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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov. 15. 



HORE SPECIAL OFFERS! 



SEE CONDITIONS ON PRECEDING PAGE. 





OFFER 2A. — For two trial subscribers for three 

 months, and 30 cts., we will send postpaid a 

 copy of " Merry banks and His Neighbor." 



This is the title of a little book of 210 pages and 158 

 illustrations, by A. I. Root. It narrates the alternate 

 failure and success of a beginner who ultimately, 

 through much tribulation, becomes a successful bee- 

 man, and a power for good in Onionville. Appropri- 

 ate original cuts, many of them humorous, are inter- 

 spersed here and there, representing some of the droll 

 experiences which a beginner with bees sometimes 

 passes through. Besides bees, it talks of other rural 

 pursuits, such as gardening, maple-sugar making, 

 etc. Price 15 cts. 



OFFER 3A. — For three trial subscriptions for 

 three months, with 45 cts., we will send you 

 postpaid one copy of any of the following : 



A B C of Carp Culture. 



In paper covers, illustrated. This is 

 a work of 70 pages, 7X10, written by 

 Geo. Finley and A. I. Root, and the 

 best authority on the subject of carp 

 culture yet in print. The rearing of 

 carp is a pleasant and profitable amuse- 

 ment. This book will tell you all about 

 it. Price 25 cts.; by mail, 5 cts. extra. 



Maple Sugar and the Sugar-bush. 

 By A. J. Cook. Paper, 44 pages, 7X10, 



illustrated. This is most valuable to 



all who are interested in I he product 



of our sugar maples. No one who 



makes maple sugar or syrup should be 



without it. If you don't make maple 



syrup you may want to know how it is 



made, and how to judge of a good arti- 

 cle when you buy it. Price 30c postpaid. 



Winter Care of Horses and Cattle, 

 This is friend Terry's second hook in 

 regard to farm matters: but it is so 

 intimately connected with hi-; potato 

 book that it reads almost like a sequel 

 to it. If you have only a horse or a 

 cow it will surely pay jou to invest in 

 the book. It has -14 pages and 4 cuts. 

 Price 25 cts.; my mail :!0 cts. 



Drummond's Addresses. 

 Besides the booklets on page 853 we have Prof. 

 Drummond's addresses, six in number, with bio- 

 graphical sketch, making a lOmo book of 140 pages, 

 bound in board covers, part cloth and part paper, in 

 two shades of blue, neatly figured, making a very 

 handsome book. Price only 30 cts. postpaid, or 25 cts. 

 if sent with other goods. 



OFFER 4A. — For four trial subscribers for three 

 months, and 60 cts., we will send any one 

 of the following books postpaid : 



Tile Drainage. 



By W. I Chamberlain. This is a val- 

 uable companion to our other rural 



books. It embraces the experience of 



forty years of one of our foremost 



practical agriculturists, who has laid 



with his own hands over 15 miles of 



tile. Paper, 150 pages, illustrated. 



Price 40c, postpaid. 



Tomato Culture. 

 In three parts. Bv J. W. Dav, D. 

 Cummins, and A. I. Root. Paper, 150 

 pages, illustrated. A most valuable 

 tie tise, embracing field culture, forc- 

 ing under glass, and raising i.lant- for 

 ma ktt Valuable to any one raising 

 garden stuff of any kind, aside from 

 tomatoes. Price 40c postpaid. 



CULTURE 



successfully. 



The A B C of Potato Culture. 



Paper, 4x5, illustrated. This is T. B. 

 Terry's first and most masterly work. 

 The book has had a large sale, and has 

 been reprinted in foreign languages. 

 The second edition was almost entire- 

 ly rewritten. When we are thorough- 

 ly conversant with friend Terry's sys- 

 tem of raising potatoes, we shall be 

 ready to handle almost any farm crop 

 Price 40c postpaid. 



The A B C of Strawberry Culture. 



Paper, 15 1 pages, fully illustrated. 

 This is Terry's latest small book, and 

 has received some very high words of 

 praise. Who among rural people does 

 not have a little garden patch? If you 

 would learn to raise in it that most lus- 

 cious of all fruit, the strawberry, with 

 the best results, you can not be with- 

 out this little book. Kven if you don't 

 grow i-ttawberries you will be better for reading it. 



OFFER 5A. — For 5 trial subscribers for three 

 months and 75c, we will send either of the 

 following books postpaid. 



What to Do, and How to be Happy While Doing It. 



The above book, by A. I. Root, is a compilation of 

 papers published in Gleanings in Bee Culture in 

 1886, '7, and '8. It is intended to solve the problem of 

 finding occupation for those scattered over our land 

 out of employment. The suggestions are principally 

 about finding employment around your own homes. 

 The book is mainly upon market-gardening, fruit 

 culture, poultry-raising, etc. Price in paper covers, 

 50c. Can furnish you a cloth-bound copy for 25c ad- 

 ditional. If you want this be sure to specify it. 



Illustrated Pilgrim's Progress. 



We have secured some of a very fine English edi- 

 tion of Pilgrim s Progress, illustrated with over a 

 hundred very realistic pictures. The book is 16mo, 

 printed on very fine paper, containing 381 pages, and 

 the illustrations are the most striking, and true to the 

 characters represented, that we have ever seen in the 

 most expensive editions. The binding is cloth, richly 

 illuminated in six colors, with title in rich gold leaf 

 on back and side. There is no paper wasted in wide 

 margins: in fact, there is so little trimming that some 

 of the leaves have to be cut apart. It is a book of 

 such quality and make-up as to bring easily $1.50 at 

 retail a few years ago. In this day of cheap books 

 and low prices it is necessar\' to close out the last of 

 the edition away below actual value. We offer these 

 at 50c each postpaid. 



OFFER 10 A. The Best of All. For ten trial 

 subscribers for three months and $1.50, we 

 will send you postpaid a copy of our new 

 edition A B C of Bee Culture. Already 

 nearly one hundred of our readers have se- 

 cured this book in this way. Remember 

 you have to send us only 10 trial subscrib- 

 ers with SI. 50 to pay for these, and the 

 ABC which we sell for $1.20 will be sent 

 you postpaid. If you fail to make up your 

 full list of ten names you can send Glean- 

 ings as a present to some of your bee-keep- 

 ing friends to complete your list, or you 

 may count each name as one-tenth the 

 price of the bouk and send cash for balance. 

 If you prefer you may have Gleanings in 

 Bke Culture one year in place of the 

 A B C of Bee Culture. See another page for 

 paiticulars of the ABC. 



