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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 15. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



MODERN HOUSE PLANS FOR EVERYBODY. 



The above is the title of a new book by the O. Judd 

 Co. It discusses the building of country residences 

 costing from $250 to S8000, including full descriptions 

 and estimates in detail of materials, labor, cost, etc. 

 The book has 2.50 pages, and illustrations occupy al- 

 most every page. I think it ought to be well worth 

 the price, S^l.OO, postpaid, to anybody who is even con- 

 sidering building a house. It can be mailed from this 

 office. 



SEED POTATOES^NO MORE TO BE GIVEN AWAY. 



Before the rains came, there was very little demand 

 The price went down so we .sold nice potatoes for 25 

 cents per bushel ; seconds, half price ; but when the 

 ground got well soaked down to the bottom of the fur- 

 row, so many people decided to plant potatoes that 

 the price ran up rapidly, and now good eating potatoes 

 are worth 60 to 75 cents. You see I was in too much of 

 a hurry to give them away ; but what was my loss is 

 so much gain to the readers of Gle.4nings. New po- 

 tatoes are worth 40 cts. a peck in the market, and I 

 don't know but I shall have to send out to Wilbur 

 Fenn (Tallmadge, O.), for some of his nicely kept 

 Russets for table use until the new ones are cheaper. 



ALL ABOUT HEMP. 



This is another new book by the O. Judd Co. It is a 

 practical treatise on the culture of hemp for seed or 

 for fiber. Hemp will grow in almost any climate, 

 and is considered the standard fiber of the world. 

 The author speaks from personal knowledge when he 

 says that, of all the fiber-bearing plants, hemp is the 

 most universally adapted to the production of soft 

 fine silky fibers and the establishment of a most im- 

 portant industry for the American people. Full de- 

 tails of every thing connected with the hemp plant 

 are given in separate chapters. The book is hand- 

 somely illustrated, and contains over 100 pages, sub- 

 stantially bound in cloth. The price is only 50 cents 

 postpaid. It may be ordered from this office. 



STRAWBERRY-PLANTS. 



Strawberry-plants, potted in jadoo fiber, are now 

 ready to send out at 3 cts. each, or 25 cts. for 10, by ex- 

 press ; or 5 cts. each, 40 cts. for 10, by mail. The fol- 

 lowing is our list of standard varieties : 



OLD STANDARD VARIETIES. 

 Je.ssie. 



Haverland (Imp.). 

 Bubach (Imp.). 

 Warfleld (Imp.). 

 Sharpless. 

 Parker Earle. 



NEWER VARIETIES. 

 Rio. 



Mar.shall. 

 Wm. Belt. 

 Margaret. 

 Nick Ohmer. 

 Brandywine. 



The new berry called New York will be double the 

 above prices. This is much like the Sharpless, fully 

 as sweet, and of rather better shape. 



Dov'd Hives Arranged for Comb Honey by the U. D. Plan. Larg- 

 er Crops, Little Work, Finer Finish, Small Ezpense, No Swarming. 



Send for queen-circular giving details. Our golden- 

 all-over stock is as fine as any in the land. Mated 

 queens in July and August, 75c; tested, fl.OO. 12 years 

 a breeder. No supplies for sale. 



Swathmore Apiaries, Swathmore, Del. Co., Pa. 



\\/'ANTED.— To sell Darling strawberry-plants at 

 ^ ' 35 cts. per 100, postage paid; ready for immedi- 

 ate delivery. H. Fitz Hart, Dalkeith, Fla. 



BARGAINS IN BICYCLES. 



GENTS' WHEEI<. 



We recently sold to a large bicycle factory 

 in Akron, Ohio, a carload of crates for ship- 

 ping their wheels in, and we have taken some 

 wheels in part payment at their lowest job- 

 bing prices. In order to turn these wheels 

 into money quickly we propose offering them 

 to our readers at very nearly cost, or one-third 

 off regular selling prices. We have the wheels 

 in stock, and have tested and examined them 

 carefully, and can recommend them as good 

 medium-grade wheels that will give good ser- 

 vice. We went through the factory and saw how 

 they were made and they are well made — no 

 shoddy work about them in any particular. 

 They are guaranteed by the manufacturers for 

 one year from date of sale. 



I.ADIES' WHEEL. 



We can furnish either gents' or ladies' pat- 

 tern. Catalog giving full particulars and spec- 

 ifications will be mailed on application. The 

 price of models 30 and 31 will be $20.00, and 

 we will take pay in beeswax or honey, or give 

 5 per cent discount for cash with order. If 

 you have honey to exchange, send a sample if 

 it is extracted, and tell how it is put up. If 

 comb, give description and say how packed. 



It would take about 200 pounds comb honey 

 or 300 of extracted of fair average grade to pay 

 for a wheel. Don't ship any honey until you 

 first advise us. If interested let us hear from 

 you promptly, for we do not expect to have 

 these wheels long. They are more than one- 

 third gone already right here at home. 



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



VV/'ANTED.— To sell fifty colonies of bees in good 

 ^' I,angstroth hives. Reason, going to Oregon. 

 Must sell by July 1. P. P. Collier, Mexico, Mo. 



\\/^ANTED. — To sell a Morson foot and hand circular 

 ^^ saw, in first-class condition for bee-hive work. 

 P. P. Collier, Mexico, Mo. 



