusta, Ga. We have eleven 

 copies of this on hand. The regular price is 50 cts. To 

 close them out we offer them at 35 cts. postpaid. 



RECORD TIGHT SEAL-COVER PAILS. 



Owing to heavy advances in tin plate we are 

 obliged to advance the price of Records tight seal- 

 cover pails, as listed on page 25 of our catalog, SI CO 

 per 100 right through for all sizes, with a similar ad- 

 vance for smaller quantities. All other honey-pack- 

 ages, for the present at least, remain at present prices. 



PLENTY OF NO. 2 SECTIONS. 



We reported a month ago that we were short of No. 

 2 grade of sections in all sizes and styles. We have 

 been filling some very heavy orders since, which took 

 No. 1 grade almost exclusively, and we have accumu- 

 lated a surplus of No. 2 in most widths and styles, so 

 that we can now supply this grade, with very few ex- 

 ceptions. The one width we are still short of is 4% by 

 7 to foot, but we have plenty of all other common 

 widths in two and four beeway and plain. 



THIN-BASE FOUNDATION. 



In order to encourage a wider introduction of the 

 new thin-base foundation we decided to reduce the 

 price to 75 cts. per pound, retail. There is nothing in 

 it to us at this price till we have increased facilities 

 for producing it more cheaply; but it is really cheaper 

 to use than ordinary thin or extra thin foundation at 

 so reasonable a price. Our facilities for making it are 

 limited, and we may not be able to supply the demand 

 a little later. For the present we can furnish all that 

 is required. Order while 3'oti can get it. 



SECTIONS 500 IN A PACKAGE. 



It has been our custom for many years back to put 

 1000 sections in a package unless ordered in packages 

 of 500 each. The 500 package is so much in demand, 

 especially among dealers and agents, and it was so 

 much of an annoyance to keep both sizes of package 

 in the various fizes and widths, that we have adopted 

 the 500 package as our standard size hereafter; and 

 all sections from now on will be so boxed. Of course, 

 we have a stock of some sizes in 1000 boxes which will 

 not be used up for some time, but these will gradually 

 work off. 



BUSINESS AT THIS DATE. 



The very late spring in almost all sections of the 

 country, on the top of heavy winer ljsses, has had 

 the effect of greatly retarding orders, so that we are 

 now filling almost all orders promptly in from one day 

 to a week after receiving thttn. Our accumulation of 

 carload orders is worked down to five or six, the num- 

 ber we have been shipping each week for some time 

 back. We are very much gratified to be in position to 

 hand'e orders promptly instead of being hopelessly 

 behind, as we were a year ago at this time. 



We are now running on ten hours time except the 

 section machinery, which we continue to run eleven 

 hours while we are completing some heavy orders. 

 Send on your orders and let us show you how prompt- 

 ly we can serve you. 



Both our Syracuse and Mechanic Falls branches 

 have had a much heavier trade so far this season 

 than any heretofore, while we have shipped 25 more 

 carloadsthan we had up to the same date last year, 

 although we have not shipped so much in less than 

 carload orders as last year. 



Special Notices by A. 1. Root. 



EARLY CABBAGE-PLANTS ; H. A. MARCH'S STRAIN OF 

 EXlRA-EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD. 



We have a splendid lot of them that will be ready 

 to send out by the time this reaches you, or a little 

 later. Prices: 10. 5 cts.: 100, 40 cts.; 1000, $3.00. If 

 wanted by mail, 5 cts. for 10, 25 cts. per 100 extra. 

 These prices may be a little higher than those offered 

 elsewhere; but ours are all transplanted, well rooted, 

 and every plant is from the celebrated seed grown by 

 H. A. March. 



SEED POTATOES FOR RAISING PLANTS, AND SWEET- 

 POTATO PLANTS. 



In our last I must have been " rattled," perhaps 

 from the frosts and blizzards, when I .'■aid sweet pota- 

 toes for bedding would be ready in Mav. It should 

 have been April, and the plants will be re idy in May. 

 We are now ready lo ship pot- toes by the first mail, 

 express, or freight, and expect to have plants ready 

 by the fore part of May. We have settled down on 

 only two varieties — the old standard Yellow Jersey 

 and the new vineless General Grant. Please notice 

 that everybody who buys 50 cts. worth or more of 

 either potatoes or plants can have the little book, 

 " Forty Years' Experience with Sweet Potatoes." 



SEED POTATOES AT THE PRESENT DATE. 



Seconds are practically all gone except Freeman 

 and New Queen, and firsts are practically all gone ex- 

 cept Triumph, Freeman, New Queen, Monroe Seed- 

 ling. Rural New-Yorker, Carman Nos. 1 and 3, State 

 of Maine, Manum's Enormous. All the above will be 

 sold at catalog prices. If you haven't a catalog, drop 

 us a postal. Our Early Ohio was one of the first to be 

 sold out, as usual: but we succeeded in finding a few 

 that belonged to a man who bought the seed of us last 

 season, which we offer' at the regular price while they 

 last. By the way, notwithstanding the multitude of 

 varieties of new potab es. it looks as if more people 

 still prefer the Early Ohio than any other early pota- 

 to known. Wouldn't it be a good idea for somebody 

 to have a good lot on hand, say wh. n another spring 

 opens ? 



SIR WALTER RALEIGH SEED POTATOES. 



We have about 20 bushels of these that we can ship 

 promptly at $1.25 per bushel or $3.50 per barrel. They 

 are something like the Rural New-Yorker and the 

 Carmans, but are considered lather handsomer, and 

 better yielders, thau any of the aoove. 



LITTLE BASSWOOD-TREES. 



Now is the time for putting them out. and we have 

 a nice stock wh ch we can ship promptly by mail at 

 the following prices : One foot and under, 5 cts. ; 10 

 trees, 30 cts.; 100. $2,00. The same by mail, postpaid, 

 one tree, 8 cts.; 10 35 cts.; 100, $2.25. By express not 

 prepaid, one to five fett, 10 cts. each ; 10, 75 cts.; 100, 

 $5.00. Of course, it will take some time to grow trees 

 that will yield a very large amount of honey. But the 

 basswood is a very rapid grower. It is a most beauti- 

 ful shade-tree; and if you do not get honey from them, 

 very likely your children will. The largest yield I 

 have ever known from a single colony during a single 

 day was during basswood time, and I believe that is 

 the universal experience wherever basswood grows. 

 As it is being so rapidly taken from the forests for 

 timber and for different purposes, bee-keepers should 

 look to it that more trees are being planted. 



We have basswood seed for sale ; but as it is a diffi- 

 cult to get it to grow I would advise people generally 

 to buy the little trees. These are almost sure, with 

 any sort of chance, while it takes an experienced man 

 to manage the i-eed so as to get any reasonable amount 

 of them to grow. 



Advertisers' Department of Short Write-ups. 



The Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, O. 



We are constantly receiving inquiries as to where 

 our friends had better buy nursery stock, ornamental 

 shrubs, etc. A year ago last fall I paid a visit to 

 Storrs & Harrison, and wrote them up, as you may 

 remember. The way they do things with their sys- 

 tematized business and trained help, there is very lit- 

 tle chance for mistake. Another thing, their prices 

 are very much lower than what tree-peddlers often 



