1906 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



1091 



Convention Notices. 



SIOUX CITY INTERSTATE FAIB. 



Bee-keepers expecting to send an exhibit to the In- 

 terstate Fair (Iowa. Minnesota, South DalvOta, and 

 Nebraska) at Sioux City, Sept. 10-15, are retiuested to 

 advise the superintendent of this department on or 

 before Sept. 1. 



On Thur.sday and Friday. Sept. 13, 14, there will be 

 a bee-keepers" convention afternoon and eveninK of 

 each day. R. A. Morgan, Supt. 



Vermilion, South Dak. 



HALF-POUND TUMBLERS. 



After the notice in July Gleanings reg-ardiny these 

 tumblers we found that it would make a much more 

 symmetrical package to pack 4 dozen in a case instead 

 of 3 dozen. Therefore we have not put up any 3 dozen 

 to the case, as we at first proposed, but we put 2 dozen 

 in a tier and two tiers to a ca.se, making a package 

 practically the same size as the case containing two 

 dozen Simplex .iars, and uniform in price with that. 

 It also holds the same quantity of honey, and may be 

 sold at the same price per case, filled. We include 

 also parchment-paper disks of the right size to place 

 over the tumbler before putting on the cover, which 

 makes a tight seal. Price $HX) per case; 10 cases at 

 9.5 cts. for either the -^-Ib. tumblers, Simplex, or No. 

 25 pound jars. 



PRICES FOR THE COMING YEAR. 



The cost of materials entering into bee-keepers' 

 supplies has advanced during the past year from 5 to 20 

 per cent. The average advance is about 10 per cent. 

 Compared with prices two years ago the advance is 

 not quite so n:iuch on some lines. Pine lumber has 

 never before reached as high a point as during the 

 past eight months. For .some of our .stock we have 

 paid 20 per cent more than a year ago, and the average 

 advance is about 12 per cent. 



Basswood lumber has been lower than it was two 

 years ago, but the price is back up again, very nearly 

 to where it was. The advance in tir plate and steel 

 is about 10 per cent, while in pig tin, lead, and zinc 

 the increase has been greater. Beeswax is a trifle 

 higher than it was a year ago. 



Last year we reduced the price of comb foundation 

 two cents a pound, and gave a more liberal early-or- 

 der discount than usual. This year we have already 

 announced some reduced prices on honey-packages 

 where we have a large surplus stock and have secured 

 favorable prices on fresh supplies. 



As we have a large suriilus stock of No. 2 plain sec- 

 tions we have marked the price of these down 25 cts. 

 per 1000. Aside from these few changes the same retail 

 prices will be continued for the coming year. We 

 may have to increase somewhat our wholesale and 

 jobbing prices on some items to save us from loss in 

 view of the increased cost of materials. 



We reduce the early-order discount to what it was 

 two years ago — namely, 7 per cent for cash order, be- 

 fore Oct. 1, and cutting off one percent a month as 

 the season advances. 



REVISED PRICE <<V PLAIN SECTIONS. 



For the coming season we will furni.sh ilixiHxlVo, 

 ixbxl%, and 3?sx5xl'i! iilain, or no-beeway sections, as 

 follows: 



1000, No. 1, $4.75: No. 2, $4.00; 

 2000, No. ), 9.25^ No. 2, 7.75; 

 3000, No. 1, 13.50; No. 2, 11.25; 

 4000, No. 1, 17.50; No. 2, 14.50; 

 5000, No. 1, 21.25; No. 2, 17.50; 

 10,000, No. 1, 4l).(X1: No 2. 32..50. 

 Our No. 2 grade of sections is superior in workman- 

 ship to what any of our best sections were made 15 or 



20 years ago, or to the best sections put out to-day in 

 some factories where they lack skill and experience 

 in this very delicate jiiece of workmanship. We will 

 continue this reduced price on No. 2 only as long as 

 we have a surplus stock of this grade; and if many 

 who now use No. 1 realized how good these No. 2 grade 

 sections are, the surplus stock would not last many 

 months. 



EARLY-ORDER DISCOUNTS. 



The discount for early cash orders this year will be: 



7 per cent for cash with order before Oct. 1 . 



6 " " " " Nov. 1. 



5 " " ■' " Dec. 1. 



4 " " " " Jan. 1. 



3 " " " •' Feb. 1. 



2 " " " " March 1. 



1 •' " " " April 1. 



The discount will not apply to tin and glass honey- 

 packages, scales, glass, paint, bushel boxes, hot-bed 

 sash, labels, printing, comb-foundation machines, 

 books, and other special or miscellaneous goods ex- 

 cept where a few such items not exceeding ten per 

 cent of the entire order, are included in a general or- 

 der. The discount is intended to apply to hives, 

 frames, sections, comb foundation, section-holders, 

 separators, extractors, smokers, shipping-cases, zinc, 

 and miscellaneous implements used in bee-keeping or- 

 dered early for use the following season, and only 

 when cash accompanies the order, or is paid before 

 the dates named. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



VyANTED— SWEET-CLO%'ER SEED. 



If you have any, or can get any, please tell us how 

 much and what you want for it. The demand is at 

 present greater than the supply: and under the cir- 

 cumstances we can not well tell what we shall have 

 to pay for it or what we shell be obliged to sell it for. 

 Let us know as soon as possible how much you can 

 furnish, and how low you can furnish it. The yellow 

 is usually worth about a half more than the white. 



A NEW EDITION OF OUR BOOK ON TOMATO CULTURE. 



After several months of hard work a second edition 

 of our Tomato Culture is just off the press. By the 

 way, the book hardly ought to be called a treatise on 

 tomato culture only, for of its 158 pages, 60 are devot- 

 ed to tomato culture in the South; 26 to tomato- 

 growing for canning-factories; the remaining 69 pages 

 are by your old friend A. I. Root, and they have more 

 to do with intensive market-gardening than with 

 tomato culture pure and simple. In fact, part 3 

 starts out with the title " How to Support a Family 

 on One-fourth Acre of Ground;" and I do think, after 

 just going over the matter very thoroughly, there are 

 few books in print that give the practical information 

 on intensive gardening— that is. growing crops on a 

 limited area of land— that this tomato-book does. It 

 discusses particularly growing crops protected by 

 glass or cloth. Of course, the cloth can be used only 

 In milder weather or in milder climates. When the 

 first edition was first put out in 1S92 the book did not 

 seem to go very fast. We printed 15.000 copies, and 

 it took 14 years to dispose of them; but without any 

 particular advertising the book seemed to be gradu- 

 ally growing in favor. The new matter added to the 

 edition just out is mostly selections of valuable hints 

 that have appeared in Gleanings during the past 14 

 years. The old edition contained 135 pages; so there 

 are 23 pages of new matter in the new edition. Price 

 35 cents; by mail, postpaid. 6 cents extra. 



"THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE. 



"It does not hurt any business to tell the truth 

 about it and to correct the evils which that truth re- 

 veals. Any business which can be permanently hurt 

 by telling the truth about it ought not only to be 

 hurt, but it ought to be destroyed." 



The above words are from Hou. Albert J. 

 Beveridge, of ludiaiia. author of the meat- 

 inspection amendment in the Senate of the 

 United States. June. 1906. To which 1 wish 

 to add a hearty "Amen. Bro. Beveridge." 



