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GIvEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar. 15. 



**' «-*"' BUSINESSJvlANAGER 



ONE-GALLON SQUARE SYRUP-CANS. 



We have a large stock of one-gallon square cans with 

 1^-inch screw, made especially for maple-syrup trade, 

 which we are selling for prompt shipment, f. o. b. Me- 

 dina, at $11.00 per 100: with l>i-inch screw at $11.50. 

 This is a special price for only a short time. Send on 

 your orders if you can use any at this price. 



THE 2 LB. MUTH JARS. 



We have something special to offer on two-pound 

 Muth jars for shipment direct from Cincinnati, O. We 

 shall be pleased to hear from any who use this size, 

 stating the quantity they could take. We have bought 

 up a quantity at a special price, and are willing to di- 

 vide the benefit with those who use this size. 



THE MONITOR BINDER. 



There are those who like to keep their file of Glean- 

 ings bound together, and yet who do not care for an 

 expensive binder. Here is "one that is verv convenient 

 and inexpensive. It will hold 24 num'bers easily, 

 bound securely and neatly, and the expense is only 15 

 cents each postpaid ; 2 for 25 cents. We have them in 

 stock to send by first mail. 



MAPLE SYRUP AND SUGAR. 



As usual at this season we are handling maple prod- 

 ucts, and are piepared to supply those in want of a 

 choice article at the usual prices : Syrup at SI 00 per 

 gallon ; 10 gallons, 8^9.00 ; 25 gallons or over, at 85 cts. 

 No. 1 sugar at 10 cts. per lb ; No. 2 sugar at 9 cts. We 

 have secured very little sugar as yet, but can furnish 

 syrup from stock, and no doubt shall have plenty of 

 sugar very soon. 



WIRE POULTRY-NETTING. 



We are obliged to mark up our prices on wire poul- 

 try-netting. We have been selling from stock pur- 

 chased at last j'ear's pi ices; but this is getting low, 

 and we would have to pay more for it row than the 

 price at which we have been selling. Our price for 

 2 inch Climax poultry-netting, until further notice, 

 will be as fo'lows for the various widths shipped 

 from here or Chicago for New York. Per roll. 1.50 

 feet long: 



12 inches wide, SI 00: 36 inches wide, S3.00; 

 18 " " 1 50; 42 " " 3..S0: 



24 " " 2.00; 48 " " 4.00; 



30 " " 3..50; 60 " " 5 00; 



72 " " 6.00. 



IvCSS 5 per cent in 5-roll lots ; 10 per cent in 10-roll 

 lots. We still have quite a little stock on hand here. 

 Orders which we can fill from this stock we offer at 

 an extra 10 per cent oiT above prices. We can not al- 

 low this extra discount on shipments from New York 

 or Chicago. 



Of 3 inch mesh No. 18 wire, we have a few rolls 

 which we will close out at the following special prices; 

 18 rolls, 18 inch wide, at $1.20 per roll 

 6 •■ 24 " •• 1.60 " 



3 " 30 " " 2.00 " 



1 " 36 " " 2.40 " 



3 " 48 " " 3.20 " 



New stock of this size will cost the same as the 2-in. 

 -mesh Climax netting. The above is especially desira- 

 ble for wire-trellis, for peas, beans, or other climbing 

 vines, and the price we offer to close out is 20 per cent 

 below present value. 



Climax sheep and hog fencing, 20 rods to a roll, is 

 worth, 23 inches wide, $6 00 per roll ; 50 inches wide, 

 ^11.25 per roll ; 3-roll lots, 5 per cent off shipped direct 

 from Chicago. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



A BOOK ON GINSENG CULTURE. 



.Several seedsmen are now offering ginseng seed and 

 the plants for sale. One .seedsman advertises it and a 

 25-cent book. Said book, however, is a miserable ex- 

 cuse for a book. There are less than half a dozen 

 pages, poorly printed, badly written, no cuts, price 

 marked on the outside $1.00, It was printed in 1897. 



I have several times spoken about this matter of charg- 

 ing a big price for a very small amount of informa- 

 tion because it was on a subject not generally under- 

 stood. Well, the O. Judd Co., of New York, have just 

 gotten out a very pretty little book on ginseng cultiva- 

 tion, harvesting, marketing, etc ; 64 pages, 12nio, fine- 

 ly illustrated, good paper ; and while this is a real 

 bona-fide book (clear up to date) the price is only 25 

 cents. It can be mailed from this office. 



