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Southwest Virginia five-baud Italian queens, a 

 fancy comb-Iioney strain; gentle to handle. They 

 will please vou. Try one. Untested, $1.00; 6, 

 $5.00; 12, $9.00. Henry S. Bohon, 



Rt. 3, box 212, Roanoke, Va. 



HELP WANTED 



Wanted. — At once, young man to work with bees. 

 Give age, and wages e.xpected, in first letter. 



M. C. SiLSBEE, Rt. 3, Cohocton, N. Y. 



Wakted. — Helper in apiaries. State experience, 

 age, and wages wanted, in first letter. 



Mathilde Candler, Cassville, Wis. 



Wanted. — Man with some experience as helper 

 in apiaries of 400 colonies. Please give age, experi- 

 ence, and salary expected in first letter. 



John B. Ahlers, West Bend, Wis. 



Wanted. — Industrious young man of clean hab- 

 its as helper in my beeyards this summer ; will give 

 results of my experience, board, and fair wages. 

 Give age, weight, experience, and wages in first let- 

 ter. E. L. Lane, Trumansburg, N. Y. 



Wanted. — Industrious young man, fast worker, 

 and of clean mental and body habits, as a student 

 helper in our large bee business for 1916 season. 

 Will give results of long experience, and board and 

 small wages. Give age, weight, experience, and 

 wagee in first letter. 



W. A. Latshaw Co., Clarion, Mich. 



TRADE NOTES 



Mr. H. C. demons, one of our advertisers, has 

 moved from his old address at Boyd, Ky., to Rt. 3, 

 Williamstown, Ky. 



JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT. 



We have available at Ashland, Mo., and subject to 

 previous sale, twenty bushels of nice Japanese buck- 

 wheat which we otter at $2.75 per 100 lbs., $1.50 

 per bushel of 50 lbs., bag included. We have also 

 here at Medina a limited amount of this variety as 

 well as of silverhull, which we offer, while it lasts, 

 at the same price. If in ne dof seed send in your 

 orders while the supply is available. 



PRICES ADVANCED ON VARIOUS ITEMS. 



We announce the following advances in price of 

 various articles listed in our catalog for 1916, to 

 take effect from and after this date: 



Beehive paint, $2,75 per gal.; $1.40 per half gal.; 

 75 cts. per qt. ; 40 cts. per pint. 



Tinned wire, %-oz. spool, 4 cts. each; 5-lb. coil, 

 $1.20. 



Orate staples and end-space staples, 20c per lb. 



Three-wire strips for honey-boards, ISYz in. long, 

 $2.50 per 100. 



Seven-wire strips for honey-boards 18 1/^ in. long, 

 $5.00 per 100. 



No. 3 eight-frame, 7-wire-and-wood honey-boards, 

 13^8 X 20, $4.00 for 10. 



No. 4 ten-frame 7-wire-and-wood honev-boards, 

 16 14, X 20, $4.50 for 10. 



No. 7 ten-frame 3-wire-and-wood honey-boards, 

 16 14 X 20, $4.20 for 10. 



No. 8 eight-frame 3-wire-and-wood honey-boards, 

 13% x20, $3.70 for 10. 



These advances are made necessary by increased 

 cost of materials, and a corresponding advance is 

 made in the wholesale and jobbing prices. Other 

 advances on metal goods will be announced in the 

 near future. 



SECOND-HAND FOUNDATION MILLS. 



We have to offer the following list of foundation 

 machines which have been used but are in fair con- 

 dition. Ill many cases they vrill answer as well as 

 a new nincliine where you have only a moderate 

 output. Send for sample of foundation from any 

 mill in the list which may interest you. 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



No. 0153, 21/^x6 hexagonal thin-super mill in 

 very good condition. Price $14.00. 



No. 0156, 2% x6 hexagonal extra thin-super mill 

 in fair condition. Price $10.00. 



No. 0165, 2i/i x6 hexagonal extra thin-super mill 

 in fair condition. Price $10.00. 



