1911 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Annual Catalog Review 



As Is our usual custom we give below a partial list of catalogs 

 and booklets received from our advertisers and others within the 

 last lew weeks. The purpose of our brief review of each of these 

 publications is that readers of Gleanings in Bee Culture may 

 have before them a condensed list which will give an idea of the 

 contents of catalogs issued by manufacturers of articles and goods 

 In which they may be Interested. Needless to say. we encourage 

 all such to send direct to the person or firm whose name is given 

 for a catalog or booklet, which may be studied in leisure moments. 



It is also our suggestion that, whenever a purchase is contem- 

 plated, two or three catalogs pertaining to the one subject be asked 

 for. With well-printed, beautifully illustrated, and thoroughly de- 

 scriptive books such as those before us at the time this review is 

 written, the prospective buyer is seemingly transposed from his 

 comfortable position beside the fireside to a great market-place 

 where a large variety of goods are arranged for his Careful inspec- 

 tion, and trained salesmen await his call to explain the merits of 

 their wares In a pleasing and understandable way. 



In writing, it is. of course, advisable that you mention Glean- 

 ings IN Bee Culture; and If you will do this you will find every 

 person or concern whose name appears below quite ready to give 

 your request the prompt attention it will deserve. 



To the best of our knowledge and belief, each of the following 

 booklets and catalogs is put out by a reputable house such as we 

 would advise our readers to deal with: 



gasoline-engines. 



Ellis Engines for the Farm, Home, and Shop: a well-printed 

 catalog of 34 pages, very finely illustrated in colors, giving an 

 abundance of practical information on the subject of gasoline- 

 engines of three and six horse power — particularly adapted to the 

 requirements of bee-keepers and farmers. Ellis Engine Co., 41 Mul- 

 lett St., Detroit. Mich. 



garden tools and implements. 



The 1911 Catalog of Planet Junior Farm and Garden Imple- 

 ments. S. A. Allen & Co., Box n06S, Philadelphia Pa. A well- 

 printed book of 56 pages, .with cover. Illustrated largely from 

 actual photographs, and covering exhaustively the subjVcts of tools 

 for use in family and market-gardenlnff, orchard cultivation, and 

 the growing of potatoes, onions, strawberries, etc. A fully descrip- 

 tive price list of each Implement is shown. 



Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Catalog of Iron Age Farm and Gar- 

 den Implements. Finely printed book which goes into the subject 

 to which it is devoted, without sparing details. Coming from a 

 house with the highest reputation, this interesting book of 64 illus- 

 trated pages, with colored cover, will be a useful guide to all en- 

 gaged in planting and cultivating farm or garden crops. Bate- 

 man Mfg. Co.. Box 12u2. Grenloch, N, J. 



POULTRY and brooders. 



Annual Catalog of Incubators, Brooders, and Poultry Supplies, 

 manufactured by the Robert E.ssex Incubator Co , 82 Henry Street, 

 Buffalo, N. Y. This shows in natural colors, and describes in de- 

 tail the Essex Model incubators for chickens, ducks, and ostriches. 

 and covers, in addition, a complete line of poultry supplies, foods, 

 remedies, publications, etc., with plans and prices on poultry- 

 houses -—a very interesting book. Sixty-four pages, with attractive 

 cover. 



Catalog of the Wizard Mfg. Co., Morrow, Ohio. Twenty-four 

 pages, with cover, tells in a very practical and interesting way the 

 merits of a novel brooder-incubator. 



railroad lands. 



Norfolk & Western Ry., Roanoke, V'a. A collection of well- 

 printed, nicely Illustrated booklets and folders, telling of opportu- 

 nities in Virginia, giving practical information on growing differ- 

 ent crops in that State, and listing lands now offered for sale. As 

 a down-to-date collection put out by the repr<-sentative of a re- 

 sponsible railroad, these booklets are worth studying by whoever 

 may be seeking a new home or opportunity in the East. 



seeds, plants, nursery STOCK. 



Farm and Garden Seeds, Garden Tools and Implements. Spray- 

 ers, Spraying Solutions, etc., with complete infornia ion and prices 

 on the same. This introduction so well describes the following 

 catalogs that we have made no attempt to review eat h catalog or 

 booklet separately. It will be well to make your own choice of 

 firms with whom you desire to deal, and write to them f..r their 

 1911 catalog at the addresses bel'>w. 



Wood, Stubbs & Co.. 219-221 East .lefferson St., Louisville, Ky. 

 Blue-ribbon Seeds. Catalog of nearly 100 pages. Appropriately Il- 

 lustrated. 



Baldwin's Railroad View Fruit-plant Farms. A 32-page catalog 

 devoted to strawberries, potatoes, oats, etc. O. A. D. Baldwin, 

 Brldgman, Mich. 



Alneer Bros., Rockford, 111. Seed and Plant Catalog. Very inter- 

 esting bargains on roses, flower-plants, etc. Fifty pages, with col- 

 ored cover. 



W. F. Allen, Salisbury, Md. Strawberry-plants. Small Fruits, 

 and Ornamental Shrubbery. A plain book well gotten up by a 

 practical and successful grower. Thirty-two pages. Colored cover. 



Keepers 



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A Seasonable 

 Suggestion : 



Send tor Our ■ 

 1911 Catalog | 



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We make 

 it oiu' business 

 to get the 

 best possible 

 goods 



(Root Quality) 

 to you in 

 the quickest 

 possible 

 time at a 

 low freight 

 expense. 



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also 

 sell 

 Berry- 

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M.H.Hunt 



& Son 



Lansing, Mich. 



Opposite Lake Shore Depot 



