1900 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



939 



it has never been so good on our grounds, and is not 

 in Michigan. Just one thing more in its favor, and 

 something I confess is a little queer Nearly half of 

 cur Carman No. 3 this year were ruined in looks by 

 the wire worms. The Russets, in rows side by side of 

 the Carmans, were not touched by the wire worms at 

 all. If anybody can explain this I wish he would 

 write me. Now, notwith.standing all these good 

 qualities, we offei the new Russet for only 82 50 a bar- 

 rel. In many localities they are worth that for table 

 use. If you want a real nice table potato, you had 

 better order a barrel for a sample. For prices on 

 smaller quantities, and prices on our other kinds of 

 potatoes, see last issue, or send for our new price list of 

 potatoes. We will ship potatoes any time during De- 

 cember to any point not further north than we are, at 

 our risk of freezing ; or we will .set aside all potatoes 

 sold, and keep them in an excellent cellar and ship 

 them in good order after April 1. If you have not the 

 very best kind of cellar you had better let us keep 

 them for you. We have done it for years, without a 

 failure, and we can keep them absolutely without 

 sprouting until April 1. 



Our Advertis ng. 



Egg Record and Timely Notes, Free. 



We are pleased to call attention to the Egg Record 

 sent out by Humphrey & Sons, Box 51, Joliet, 111. We 

 have received a copy, and should say the book con- 

 tains as much information under Timely Notes as 

 many of the poultry books offered for sale. We advise 

 all our readers interested in poultry to send for a 

 copy. See their advertisement on page 93(3, this issue. 

 Please mention Gleanings when you write them. 



CONVENTION NOTICE. 



THE MICHIGAN STATE BEE-KEEPERS' CONVENTION, 

 DEC. 26, 27. 



As we go to press, nothing further has been received 

 from Pres. Hilton, except the following private letter: 



Our meeting will be held Dec. 26, 27. commeneing at two 

 o'clock ttie 26th, and I want you to come direct to my house 

 and go up with me, either dn the evening ti^in or the raorn- 

 inp: train to Traverse City. I am fiKuiing on a very pretty 

 and novel badge. As soon as I get them I will send you one. 

 I have done nothing about a program, and may not. We have 

 been having splendid meetings without any set program, and 

 I am not sure but it is the best plan. Geo. E. Hilton. 



I quite agree with the suggestions above. We do 

 not want long essays, but we do want friendly talks, 

 and we want to hear something from everybody in re- 

 gard to the practical questions that need solving for 

 that locality. I for one want to get acquainted with 

 every bee-keeper in that vicinity. A. I. R. 



A bee-keepers' institute is to be held in the town 

 board's room, in EHicott Hall, Batavia, N. Y., Dec. 12. 

 W. Z. Hutchinson, of P'lint, Mich., editor of the Bee- 

 keepers'' Review, is expected to be present and give an 

 address. It is expected also that E. R. Root, of Glean- 

 ings, will be present. Preceding the institute will be 

 held the annual business meeting and election of of- 

 ficers of the Genesee Co. Bee-keepers' Society, at 10 

 A. M. F. H. Fargo, Pres. 



O. J. Gardner, Sec. 



A bee-keepers' institute under the auspices of the 

 Bureau of Farmers' Institutes, will be held with the 

 fourth semi-annual meeting of the Cayuga Co. Bee- 

 keepers' Society, in the Board of Trade rooms at Au- 

 burn, N. Y., Dec. 17. W. Z. Hutchinson, of Flint, 

 Mich., will be present and deliver an address and 

 take part in the proceedings. It is expected that E. 

 R. Root, of Medina, Ohio, will also be present. 



J. W. Pierson, Sec. 



COR SALE. — Poultry, fruit, and bee ranch at Port 

 •^ Angeles, Wa-h. Finest opportunity in the world 

 for the right man. Write now. Geo. V. Smith. 



A Honey Market. 



Don't think that your crop 



is too large or too small to 



interest us. We have bought and sold five carloads 



already this season, and want more. We pay spot 



cash. Address, giving quantitv, quality, and price 



Thos. C. Stanley '& Son, Fairfield, III. 



