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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov. 1. 



UPECIAI^NOTJCES 



a«jruv»i#i BUSINESSMANA 



Send your renewal for Gleanings before your sub- 

 scription expires, and get the benefit of our clubbing 

 offers on page 814. 



PROSPECTS FOR A CARLOAD OF HONEY. 



As we go to press, the outlook is encouraging for 

 our getting a carload of white alfalfa honey from Ne- 

 vada. It will be part extracted and part comb. The 

 extracted, in 60-lb. cans, two in a case, will be worth 

 10 cts. per lb. in five-case lots. The comb, in 24-lb. 

 cases, and not less than five-case lots, will have to 

 bring 16 cts There is no nicer honey than white al- 

 falfa. We should be glad to hear from any who can 

 use it at above figures. By next issue we shall know 

 more definitely what we can offer. 



Advertiser's Department of Short Write-ups. 



Historical Sketch of a Representative Firm. 



The above is the heading of an article in the anni- 

 versary number of the American Grocer, and has ref- 

 erence to one of our advertising firms, Francis H. 

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

 of this number. In this sketch by the American Gro- 

 cer mention is made of the establishment of this firm 

 by Mr. Francis H. Leggett some thirty years ago. 

 From comparatively small beginnings it "has grown to 

 be one of the most important in New York, the busi- 

 ness being distributed in twenty six departments. We 

 copy the following from the sketch above mentioned : 

 _" The assertion of the house that the name of Fran- 

 cis H. Leggett & Co. is never coupled with an equivo- 

 cal statement, even upon the most insignificant label, 

 passes unchallenged wherever their goods are known. 

 In the selection of his business partners Mr. Leggett 

 has been singularly sagacious and fortunate, for he 

 has gathered about him a staff of gentlemen who are 

 entirelv in accord with the founder's principles and 

 policy." 



§ CRUSHED OYSTER = SHELLS! § 



g£ 60 cts. per 100-pound bag. g 



§ Mica Crystal Grit, 70c ; Clover Meal, $2. § 



§ WHiTE POULTRY BONE, $1.90. § 



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Cash with order. Lower prices on large 

 lots. Time to lay in winter supply. 



The O. C. Shepard Company, 

 Public Square, Medina, O. 



In writing, mention Gleanings. 



Here is the 

 Thing You 

 were Look= 

 ing for the 

 last winter 



The New Champion 

 Winter-case 



which does away with all un- 

 necessary work, and in which 

 the bees will not die in the 

 coldest winter. Send for spe- 

 cial prices on quantit}' wanted. 



R. H. SCHMIDT, 

 Sheboygan, = Wisconsin. 



In writing, mention Gleanings. 



For Sale.— Pure extracted honey, 8^@9^c per lb. 

 Sample, 5c. Comb honey, 24-lb. crates. 



I. J. Stki'ngham, 105 Park PI., N. Y. 



HATCH CHICKENS 



BY STEAM-with th. 



simple, perfect, self-regulating 



EXCELSIOR INCUBAJOR 



_ Thousands in successful ..,.. 

 Circulars free. I I Lowest priced lst-class hatcher made. 

 Send 6c. for I " GEO. II. ST All L, 



Illus. Cataloc I 114 to 1 33 S. 6th St.. Qiiinoy, III. 



in writing, mention (..it 



§ For Sale. | 



»' 100 colonies in dovetailed 10 frame hives, most- •/ 

 •9 ly thick top and Hoffman frames: bees Italians »5 

 •' and hybrids; prime condition; about 50 to 60 lbs. •' 

 j' stores per colony; within % mile of depot; can g 

 •7 load on car at price about equal to value of stores •' 

 £? in hives if sold at once. 



/• Albert Wittenmyer, = Emison, Indiana. 



How are you Going to Dig your Potatoes? 



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

 in fact, in most 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. 



Wants and Exchange. 



Notices wil 1 be inserted under this head at one-half our 

 usual rates. You must say you want your ad in this depart- 

 ment, or we will not be responsible for any error You can 

 have the notice as many lines as you please; but all over ten 

 lines will cost you according to our regular rates. We can 

 not be responsible for dissatisfaction arising from these 

 " swaps." 



VUANTED. — Nuclei and full colonies of bees, for de- 

 "' livery in April; South preferred. Will furnish 

 nuclei boxes. I. J. Stringh am, 105 Park PI., N. Y. 



WANTED. — Bees or pedigreed Berkshire hogs— one 

 '" or both — as part or full payment for 80 acres 

 wild land in Clay Co., Ark., ten miles from county 

 seat. Ten years' time given on balance, at 3 per cent 

 interest. Also want good incubator in exchange for 

 strawberry plants. Geo. E. Coon, 



200 Klemp St., Leavenworth, Kansas. 



W ANTED. —To sell or exchange 8000 plants of the 

 ' T Darling strawberry, at 35c per hundred, postage 

 paid. H. Fitz Hart, Dalkeith, Fla. 



WANTED. — To exchange three acres land, 18 apple- 

 *" trees, barn, house, etc., in Washington, Ct. Con- 

 sider bee-supplies, etc. What have you? Write 



Dr. Ball, Litchfield, Ct. 



U/ANTED.-To exchange a No. 1 B Mann's green- 

 »' bone cutter (cost 87.00), used but little, for Planet 

 Jr. strawberry-cultivator or offers. Also A B C of Bee 

 Culture for A B C of Potato and Strawberry Culture. 

 C. M. Spencer, Glenmont, N. Y. 



WANTED. — To exchange Florida lake-front lot in 

 ~" center of Keuka. From lot can be seen school, 

 church, store, depot, postoffice, and hotel. Want bee- 

 goods. What have you? Dr. Ball, Litchfield, Ct. 



