Oct. 1, 1911 



By Our Business Manager 



QUEENS. 



As we go to press we are again caught up on 

 orders for untested queens, and for the next two 

 weeks we hope to be able to fill a reasonable num- 

 ber of orders from one to a dozen queens within a 

 few hours after receipt. This is a good time to get 

 some really fine stock at a very low rate. Septem- 

 ber prices quoted below will hold until October 10, 

 provided our stock is not completely exhausted 

 before that time. Six for S5.00; 12 for 89.00. 



COMB-FOUNDATION MACHINES ADVANCED IN PRICE. 



Because of the continued high price of pig tin, 

 which forms a large ingredient in the rolls of coinb- 

 foundation machines, we have been compelled to 

 advance the list price of the machines to the fol- 

 lowing: 



1-1-inch mill with 2%-inch rolls §48.00 



12-inch mill with 2%-inch rolls 42.00 



10-inch mill with 2^-inch rolls 36.00 



6-inch mill with 2;4-inch rolls 30.00 



10-inch mill with 2-inch rolls 30.00 



6-iiich mill with 2-inch rolls 24.00 



EARLY-ORDER CASH DISCOUNT. 



We are again prepared to reward by a liberal 

 early-order cash discount those who are forehand- 

 ed in anticipating their next season's require- 

 ments. P'or orders received during this month, 

 accompanied by payment, for goods for next sea- 

 son's use, we allow a discount of 6 per cent; during 

 November, 5 per cent. As the season advances the 

 discount is reduced one per cent each month. 

 This discount applies to goods listed in our general 

 catalog except as follows: Paint, Porter bee-escapes, 

 Bingham smokers, bees, queens, printed matter, 

 cartons, honey-packages, tin and glass; bushel 

 boxes, hotbed sash, honey-labels, seeds, and such 

 seasonable goods. Where a large general order 

 includes some of the excepted articles, not exceed- 

 ing ten to twenty per cent of the entire order, the 

 discount may be applied to the whole order. 



SECOND-HAND FOUNDATION-MILLS. 



We have to oflfer the following list of foundation- 

 machines which have been used, but are in fair 

 condition. In many cases they will answer as well 

 as a new machine where you have only a moderate 

 output. Send for samples of any mill in the list 

 which may interest you. 



No. 0117, 2x10 round-cell medium-brood mill in 

 good condition. Price 814.00. 



No. 0121, 2^xl0-inch heavy hex. brood mill. An 

 old-style Dunham machine without cam adjust- 

 ment; in rather poor condition. Price S8.00. 



No. 0129, 2x10 round cell medium-brood mill, old- 

 style frame, in good condition. Price 814.00. 



No. 0135, 2x10 round-cell inedium-brood mill in 

 old-style frame, fair condition. Price 812.00. 



No. 0139, 2J^x6 hexagonal thin-super mill, in very 

 good condition. Price 814.00. 



No. 0140, 2^x6 hexagonal thin-super mill, in very 

 good condition. Price 814.00. 



No. 0142, 2^x6 hexagonal thin-super mill, in fair 

 condition. Price |'12.00. 



No. 0151, 2^x6 hexagonal cell, extra thin-super 

 mill, one bad cell, otherwise in good condition. 

 Price 812.00. 



No. 0152, 2^x6 hexagonal thin-super mill, extra 

 good for regular-width super foundation. Price 

 112.00. 



No. 0153, 2^x6 hexagonal thin-super mill. No. 

 0154, ditto. Both in very good condition. Price 

 814.00 each. 



No. 0155, 2x10 round cell, medium-brood mill in 

 old-style frame; fair condition. Price 812.00. 



No. 0156, 254x6 extra thin-super mill, fair. Price 

 110.00. 



No. 0157, 2)4x6 thin-super mill, in good condition. 

 Price 812.00. 



No. 0159, 2 X 10 round-cell medium-brood mill in 

 good condition. Price 815.00. 



No. 0160, 2/4x6 hexagonal thin-super mill in good 

 condition. Price 812.00. 



No. 0161, 2^ X 10 hexagonal light-brood mill in 

 very good condition. Price 818,00. 



