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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 1 



Our Advertisers and Advertising. 



"GOOD BUGGIES, AND HOW THEY ARE MADE," 



is a new and valuable book, of interest to every farm- 

 er and horse-owner, just issued by the author, Mr. H. 

 C. Phelps. President of the Ohio Carriage Manufactur- 

 ing Co.. of Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Starting with the raw material and taking it step by 

 step through the different processes of manufacture 

 in one of the largest vehicle factories in the world, 

 this treatise contains practical in lorraation that posts 

 its every reader on the details of high gr^de buggy- 

 making, and fits one to purchase and judge a vehicle 

 int lligently. 



Photographic illustrations are shown of the differ- 

 ent machines used in each stage of the job. from its 

 incipiencv to completion, and by the different manipu- 

 lations and methods by which the expert workman 

 evolves a perfect vehicle from timber, iron, and leath- 

 er, including the rubbing of the body, the putting on 

 of the various coats of paint and varnish, the setting of 

 tires, etc. 



This book, of especial interest to every prospective 

 purchaser of any kind of a conveyance, giving him. as 

 it does, just the info mation he needs to enable him to 

 pick out a good vehicle from a poor one, is written in 

 everyday language, simple, and not technical, andean 

 be understood and grasped by the layman. 



Coming as it does from the facile pen of the presi- 

 dent of one of the greatest carriage plants in the 

 world, its words have the weight of authoritative 

 knowledge. In short, it is at once a v^'oik of interest 

 and of Vrflue, something to be preserve! in the library 

 for reference and consultation on the subject of vehi- 

 cles and vehicle construction. 



Mr. H. C. Phelps has g'own up in the buggy busi- 

 ness, and is conversant ^ilh every detail of the manu- 

 facture of high- rade vehicles. 



The regular price of this book is 50c, but it will be 

 cheerfully sent free to any one who is sufficently in- 

 terested to write Mr. Phelps and answer the questions 

 given below. 



Send this blank, carefully filled out, to Mr. H. C. 

 Phelps President of the Ohio Carriage Manufacturing 

 Co. 20 Sixth St., Cincinnati. O., and the book will be 

 sent you postpaid and free of all cost by return mail. 

 Mr. H. C. Phelps, President, 



The Ohio Cairiage Mfg Co., _ 



20 Sixth St., Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Please send me, free and prepaid, a copy of your 

 book, " Good Buggits, and How They are Made." 



My Name 



Address 



Pltase answer the following questions: 



Dd you own a buggy? 



Shall you buy a new one this seasot ? 



If not now, when? 



"What make buggy do you think of buying? 



About what price do you expect to pay for a buggy ? 



QQ PER 13 for White, and Parred Rocks, Silver- 

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 Leghorns; and Black Minorcas. 



CO PER 13 for Buff Rocks Buff Orpingtons. Buff 

 00 Iveghorns, Black Spanish and White Wyan- 

 dottes. Reference, The A, I. Root Co. 



Gleanings in Bee Culture 



[Established in 1S73.] 



Dsvoted to Bees, Honey, and Home Interests. 



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