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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Apr. 15 



Italian Queens.— Reared in strong colonies by 

 the Doolittle metliod from extra select breeders. 

 Three-band, leather-colored Italians exclusively, 

 from the strain of The A. I. Root Co. Hardy, vigor- 

 ous, and great honey-gatherers. Ready April 15. 

 One dollar each: breeders, $5.00. Orders filled in 

 rotation as received. 



The Crown Apiakies, Mesilla Park, New Mex. 



Fine Italian bees at a bargain. I have 325 stands 

 of bees at Alma, Mo., in 8 and 10 frame hives, at 

 $4.75 a stand; nuclei at 82.75, with queen. I will 

 ship only the first week in May and last week in 

 June from Alma, Mo., or will ship from Stover, 

 Mo., at any time at regular price. Send for catalog 

 of queens and bees and bee-supplies, and of incu- 

 bators, brooders, and eggs of fine R. C. R. 1. Reds 

 and White Rocks. J. L. Fajen, Stover, Mo. 



Help Wanted 



Wanted. — At once, a man who has had some ex- 

 perience with bees to assist in large apiaries. 



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



Wanted.— Good bee-man. State experience and 

 full particulars in first letter. 



Appleton & Bagnall, Simi, Cal. 



Wanted.— Man to work with bees the coming 

 season — begin at once. State age, experience, and 

 wages in first letter. 



The Rocky Mountain Bee Co., Berthoud, Col. 



Wanted.— An experienced man in raising comb 

 honey, to begin work about May 1st. Give refer- 

 ences, experience, and wages wanted, in first let- 

 ter. Ogden Bee and Honey Co., Ogden, Utah. 



Position Wanted 



Wanted.— A situation in the Kastern States by 

 an experienced bee-keeper. 



F. G. Denzinger, Olean, N. Y. 



Poultry 



For Sale.— Duston White Wyandottes, $2.00; 15 

 eggs, 81; 85 per 100. Elmer Gimlin, Taylorville. 111. 



Buttercups for utility and beauty; selected pens: 

 unlike others. H. V. Meeker, Earl St., Toledo, O. 



Barred Rocks. Bradley strain. Stock and eggs 

 for sale. Mrs. W. L. Bennett, Crooksville, O. 



For Sale.— Buff Orpington eggs, 81.25 per 15; 86.00 

 per 100. J. M. Mundell. Hobart, Ind. 



Barred Plymouth Rock eggs for hatching, 82.00 

 per 15. K. R. Sheldon, Monmouth, 111. 



S. C. White Orpington eggs from extra good mat- 

 ings, 82.00 per 15. Frank Briscoe, DePauw, Ind. 



Indian Runner duck eggs, 81.00 per 13. Booklet 

 free. Aaron Fisher, Box 37, La Park, Pa. 



Eggs, circular free. Thousand Leghorns, Rocks, 

 Orpingtons. M. A. Brown, Rt. 3, Attleboro, Mass. 



White and Brown Leghorn chicks : five other 

 breeds. Price right. Catalog free. 

 D. Y. T aylor, Lyons, N. Y. 



Buff and White Orpington eggs for hatching, 

 83.00 and 85.00 per 15. Prize-winning stock. Lead- 

 ing strains. Will Ashley, Medina, O. 



Leghorns, S. C. White; cur "Egghorn" strain 

 world's greatest layers; 15 eggs, guaranteed. 82.00. 

 A. SCHWIND, Chatham, N. Y. 



White and BufT Rocks. 15 eggs per setting, 81.50; 

 R. C. R. I. Reds, 82.00; Brown Leghorns, 81.00. 



D. J. Blocker. Pearl City, 111. 



Single-comb Brown Leghorns, 81.00 per 15 eggs; 

 for incubator, 83.75 per 100. 



Dave Gladfield, Rt. 34, Peoria, 111. 



W. Rocks are the best winter layers. Let me help 

 you start right. Prices on eggs or day-old chicks on 

 request. B. T. Boserman, Williamstown, O. 



S. C. White Leghorn, the "business hen." Have 

 a fine laying strain. Eggs, 81.00 per 15. Incubator 

 eggs, 84.00 per 100. F. B. Looms, Rushville. N. Y. 



White-Buff Orpingtons, Minorcas, Barred Rocks, 

 R, C. Reds. Eggs, 82.00 per 15. 



F. B. ScHLOTTER. Keokuk, Iowa. 



For Sale.— S. C. W. Leghorn and Indian Runner 

 duck eggs— 85.00 and 87.00 per 100. Circular free. 

 C. H. ZURBURG, Topeka, 111. 



S. C. B. Leghorns, bred from record layers 

 $2.00 per 15; 83.50 per 30. E. M. Shirk, 



Edgwood, Wheeling, W. Va. 



For Sale.— Indian Runner duck. White Wyan- 

 dotte eggs. Utility stock, 81.00 per setting. 



J. F. Michael, Winchester, Ind. 



White-faced Black Spanish eggs for hatching; 15, 

 81.00; 50. 83.00; 100, 85.00. Also dealer in bee-keepers' 

 supplies of all kinds. A. W. Swan, Centralia, Kan. 



Partridge Wyandottes and Partridge Rocks — also 

 all leading varieties. Prize-winning stock and eggs 

 —reasonable. Catalog free. 



John T. Crouth.\mel, Franconia, Pa. 



S. C. White Leghorns exclusively. Bred to lay. 

 Baby chicks. Eggs for hatching. All breeding 

 males score 94 to 95^, from 200-egg hens. Cat. free. 

 Keystone Poultry Farm, Box 2500, New Milford, Pa. 



Indian-Runner-duck-culture book ; full history; 

 75 cts., money order; fawn and white; 11 eggs, 82.50; 

 30, 85.00. Catalog, 2 stamps. Levi S. Yoder, 



Box 50, Dublin, Pa. 



Golden Barred Rocks.— The beauty and utility 

 breed. They are barred buff on white, making a 

 most beautiful fowl. Write for descriptive catalog. 

 L. E. Altwein, originator, St, Jo.seph, Mo. 



Mr. Beekeeper, my new catalog is yours for the 

 asking. Send for it. Eggs of Barred and White 

 Plymouth, White Wyandotte, per 15, 81.00. We shall 

 be pleased to hear from you. We fill orders prompt- 

 ly. H. S. DUBY, St. Anne, IlL 



Sicilian Buttercups.— Stock and eggs for sale 

 from original imported blood and from my rlbbon- 

 wlnners at the Appalachian Exposition and other 

 shows. Free circular. Mrs. J. S. Dumaresq, 

 Cato's Hall, Easton, Md. 



R. C. R. I. Reds, Buff Wyandottes, S. C. White Leg- 

 horns — the kind that lay and pay; winners and bred 

 from winners, Madison Square, Cleveland, Toledo, 

 Jamestown, etc. Eggs for hatching. Mating and 

 special sales list for the asking. Write to-day. 



Consolidated Poultry Yards Co., Canton, O. 



Day-old Chicks.— White Leghorn, Buff Orping- 

 ton, Barred Rocks, White Rocks. Our chicks are 

 large, strong, well hatched. They are sure to grow 

 and do well. We can supply a limited number 

 only, from best strains, at 10, 12, 15 cents each. Be 

 friendly. Write your wants. 



Ambrose & Knight. Urbana. O. 