No. 0183, 214 X 6 hexagonal thin-super mill in 

 very good condition. Price $14.00. 



No. 0214, 21/i X 10 hexagonal light-brood mill in 

 poor condition; rolls quite badly pitted; will make 

 fair foundation. Price $13.00. 



No. 0230, 21/^ X 10 hexagonal medium-bropd mill 

 in fair condition. Price $18.00. 



No. 0233, 2%xl0 hexagonal medium-brood mill 

 in poor condition; cells bruised. Price $14.00. 



No. 0234, 2% X 6 extra thin-super mill in very 

 good condition. Price $12.00. 



No. 0237, 2%x6 thin-super mill in fair condi- 

 tion. Price $10.00. 



No. 0238, 21A x6 thin-super mill in fair condi- 

 tion. Price $10.00. 



No. 0239, 2^/^ X 10 medium-brood mill, hexagonal 

 cell, in fair condition. Price $18.00. 



No. 0241. 2 ^/i X 10 hexagonal medium-brood mill 

 in good condition. Price $20.00. 



No. 0242, 21/^x10 hexagonal medium-brood mill 

 in good condition. Price $20.00. 



No. 0243, 2^x10 hexagonal medium-brood mill 

 in good condition. Price $20.00. 



No. 0244, 2x10 round-cpll medium-brood mill in 

 good condition. Price $14.00. 



No. 0245, 2 x 10 hexagonal medium-brood mill in 

 very good condition. Price $18.00. 



No. 0246, 2V^xlO hexagonal medium-brood mill 

 in good condition. Price $20.00. 



The a. I. Root Company, Medina, Ohio. 



SPECIAL NOTICES 



BY A. I. ROOT 



PLANT PROPAGATION; GREENHOUSE AND NURSERY 

 PRACTICE. 



The above is the title of a new book dated March, 

 1916. It contains 322 pages and 213 illustrations; 

 so you see there are " pictures," one or more, on 

 nearly every page in the book. This work is an at- 

 tempt to take in every improvement up to date in 

 the way of propagation of plants. I was pleased to 

 see three pictures that looked familiar, and I found 

 they were furnished by my good friend E. N. Rea- 

 soner, of the Reasoner Brothers' Palm Nursery, 

 Oneca, Fla., close by our Florida home. In early 

 childhood when my mother taught me how to plant 

 seeds and watch them grow I was delighted. Later 

 on, when I found certain plants could be grown 

 without seeds I was still further delighted. You 

 know how a woman grows geraniums and other 

 plantiS from " slips." Well, this book is largely de- 

 voted to propagating by layers, grafting, in-arching, 

 etc. Short cuts and improvements in the propaga- 

 tion of plants are advancing so rapidly that it is 

 a hard matter to know all about what is going on 

 in the world, especially the greenhouse world. But 

 Prof. M. G. Kains (Professor of Horticulture in the 

 Pennsylvania State College) has done his work re- 

 markably well. The book is published by the O. 

 Judd Co., of New York. The price is $1.50. 



SO.MEGOOD BOOKS FOR A SMALL SUM OF MONEY. 



In rearranging our office and stock of books on 

 agriculture, etc., we found 15 copies of a book that 

 made quite a sensation in 1885 and later. The title 

 is " The Waters Led Captive." The book is devoted 

 to a sort of sub-irrigation. Its author was an en- 

 thusiast, and, as has often happened, put, perhaps, 

 an extravagant estimate on his invention, or. per 

 haps, we might say, discovery. The plan was to 

 make a sort of subterranean reservoir to hold water. 

 Thi-s was filled with stones up to a certain height, 

 and on top of the stones were put brush, straw, 

 weeds, or anything that would rot and make humus; 

 and on top of the brush and straw some stable 

 manure. The ground was then filled up with soil. 

 The theory was to permit the roots of the growing 

 plants to go down thru the humus, brush, etc., and 

 help themselves to water. In a clay soil water 

 would almost always be found in these underground 

 reservoirs more or less. With such an arrangement 