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No. 0164, 254 X 6 hexagonal thin-super mill in fair 

 condition. Price 810.00. 



No. 0165, 254 X 6 hexagonal extra-thin-super mill 

 in fair condition. I'rice 811.00. 



No. 0166, 2J4 X 6 hexagonal thin-super mill in ex- 

 tra good condition. Price 814.00. 



No. 0167, 254 X 6 hexagonal extra-thin-super mill 

 In fair condition. Price 811.00. 



No. 0168, 254 X 6 hexagonal thin-super mill in good 

 condition. Price 812.00. 



No. 0169, 254 x 6 hexagonal extra-thin-super mill 

 in extra good condition. Price 815.00. 



No. 0171, 254 X 14 hexagonal medium-brood mill in 

 very good condition, nearly new. Price 820.00. 



SWEET-CLOVER SEED. 



We have secured a good supply of both hulled 

 and unhulled white .sweet-clover seed, a part of 

 which is on the way to us, and should arrive before 

 any orders can reach us in answer to this notice. 

 We have also secured a thousand pounds of un- 

 hulled yellow biennial seed, Melilotus officinalis. 

 This variety seems to be so uncommon that it is 

 not easy to secure the seed, and we had to pay lib- 

 erally for what we have secured. In order to make 

 sure we were getting the genuine article we sub- 

 mitted a sample to the seed expert in the United 

 States Department of Agriculture, Washington, 

 and he pronounces it all right. We still have an 

 abundant supply of last year's seed of yellow annu- 

 al, which is good, and germinates freely. No old 

 seed of any other variety remains on hand, as all 

 stock has been sold and disposed of. We offer the 

 seed of the various kinds mentioned at the follow- 

 ing prices: 



In lots of— lib. 10 lbs. 25 lbs. 100 lbs. 

 Hulled Yellow Annual 



(Melilotus Inclica), per lb 15c 12c He 10c 

 Unhulled Yellow Biennial 



(Melilotus officinalis) , 25c 22c 21c 20c 



Hulled White 23c 20c 19c 18c 



Unhulled White (Melilotus 



alba) ver Ih 16c 14c 13c 12c 



By A. I. Root 



WATER FOR BREEDING DUCKS IF YOU WANT FER- 

 TILE EGGS. 



Dear Mr. Soot: — In the current number of Glean- 

 ings I note that you quote me in what I said about 

 my Indian Runner duck eggs not hatching, and 

 venture the guess that they did not have water to 

 swim in. You guessed rightly, for my ducks only 

 had drinking water in their pens. Another thing 

 that makes me think you may be right is that a 

 neighbor had some ducks from the same flock 

 from which I got mine. He let his ducks run in 

 the irrigating-ditches all summer, and swim as 

 much as they would. The eggs hatched almost to 

 the last one, but he dUl not get as many eggs as I 

 did for each duck. My ducks are not non-sitters, 

 as I have only one that has not become broody. 

 One was allowed to sit, and proved a fine sitter; 

 but I took the ducks away from her when they 

 were hatched. She sat on eleven eggs and hatched 

 three ducklings, the other eggs having been infer- 

 tile. 



I have just resigned ray position as editor of 

 Poultrij. I have become so thoroughly identified 

 with the Northwest that I concluded to locate my 

 work here, and have taken editorial charge of 

 Poultry Life, published in Spokane, although I 

 shall still remain here in "Sunny Southern Idaho." 

 To-day the thermometer stands at 80, and we are 

 having most beautiful weather. 



I am going to send you Poultry Life, and will 

 have it follow you to Florida, if you wish. 



Wendell, Ida., Aug. 21. Miller Purvis. 



[We are very glad to get the above additional 

 proof that "ducks" need "water" to play in and to 

 swim in; but we are sorry to learn that Miller Pur- 

 vis is permanently located away out west; but per- 

 haps what is bad for one region may be good for 

 the people of another one. By all means, friend P., 

 let us have all the good poultry -journals down In 

 our Florida home. We expect to be located there 

 about Nov. 1.] 



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