Have ginseng roots any real medicinal value ? When 

 I was a boy 18 years old the roots were about 50 c. per 

 lb. (now S5.00); and a good many people made consid- 

 erable money by digging them at this price, for at that 

 time they were comparatively common in the forests. 

 Well, even at that early age I u.sed to have troubles 

 with my digestion. At one time when I was away 

 from home among strangers, and out of money, and 

 sick besides, I tried to follow some hunters out in the 

 woods. I could not keep up with the crowd, however, 

 and -sat down and studied nature One of the hunters 

 showed me some ginseng-plants, told me about their 

 value, and said they were good to eat if I liked them. 

 They seemed to hit the spot, and I dug and ate all I 

 could find. I got over my summer complaint, and 

 went on my way rejoicing, and for a number of years 

 I used to hunt ginseng roots when I had a repetition 

 of my trouble. When I could not get off in the woods 

 to dig the fresh roots, I used to get them at the drug 

 store. B}' the wav, I have two ginseng roots now over 

 in that little greenhouse, and I am going to try hard 

 to see if that forcing-bed will riot help me to "get a 

 move " on them. It seems to me it ought not to take 

 three or four years to grow decent-.Mzed roots. 



Ginseng-plants are advertised in the back part of the 

 book at $3 00 per 100. I mention this so you will not 

 be induced to pay 25 cts. each for more than a few just 

 to try your hand at growing them. 



HEIGH-HO ! 



I have already (Mar. 15) some ginseng-plants up and 

 growing in the greenhouse. I procured the sprouted 

 roots from friend Mills, who advertises ginseng-plants 

 in this issue. They came in very nice trim, and com- 

 menced to grow almost immediately. I have one of 

 them in that forcing-bed ; and if it keeps on at the 

 rate it is growing now, I think I shall get .seed in one 

 year, and may be some good-.sized roots also. By the 

 waj-. is not jadoo just the thing for growing ginseng? 

 I will report later. 



WHAT TO DO, AND HOW TO BE HAPPY WHILE 

 DOING IT. 



Many of our friends will remember that this book 

 was published about twelve years ago It was written 

 with a view of answering the question that so many, 

 both at home and abroad, had been a.sking me almost 

 all my life — " What can I do to support my family?" 

 In the book I di.scussed different kinds of employment 

 that can be carried on at home, getting the wife and 

 children to assist. Of course, the larger part of the 

 book isdevotedto market-gardening, or, if you choose, 

 to " high-pressure " gardening. Since the book was 

 put out we have also published our tomato-book and 

 strawberry-book Both have had a large sale. Well, 

 during these twelve years a good many times I have 

 felt bad to thi'k it did not contain important discover- 

 ies and short cuts that have come up since its publica- 

 tion; and just now I have completed an appendix to 

 this book. It is a pamphlet of 16 pages, fully illustrat- 

 ed. Nearly all of it has appeared at some time or 

 other in the pages of Gleanings during the past 12 

 years. Any person who has purchased the book 

 ■' What to Do " may have this appendix free of charge 

 on applicat'on. To others the price will be 10 cents, 

 postpaid. All future editions of the book " What to 

 Do" will include this appendix, but the price will re- 

 main as heretofore — 10 cents; by mail, 48; the same in 

 cloth covers, 50 cents; postpaid, 60. You can see by 

 the postage that it is a pretty good-sized book. 



The boys have suggested that this book would have 

 had a better =ale had I given it a different title— some- 

 thing like " Gardening for Profit;" " Gardening Un- 

 der Glass," or even " High - pressuie Gardening " 

 This may be true ; but as the book touches on a large 

 range of home industries besides gardening. I do 

 not know how we can very well give it a different 

 title. In order to place the b-iok still more in the 

 hands of the people where it will do good, we make 

 the following offer : For every dollar sent us for 

 Gleanings, where no other premium is called for, 

 you may have this good-sized valuable book, provided 

 you send us 10 cents to pay postage and packing. If 

 you can get somebody else to subscribe al,so, and send 

 us $2 00, we will send two books, and pay the postage 



