GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



TRADE NOTES 



SKCOXUHAND 60 LB. CANS, 



Our supply of second-hand cans at New York has 

 been disposed of; but we still have a good supply 

 both at Medina and Philadelphia of choice cans suit 

 able for use again in shipping honey. These we are 

 selling at $4.00 for 10 cases; $8.50 for 25 cases; 

 $30.00 for 100 cases. 



CHIPPED TUMBLERS CHEAP. 



Wo again have a supply of tv/o or three hundred 

 cases of 2 dozen each of tin-top tumblers holding 6V& 

 oz. of honey, or i/4 lb. of jelly. They have the edges 

 slightly chipped so they cannot he sealed airtight for 

 shipping, but will serve as a cheap container for 

 some uses. We offer them, while they last, at $2.00 

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



MASON FRUIT- JARS. 



We have a surplus stock of choice Atlas Mason 

 fruit-jars which we offer, to reduce stock, at the 

 following prices which are good only while this stock 

 lasts, and for shipment from Medina, Ohio, only. 

 Pint Mason jars, 45 cts. per doz. ; $5.25 per gross. 

 Quart Mason jars, 48 cts. per doz. ; $5.50 per gross. 

 Two-quart Ma.son jars, 75c per doz.; $8.50 per gross. 



These arc packed in paper cartons of one dozen 

 each. Pint size would stand reshipping short dis- 

 tances filled with honey, altho we would not recom 

 mend it. 



BUSHEL BOXES. 

 We have on hand, ready for immediate shipment, 

 a good stock of these boxes, packed as shown in 

 cut. They are made with oak corner posts and 

 bottom end slats to receive the nails, the remainder 

 of the box being basswood. They are very conven- 

 ient, and popular for handling potatoes, apples, on- 

 ions, 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 bu,shel hoxes. 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 a"-slatted is the cheapest, and the most pop- 

 ular style. Two are nailed in each package, and 

 sufficient nails are included for the remainder. 



FURTHER CHANGES IN PRICE. 



Advancing costs have made necessary some further 

 changes in price of several articles listed in our 

 catalog. 



Enamel cloth is raised 5 cts. per yard to 35 cts. 

 or $.3.60 per piece. 



Metal frame-spaces are raised 5 cts. per 100 to 40 

 cts. or $3.50 per 1000. 



Tin rabbets are raised 5 cts. per 100 to $1.25 ; 

 also T tins the same. 



Glass for shipping-cases is advanced to $2.00 per 

 100 for 2 X 16, or $3.60 per box of 220 pieces. 



Novice honey-knives are advanced 10 cts. each to 

 90 cts. 



Section boxes in quantities above 1000 are marked 

 up 15 cents per 1000, no change being made in the 

 small-quantity rate except that B grade plain are 

 advanced to a difference of 50 cts. below A grade 

 instead of 75 cts., the rate in effect the past year. 



REVISED PRICES ON COMB FOUNDATION. 



Because the cost of paper has more than doubled, 

 and labor has advanced, we have found it necessary 

 to revise prices on comb foundation and rates for 

 working wax into foundation. The new scale of 

 prices on foundation packed in assorted paper boxes 

 of 1 to 5 lbs. is 2 cts. per pound higher than those 

 which have been in effect the past year, and, effective 

 Oct. 1, are as follows: 



Price per pound in lots of 

 1 lb. 5 lb. 10 lb. 25 lb. 50 lb. 

 .62 .60 .58 

 .64 .62 .60 

 .70 .67 .65 

 .75 .70 .68 

 Packed in 25-lb. wood boxes, 1 ct. per lb. less. 

 Packed in all 5-lb. paper boxes, % ct. per lb. less. 

 Packed all in 2-lb. paper boxes, 1 ct. per lb. more. 

 Packed all in lib. paper boxes, 2 cts. per lb. more. 

 '\\'Tiolesale and jobbing prices are marked up on 

 the same basis. 



Rates for making wax into foundation are ad- 

 vanced 2 cts. per lb. in 25 and 50 pound lots, and 

 1 ct. in larger lots, with a like advance for paper 

 packing. 



The a. I. Root Co., Medina, O. 



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Medium brood . . 

 Light brood . . . . 

 Thin super . . . . 

 Extra thin super 



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Special Notices "by A. I. Root 



THE LADY EGLANTINE CHICKENS. 



On page 879 of our last issue I told you of a 

 pullet that laid her first egg when 4 months and 8 

 clays old, and that she was at that date laying an 

 egg every day. I am glad to tell you she has con- 

 tinued to lay an egg every day up till today, Sept. 

 26 — that is, so far as I can tell without trapnesting. 

 As her comb is so different from any of the others 

 I almost invariably find her on the nest some time 

 in the forenoon. Furthermore, I put her in a cage 

 and took her over to our county fair where she 

 stayed' two days and laid an egg each day on the 

 fair-gi'ound, and one the clay after she got home. 

 (About a week ago a sitting hen came off with eight 

 chicks from the little pullet's eggs ; and they are as 

 lively as crickets at this date.) Not only has this 

 one pullet shown herself to be such a persistent lay- 

 er at so early an age, but we are getting five or six 

 little eggs (they are steadily getting bigger) from the 

 seven pullets every day; and yesterday we got six. 

 All of them laid an egg but one. Now, already we 

 are having applications for ctfgs ; but, bless your 

 heart, my good friends, it would not do for the writ 

 er of the Home papers to go to selling eOfia unless he 

 sells them to the grocer at grocery prices. If you 

 want some of the Lady Eglantine stock write to the 

 Lady Eglantine Farms, Greensboro, Md. The little 

 book they send out will be valuable, even if you do 

 not make a purchase. 



" CONVERSATIONS WITH CHRIST," ETC. 



The little tract containing the title above, given on 

 page 747, Aug. 15, can be had free of charge by ad- 

 dressing L. B. Worcester, Tabor, Iowa. In order- 

 ing you had better send a stamp or stamps to pay 

 postage. 



The Hephzibah Faith Missionary Association, Ta- 

 bor, Iowa, also publishes a beautiful little Christian 

 and temperance paper twice a month, called Good 

 Tidings, at only 50 cents a year, now in its sixteenth 

 year ; also a very pretty and wholesome weekly for 

 young people, entitled John Three Sixteen, at only 

 30 cents a year. Both periodicals are specially de- 

 signed for mission Sunday-schools, and large num- 

 bers are used by Christian workers for free distribu- 

 tion at raih-oad stations, jails, etc. Samples free. 

 Address Faith Missionary Association, Tabor, Iowa. 



