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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 15. 



Advertiser's Department of Short Write-ups. 



How are you Going to Dig your Potatoes? 



It is time in most places to be digging potatoes; and, 

 in fact, in some places it is past time. If you want 

 something that will put the potatoes all on top of the 

 ground, and do it, too, with one good strong team, 

 you probably can not do any better than to use the 

 Dowden potato-digger, made by the Dowden Mfg. 

 Co., Prairie City. Iowa. Drop them a postal card, and 

 they will cheerfully give you all the particulars, an- 

 swering every question anybody will probably ask in 

 regard to the machine. Mr. A. I. Root, of The A. I. 

 Root Co., is using one with excellent satisfaction in 

 digging his crop of potatoes grown expressly for seed. 



Francis H. Leggett & Co 



We have just received a cop}' of King's Views of the 

 Dewey Reception in New York City, and in looking 

 over the reception committee we find the name of Mr. 

 Tohn C. Juhring, also the portrait of Mr. Juhring in a 

 list of the representative citizens of this committee. 

 Mr. Juhring is a member of the firm of Francis H. 

 Leggett & Co., whose ad. appears on the second page 

 of Gleanings. Our readers have doubtless noticed 

 this ad. in previous issues, and it gives us pleasure to 

 call particular attention to this. 



The writer was in New York a few weeks ago, and 

 while there called at the establishment of Francis H. 

 Leggett & Co., and was very much pleased, not only 

 with their house but with 'their business methods. 

 Thev are very modest in their claims, and if their 

 honey reports as quoted from time to time in our 

 Honey Column are made up on the same principles 

 that we found there they will not be misleading in the 

 least. Messrs. Leggett & Co. have large dealings in 

 foreign countries as well as in the United States. They 

 have already filled some orders for foreign shipment 

 that we were not able to handle ourselves. Mr. Harry 

 E. Wood, the manager of the honey department, is 

 studying the requirements of the trade verv carefully, 

 we believe. We first met him at the Philadelphia 

 convention. 



We take considerable pride in our advertising col- 

 umns, seeking to have only first class lnuses repre- 

 sented; and. having met these people personally, and 

 because of our satisfactory business relati ns with 

 them, we take pleasure in giving them this introduc- 

 tion to our readers. — A. L. B. 



More About the Poultry Business. 



There is just one occupation that almost anybody 

 can go into without experience, and almost without 

 capital; yes, and he can commence in the business in 

 the morning, and have something to sell by night. 

 Furthermore, any man. woman, or child can make a 

 start with a reasonable hope of success. It is the 

 poultry business. If I am not mistaken, somebody 

 said the poultry in the United States is worth more 

 money than all the cattle or all the horses or sheep. 

 You see, only a comparatively few people have horses 

 and cattle, but almost everybody has some chickens, 

 and raises eggs. Well, since my" notice of the poultry 

 catalog in our last issue my attention has been called 

 to two oth^-r beautiful catalogs. The first one comes 

 from the Columbia Incubator Co., Delaware City, Del. 

 On the outside there is a very beautiful colored pic- 

 ture of a girl feeding chickens, ducks, turkeys, etc. 

 Inside are exceedingly fine half-to''e pictures — verita- 

 ble photos — of moie than a dozen views of their fac- 

 tory. By the way when you see one of these photos 

 of a place of business you may be pretty sure it is 

 true, and no put-up job." There is one picture of Pe- 

 kin ducks— ducks by the hundreds and may be thou- 

 sands — that you will really enjoy looking at. Incu- 

 bators made by this firm are claimed to be absolutely 

 fire-proof. 



Another very nice catalog from another part of the 

 country is that of the Des Moines Incubator Co. This 



is a good-sized book also, containing lots of valuable 

 information and many fine cuts. This catalog, like 

 the one mentioned in the last issue, contains a large 

 amount of valuable information. For instance, on 

 page 92 I read, " Glass should nevei be put on the 

 roof of a poultry-house, always under the eaves." 

 This thing I learned by costly experience some years 

 ago. I had a poultry-house with a glass roof like a 

 greenhouse. It was too hot for the fowls unless 

 watched almost constantly, and I t^ok off the glass 

 and covered the house with shingles, after which I 

 liked it very much better. 



I started out to say that any one can start in the 

 poultry business with only a dollar for capital. When 

 I was "about twelve years old I commenced with 25 

 cents, which amount I received the last day of school 

 for being at the head the most times in the spelling- 

 class. With this small investment to start with, I 

 kept poultry for a good many years, and made a suc- 

 cess of it from first to last. Now, don't any of you 

 tell me you have nothing to do. Just a day or so ago 

 somebody told me eggs were bringing in the home 

 market 20 cts. a dozen. Why, I used to be happy 

 when I could get half that much, and corn and wheat 

 were little if any cheaper then than now. 



A Primer on Forestry. 



The above is the title of a beautiful book just for- 

 warded us by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 Washington. It is a book of 90 pages, printed on 

 beautiful paper, and there are 130 beautiful half-tones 

 illustrating forests and forestry, and different kinds 

 of timber, cross-sections, and, in fact, every thing 

 pertaining to the subject of forestry and timber. 

 The book tells us. by pictures and descriptions, how 

 straight-grained timoer is produced. It gives some 

 interesting facts in regard to natural pruning. It tells 

 about the enemies of forest -trees, the life of the forest, 

 and, in fact, every thing about woods. It gives us 

 some glimpses of the great forests in Oregon and 

 Washington that made my heart leap-with a desire to 

 see them again. We are shown by beautiful photos 

 how many trees of good size can sometimes stand and 

 grow on a little bit of ground. In passing through 

 Yellowstone Park I saw pieces of forest where the 

 trees were so close together that a horse could not 

 possibly get between them, and in some places it 

 would have been very difficult and hard work for even 

 a man to get through, especially when the fallen tim- 

 ber crossed and recrossed between the standing trees 

 is taken into consideration. The book tells about 

 growing forest-trees; the conditions necessary; how to 

 preserve our forests. This primer is marked Part I. 

 Although it is a beautifully hound book, I can not 

 learn that there is any price put on it. If you are 

 interested in the matter, write to the U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Tell them 

 you want the Primer of Forestry. If that does not 

 bring it they will probably tell you what to do to get 

 it. The book is certainly a most beautiful contribu- 

 tion to the literature on the subject. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



The queen arrived safely. Please accept thanks for 

 the same. I shall speak a good word for you and 

 Gleanings whenever opportunity occurs. 



Cincinnati, O. John C. Frohliger. 



The A B C of Bee Culture was received all right, and 

 I am well satisfied with it. I would have been $50.00 

 better off if I had got the book three years ago. 



Harrison, Mich. John Frizzell. 



THE FAULTLESS SPRAYER. 



The sprayer plays havoc with potato-bugs, cabbage- 

 worms, and flies on horses and cows. A cow stands 

 out all day in the shade of a tree; before, she hunted 

 the darkest stall in the stable in daylight. 



Kearneysville, W. Va. S. D. Rutherford. 



Here's your dollar for Gleanings. I will accept 

 offer No. 3, page 491. I will not say stop, for I 

 may be interested in bees again. It seems to me that 

 Gleanings is improving, and getting away ahead of 

 the procession. I believe the time has come when 

 people want every thing all wool and a yard wide; 

 and the firm or individual that doesn't give it will 

 continue to "holler" hard times, protection, etc. 



Washington, Pa. J. W. Vankirk. 