Wanted.— Comb and extracted honey. State price 

 kind, and quantity. R. A. Burnett & Co., 



163 South Water St., Chicago, II . 



Wanted. — To buy for cash, comb and extracted 

 honey, either white or buckwheat. 



C. B. Howard, Romulus, N. Y. 



Wanted.— Comb and extracted honey. State price, 

 kind, and quantity; also rate of freight to Boston. 

 Blake, Scott & lyEE, 

 31 and 33 Commercial St., Boston, Mass 



For Sale. — 1000 lbs. extracted honey in one-gallon 

 tin cans, at 8J4 cts., f. o. b. here. Sample free. 



R. H. Bailey, Ausable Forks, N. Y. 



For Sale.— 20,000 lbs. extracted honey from alfalfa, 

 and light amber from Rocky Mountain bee-plant. 

 Two cans, 120 lbs. net, ffS 40; also 5 and 10 lb pails. 

 In ordering state if you want white or amber. 



M. P. Rhoads, Las Animas, Col. 



For Sale.— Extracted alfalfa honej', 9^c per lb.; 

 light amber extracted, 8^c ; in cans. Sample, 5c. 



I. J. Stringham, 105 Park Place, New York. 



For Sale. — 116 kegs of buckwheat and goldenrod 

 honey of fine quality. Kegs contain about 164 lbs. 

 each. E. W. & F. C. Alexander, 



Delanson, Schenectady Co., N. Y. 



For Sale. — White alfalfa honey at $8.50 per case of 

 ten gallons, weighing 122 pounds net. Buyer to pay 

 freight charges. H. I,. Weems, I,emoore, Cal 



For Sale.— Choice alfalfa honey. Two cans, 130 

 lbs. net, whitest, $9.00 ; tinted, partly from other 

 bloom, 88.40. Also small cans. 



The Arkansas Valley Apiaries, 



Oliver Foster, Prop., I,as Animas, Bent Co., Colo. 



Wants and Exchange. 



Notices will be inserted under this head at 10c per line 

 You must SAT you want your ad. in this department, 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 cannot be responsible 

 ifor dissatisfaction arising from these -'swaps." 



WANTED.— To exchange Bates & Edsmond gasoline 

 engine — 1^ h.-p., for lathe and foot-power ma- 

 chinery of all kinds. Robt. B. Gedye, LaSalle, 111. 



W'ANTED.— To exchange bees in Simplicity portico 

 " hives for pullets of either Brown I^eghorn or B. 

 P. Rocks. IvUTHER Purdy, Killbuck, Ohio. 



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Poultry Book Free 



(224 pgs. illust'd) to any one sending 

 us 2.5 cts. for a year's subscription to 

 INLAND POULTRY JOURNAL, Indianapolis, Ind. 



WANTED. — ■ To exchange buckwheat extracted 

 honey as cash, for 2d hand hives— Simplicity 

 or 10-frame Dovetailed only. Have your neighbors 

 got any, or store combs? W. L,. Coggshall, 



West Groton, Tompkins Co., N. Y. 



WANTED.— To exchange a good new house and an 

 acre and a half of land and a small apiary, for 

 half cash and half labor on a fruit-ranch. A good 

 chance for a poor man with a family to get a home in 

 California, where good help is in great demand, es- 

 pecially during the fruit season. For particulars ad- 

 dress E. B. Beecher, Auburn, Placer Co., Calif. 



WANTED. — To exchange two incubators, Mann 

 bone-grinder. Remington rifle, shotgun, Iyer 

 Johnson revolver for any thing useful. Mention. 

 Gleanings; inclose stamp. 



Williams Bros., Greene, N. Y. 



/'ANTED.— To exchange 20 acres of land, on a nice 

 lake, 2 miles from Winter Haven, Polk Co., Fla., 

 for bee supplies, musical instruments, nursery .stock, 

 or any thing I can use on a Florida farm. Write. 



I. T. Shumard, Ft. Meade, Fla. 



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