DECEMBER 1, 1916 



Northern Wisconsin. — G. C. Chase, Rhinulander, 

 Wis. State Fair. — A. L. Kleeher, Reedsbure. Wis. 

 Oo-operativo Honey Advertising:. — G. W. Williams, 

 Rpdkey, Ind., Secretary T^nited Honey Producers. 

 Discussions. Questions and papers not received in 

 time, of which we are looking for several. Pive- 

 minute Talks and Discussions. — Conducted by A. C. 

 Allen. Beekeepers are urged to bring anything 

 now they have learned or have done during the year, 

 of special interest to themselves, before the meeting 

 for mutual information and discussion. Closing 

 Business. Adjournment. The order of the pro- 

 gram, and presenting of new topics, will be changed 

 if necessarv, at the discretion of the President, Mr. 

 N. E. Prance. 



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TRADE NOTES 



FURTHER ADVANCES IN PRICES. 



The cost to us of some lines of metal and paper 

 goods continues to advance, making it necessary to 

 announce some further advances in price before the 

 issue of our catalog for 1917 now in preparation. 



Van Deusen hive-clamps are advanced to 40 cts. 

 for 10 pairs with screws: 35 cts. without screws. 



Tinned wire is marked up as follows: % -oz. 

 spools, 5 cts. each: H-'b. spools, 15 cts. each; i/^-lb. 

 spools, 20 cts. each; 1-lb. spools, 35 cts. each; 5-lb. 

 coi'. .$1.50 each. 



A further advance of 50 cts. per 1000 is made on 

 <^afety and folding cartons, plain and printed. Glass 

 for shipping-cases as well as for hotbed sash is ad- 

 vanced to $4.00 per box. Bee gloves are advanced 

 to 60 cts. a pair. West cell-protectors, 5 cts. each; 

 J5 cts. for 10; $4.00 per 100; West spiral cages, 

 10 cts. each: 80 cts. for 10; $7.00 per 100. 



Several of the glass jars will be omitted from the 

 new catalog, also scales which do not meet the re- 

 quirements in some states. 



We have advice from the publishers that Dadant's 

 Revision of Tjanerstroth on the Honeybee is advanced 

 next year to $1.50 each. 



Owing to greatly increased cost of importing 

 we are obliged to mark up the French edition of 

 the A B C to $2.50. 



We have made no advance as yet on hives and 

 other wood goods excepting a small advance on 

 sections in quantities and on shipping-cases, be- 

 cause of the great advance in paper pads. 



We find on getting new prices on the paper trim- 

 mings for cases that the $1.00 per 100 added does 

 not cover the increased cost. Lumber has already 

 advanced over prices prevailing the past season; 

 and if we did not already have a good supply in 

 ])ile we should be compelled to advance prices on 

 wood goods. If the present tendency continues, 

 as seems most likely, higher prices on supplies are 

 bound to come during the year ahead. The wise 

 forehanded beekeeper will anticipate his require- 

 'nents and order before these advances occur. 

 He can also get these supplies nailed and ready 

 for use before the season arrives when they will 

 be needed. 



TIN CANS AND PAILS FOR HONEY. 



We have been trying for weeks to get new 

 prices on tin cans and pails for next year, but have 

 been unable so far to get quotations good beyond 

 •Tan. 1, 1917. Every indication points to still 

 higher prices beyond that date. Some are pro- 

 tected with contracts good till then. Quotations 

 received good for immediate acceptance only are 

 forty to sixty per cent higher than we paid a year 

 ago: and new prices, still higher than those 

 last quoted, will have to be made. Orders will be 

 accepted only subject to stock on hand at present 

 prices pending new prices to be announced as soon 

 as we receive more definite information. 



SECOND-HAND 60-LB. CANS. 



We are emptying honey-cans in our honey-pack- 

 ing departments at the rate of nearly a hundred 

 (ases a day. We have recently sold three cars of 

 these cans to relieve the pressure on our storage 

 facilities. With the much higher prices already in 

 effect and soon to be still more noticeable it would 

 seem to be economy on the part of producers to lay 



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in a stock of good second-hand cans, while available 

 for next season's crop, even if not needed at 'present. 

 While our stock at present is small we are accumu- 

 lating more so rapidly that we can take care of or- 

 dinary requirements. For small lots we make no 

 change in prices — namely, $4.00 for 10 cases, $8.50 

 for 25 cases, or $.'!0.00 per 100 cases of two 60-lb. 

 cans in good condition to receive honey again. If 

 any one would be interested in carload lots for later 

 shipment we should be pleased to hear from him on 

 such a proposition. 



ST. PAUL BRANCH IN NEW LOCATION. 



Our St. Paul branch is moving to a new location 

 in the down-town district at 290 East Sixth Street, 

 where they will occupy three floors and basement in 

 a brick block in the wholesale district. This loca- 

 tion is only five minutes' walk from the Union Sta- 

 tion or from Fifth and Robert Streets, the business 

 center of the city. It is also located near most of 

 the freight depots, and will permit of quick service. 

 With increased storage room and more convenient 

 quarters our manager expects to give better service 

 than in the past. 



CHANGE AT SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. 



The Praser & Harrison Co. is the new name of the 

 company which succeeds the Toepperwain & Mayfield 

 Co. at San Antonio, Texas. The new men took" over 

 the business last July, and have only recently chang- 

 ed the name. Mr. W. G. Praser, the active manager 

 of the new company, is the son of a retired banker, 

 one of the early residents of San Antonio — a young 

 man of pleasing address, who is making many friends 

 in his new connection. We believe the company 

 has greatly assisted beekeepers in disposing of their 

 honey this season, and merits the support of the bee- 

 keepers of southwest Texas. They continue to oper- 

 ate the Weed foundation machinery. 



FLAT COVERS CLEATeI. 



Some time ago we had made up for us a quantity 

 of the old-style flat-board hive-covers cleated on the 

 end as shown above. These are made of Mexican 

 white pine; and instead of being of one wide board 

 they are made up of two or three boards, edge dove- 

 tailed together in such a way that they cannot come 

 apart, and are more inclined to lie flat than if made 

 of one wide board. We still have in stock some 

 two or three hundred each of 8 and 10 frame size 

 which we offer, to close out, at $3.00 for 10 S-frame; 

 $3.30 for 10 10-frame. For 100 or more the price 

 will be 27 and 30 cts. respectively. They are offer- 

 ed subject to stock on hand at these prices, and 

 should not last long. 



FIRE AT THE HOME OF THE HONEY-BEES. 



A few minutes after 8 p. m., central time, Nov. 27, 

 a fire of very evident incendiary origin was started in 

 the central section of our lumber yard, and immedi- 

 ately gained such headway that if was with great 

 difficulty confined to that section, which was entirely 

 consumed. This section comprised a metal roof on 

 poles 40x180 feet, with twenty-four piles of pii'e, 

 basswood, and cypress lumber, and two cars on track 

 alongside in process of being unloaded. Tliere was 

 a little more than half a million feet of lumber 

 within the shelter structure, and two railroad cars 

 entirely consumed. Approximate loss, $20,000, fully 

 insured. The fire laddies did valiant service in keep- 

 ing the fire from spreading, assisted by a fiftv-foot 

 clear space at each end of the burning" section! 



SUNDAY SCHOOL TIMES. 

 This is, without dotibt, one of the most helpful and 

 interesting family religious weekly papers published. 

 It is particularly helpful in Sunday-school matters. 

 No change in price is announced for the new year. 

 The regular price is $1.50 a year. In clubs of five 



