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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



April 15. 



charge for spurious or doubtful stock. Our experi- 

 ment station has recently warned the public against 

 paying 50 cents apiece for a new-fangled peach-tree 

 that is proof against the yellows, and will not winter- 

 kill, etc. Now, Storrs & Harrison have the finest 

 looking peach-trees I ever saw in ray life, and almost 

 any standard variety, including the very latest, for 

 only about 10 cents apiece. We have made purchases 

 of them more or less every year for about 20 years 

 past, and when our stuff comes to bearing it is al- 

 ways all right. A. I. Root. 



A Saving of $600,000,000. 



All those of our readers who are interested in any 

 species of legislation looking toward improvement of 

 the public highways will find food for reflection in 

 what follows : 



It is estimated that the public roads of the United 

 States aggregate 1,500,000 miles in length. The esti- 

 mates of Gen. Roy Stone, of the U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, places the total wagon transportation at 

 approximately 500 000,000 tons The average distance 

 of haul is placed at eight miles, and the average cost 

 of transporting one ton that distance is assumed to be 

 $2.00. This makes the total yearly cost of wagon- 

 freighting a round billion of dollars. All this is as- 

 suming that the roads of the country are in their 

 present unimproved condition. Should the roads be 

 put in first-class condition, and brought to something 

 like the s'ate of perfection we find them in foreign 

 countries, this same ton of freight could be transport- 

 ed the same distance for only 80 cents. This effect is 

 obtained in part by the broad tired " Electric Steel 

 Wheels " made by the Electric Wheel Co., Quincy, 111. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The Northern Illinois Bee-keepers' Association will 

 hold two sessions of its spring rate ing — one at Mr. 

 John Wagner's, near Buena Vista Stephenson Co., 

 under the supervision of the vice-president, and one 

 at Mr. Oliver Taylor's, at Harlem, Winnebago Co., 

 under the president, orr Tuesday, May 16, 1899 Every- 

 one is cordially invited. B Kennedy, Sec. 



New Milford, 111. 



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In writing, mention Gleanings. 



Pf-i.. Cnla Seventy-five colonies of bees on eight- 

 rill OalCi frame L,antstroth and Heddon hives 

 at 83.00 each. Also a quantity of hives, combs, supers, 

 and section-supers. 



F. R. Davenport, Box 383, Kalamazoo, Mich. 



PA PI V QUEENS now ready, SI 00; six for 84.50. 

 L«/\I\L I After April 15, 75c; six for St 25; 12 for 



88.00. May, six for 83.75; dozen for 87.25 Warranted; 

 safe arrival guaranteed. Two yards. Big stock of 

 fine queens carefully reared by Doolittle's method. 

 Free circular. J. B. CASE, Port Orange, Fla. 



QI will be ready as usual to furnish 

 IIGdl^ queens the coming season. Many 

 i.*w\~ii^* unso iicited testimonials tell of the 



he 

 superiority of the Laws strain of 

 faultless 5-banded workers. Breeding queens 

 always on hand. Price 82.50 each. I am also breeding 

 the leather colored stock from imported mothers. 

 Tested queens of either strain, 81 00 each; 6 for 85.00. 

 Untested. 75c each: 6 for 84. Queens readv in season. 

 W. H. LAWS, Lavaca, Seb. Co., Ark. 



Dovetailed Hives, 



Sections, Extractors, Smokers, 

 and every thing a bee-keeper 

 wants. Honest goods at close 

 honest prices. 60-page cata- 

 log free. 



J. M. JENKINS, Wetumpka, Ala. 



The King Windmills 



For power or pumping, the best in the 

 World. Send for circular and prices. 



C. O. Weidman, Medina, O. 



Root's - Household - Outfits 



— OF — 



Useful Articles at Half Price. 



The name " Root " has long been identified with re- 

 pairing outfits. The same name will now be attached 

 to two outfits of useful household articles. In disus- 

 ing of our department coitnter store we found on our 

 hands a large list of useful articles. To close these 

 out promptly we propose to sell them in outfits, mak- 

 ing a complete set or sets at less than half their orig- 

 inal price. In other words, we shall offer 85.00 wirth 

 of goods (85 different articles) for 82.00 and a 8*2.00 lot 

 of goods (50 different articles) for 81 00. These goods 

 are all brand-new, and just as we represent them. In 

 order to get full outfits, order earlv before some of the 

 stock is exhausted. We will sell these with other 

 goods, to go by freight or express. 



Send all orders to The A. I. Root Co., Medina, Ohio. 

 These goods can not be furnished at our branches. 

 After they are sold out the offers will, of course, be 

 withdrawn. 



Gleanings for 50 Cents. 



For 50 cts. more we will add to either outfit Glean- 

 ings for the rest of the year. 



THE A. I. ROOT CO., Medina, Ohio. 



