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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



TRADE NOTES 



BEESAVAX MARKET. 



There is an improved export demand for beeswax 

 which warrants our increasing our price to the rate 

 prevailing before the last drop — namely, 28 cents 

 cash, 30 cts. trade delivered at Medina, New York, 

 or Philadelphia. If you have a supply available, 

 now is a good time to convert it into money or goods. 



CHIPPED TUMBLERS CHEAP. 

 We again have a supply of two or three hundred 

 cases of 2 dozen each of tin-top tumblers holding 6 '/■^ 

 oz. of honey, or ^A lb. of jelly. They have the edges 

 slightly chipped so they cannot be sealed airtight for 

 shipping, but will serve as a cheap container for 

 some uses. We of¥er them, while they last, at $2.00 

 for ten cases of 2 dozen each, including the tin tops. 



METAL-TOP COVERS ADVANCED IN PRICE. 



The increased cost of galvanized sheet metal has 

 made it necessary to mark up the price on all metal- 

 top hive-covers, and all hives equipped with them, 5 

 cents each. This applies to such covers in our cat- 

 alog as are listed under the letters R, K, and Y, 

 both eight-frame and ten-frame. This advance ap- 

 plies to retail, wholesale, and jobbing prices. 



SQUARE TIN CANS. 



The greatly advanced prices on tin plate will 

 make higher prices on square tin cans imperative 

 when next catalog is printed. On such stock as we 

 buy now at distant points where we are not covered 

 by a contract we have to pay prices which are more 

 than 20 per cent higher than we paid last winter. 

 We can continue the old prices for the present from 

 Medina only, because ws have a good supply bought 

 at old prices. The new prices effective now from 

 our branch offices and agents, except as shipment is 

 made from Medina, are as follows : 

 5-gal. square cans, 1 in box, 60c; 10 boxes, $5.50. 

 5-gal. square cans, 2 in box, 90c; 10 boxes, $8.50. 

 5-gal. sq. cans, 27 to crate Avithout boxes, 30c each. 

 1-gal. sq. cans, 10 in a box, $1.70; 10 boxes, $lfi. 

 1-gal. square cans, 100 to a crate, $12.00 per 100. 

 1/2 -gal. sq. cans, 12 in a box, $1.70; 10 boxes, $16. 

 y2-gal. square cans, 100 to a crate, $10.00 per 100. 

 1/4 -gal. sq. cans, 24 to a box, $2.60; 10 boxes, $25. 

 i/i-gal. square cans, 100 to a crate, $9.00 per 100. 



BUSHEL BOXES. 

 We have on hand, ready for immediate shipment, 

 a good stock of these boxes, packed as shown in 

 catalog. They are made with oak corner posts 

 and bottom end slats to receive the nails, the re- 

 mainder of the box being basswood. They are very 

 convenient, and popular for handling potatoes, ap- 

 ples, onions, and other farm crops. They hold a 

 heaped bushel level full, so they can be stacked any 

 height desired. To reduce stock we offer them for 

 a short time at the following special prices: 



All slatted bushel boxes, per crate of 14, $2.25 

 Slatted bushel boxes, per crate of 12, $2.10 

 Galvanized bound boxes, per crate of 12, $2,75. 

 In lots of 10 crates or more, 5 per cent discount. 

 The all-slatted is the cheapest, and the most pop 

 ular style. Two are nailed in each package, and 

 sufficient nails are included for the remainder. 



. EARLY-ORDER CASH DISCOUNT. 



The usual custom of allowing a discount for early 

 cash orders for goods for next season's use is con- 

 tinued this season. The discount begins with 5 per 

 cent for September cash orders instead of 7, which 

 was given in former years. The discount applies to 

 the latest revised prices with the usual exceptions 

 on certain classes of goods. No discount will apply 

 on orders for shipping-cases, cartons, labels, tin and 

 glass honey-packages, bees, queens, paint, bushel- 

 boxes, hotbed sash, seeds, honey, and printed matter. 



Where goods named in the list of exceptions form 

 not more than 20 per cent of a general order for 

 hives and other beekeepers' supplies, the discount 

 may be taken on the entire order. The discount is 

 allowed only for payment of cash during the month 

 of September, whether goods are shipped or not. 

 For payment in October the discount will be 4 per 

 cent: during November, 3 per cent; during Decem- 

 ber, 2 per cent. 



THE A. I. BOOT CO., MEDINA, 0. 



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MY FIRST SEASON'S EXPERIENCE 

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