Skptkmber, 1917 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



731 



ITALIAN QUEENS, northern -bred, three-bnndiMl. 

 liiirliest grade; select untested, s"a'n"tu''d : queen 

 and drone mothers are chosen from colonies noted 

 for honey-production, hardiness, prolificness, gentle- 

 ness, and perfect markings. Price, one, $1.00; 12, 

 $9.00; 50, $;!0.00. . Send for circular. 



J. H. Haughey, Berrien Springs, Michigan. 



HELP WANTED 



WANTED. — An e.xperienced apiarist, also to work 

 in winter and bad days in factory or supply house, 

 .\ ear-round work. State wages, age, and e.xperience. 

 Carl P. Buck, Augusta, Kans. 



HELP WANTED. — Factory positions, men for 

 lumleryard and woodworking-machine operators; 

 boys over 16 years for helpers on woodworking-ma- 

 chines; women and girls over 17 years to work on 

 light manufacturing. Steady employment to com- 

 petent workers. Apply by letter, giving previous 

 experience, if any. Address The A. I. Root Co., 

 Medina, O. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root 



.1u8t at present our stock of "Tlie Natural His- 

 tory of the Honey Bee," by H. v. Buttel-Recpen, is 

 exhausted, and we shall be delated in fillin.; orders 

 till a new issue now in process of printing can le 

 gotten out. We hope to complete this work by 

 Oct. 1. 



THE POTATO-PEXS UP TO DATE. 



Just now, August 11, we have notice of two pa- 

 tato-pens in Columbus, Ohio, that were planted to 

 early potatoes, and the vines have matured and the 

 potatoes have been dug. One of them, says the 

 owner, "did not get as many potatoes out of the pen 

 as he put in for seed." The other says, he "reaped 

 half a bushel from it, all from the top. They were 

 all good potatoes, however." We now await with 

 "bated breath" a report from Hendricks, of Kansas 

 City, Mo., who invented the potato-pen forty years 

 ago, but has just recently given it to the world. 

 How many potatoes will he get from the pen on 

 which he is bestowing such extra pains ? See page 

 559, July Gleanings. 



WORLD-WIDE PROHIBITION. 



Since Gleanings has got to be a monthly 

 instead of a semimonthly, it is a hard mat- 

 ter for me to note the progress prohibition 

 Ls making, because the news I give will 

 l)robably he stale before it aj^pears in our 

 monthly. But here is a brief letter from 

 one of our beekeeping friends in Porto Rico 

 that I think will please you as it pleases 

 me. It was written to my son-in-law, Mr. 

 Boyden : 



Mr. A. L. Boyden: — Please inform Mr. A. I. 

 Root that Porto Rico was voted dry by about 35,000 

 votes yesterday. Some of the propaganda we have 

 been responsible for when traveling over the hills. 

 For four years demon rum will be baniyhtul, nor 

 can there le anything imported for four years. 

 There is a lot of kicking because the Jones Act pro- 

 vided prohibition. The liquor interests wanted a 

 referendum, and they got the "steam roller," 



J. M. J. SlKIiEkT. 



Mayaguez, Porto Rico, .July 17. 



In a letter from Superintendent (hooke, 

 of the Anti-saloon League of Florida, dated 

 Aug. 8, 1 find the following: 



We arc in the hottest fight ever wa?ed in Jack- 

 sonvi'.le. The President >etterday cloel ll.e saloons 

 in Pensacola, Key West, St. Augustine, and four- 

 teen saloons in .facksonville, which were located 

 within half a mile of the armory. 



C. W. Crooke. 



Jacksonville, FUi., Aug. 8, 1917. 



In regard to Key West, I clij) from the 

 Manatee River Journal as follows: 



Prohibition went into effect in Key West at 6 

 o'clock Saturday night in accordance with the 

 proclamation of President Wilson, of July 25. Se- 

 cret-service men notified all the saloons that they 

 could not open within half a mile of the military 

 reservations. The island of Key West is one and 

 one-half miles wide and four and one-half long. 

 The reservation includes every section of the island. 



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A 50-callon barrel 

 of Scalecide free to 

 any any one who 

 will suggest a fairer 

 guarantee than that 

 given below. 



^ "SCALECIDE" 



As proofofour confidence and to strength- 

 en yours, we will make the following 

 proposition to any fruit grower of average 

 honesty and veracity: 



Divide your orchard in half, tio matter how large 

 or small. Spray one-half with "SCALECIDE", 

 and the other with Lime -Sulfur for three years, 

 everything elsebeing equal. If at the end of that 

 time, three disinterested fruit growers say that 

 the part sprayed with "SCALECIDE" is not in 

 every way better than that sprayed with Lime- 

 Sulfur, we will return you the money you paid 

 us for the "SCALECIDE". 



Send for new free booklet, 

 " Profits in Fall Sprayiny;". 



B. G. Pratt Co., M'f g Chemists 



50 Church St. Dept.6 New York 



PA 'T'TT'TVr'T'C Practice in Patent Office and Court* 

 ii 1 JLi 1 1 O Patent Counsel of The A. I. Root Co. 



Chas. J. Williamson, McLachlan Building 

 WASHINGTON, D. C. 



SWARMIISG CONTROLLED . 



If interested, address Charles Thompson, 

 Marion, Iowa, for information. 



BEE SUPPLIES fX].^^""" "*'"' '°" """^ 



Dept. T, CLEMONS BEE SUPPLY CO.. 

 128 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Mo. 



SUBSCRIBERS: 



Please always, always, ALWAYS, when 

 writing to have the mail address of your 

 ' ' Gleanings ' ' changed, give the former post- 

 office address. Please do. It will save the 

 publishers much time and inconvenience. 

 THE A. I. ROOT CO., PubUshers. 



