1905 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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GASOLINE-MOTOR-DRIVEN EXTRACTOR. 



Only those who have tried it realize how hard it is to 

 turn the crank of a six-frame extractor in service all day. 

 With our new reversing device we are able to make an 

 eight-frame or even larger ; but to operate these large 

 machines some other motive power is needed. We gave 

 notice as much as two years ago that we were at work 

 on this problem, and we are now prepared to furnish a 

 1%-horse-power gasoline-motor on special base, with 

 the necessary attachments for stopping and starting, 

 for $60.00. The price of the eight-frame Root automat- 

 ic extractor is $40, making the rig complete $100 ; or 

 with six-frame machine, $90. 



ROOT S NEW AUTOMATIC REVERSING EXTRACTORS. 



Our automatic reversible honey-extractor is a great 

 success. It is the invention of the foreman of our 

 machine-shop, Mr. Frank Marbach, and is the only one 

 we have ever seen that is simple in construction, posi- 

 tive in action, and which will reverse under motion 

 without a slam or bang. The four, six, or eight frame 

 machines are far superior to any thing else ever put on 

 the market— much ahead of the old reliable Cowan of 

 the same sizes, because they are quicker in action, will 

 last longer, and because the work of reversing is accom- 

 plished by slight pressure on the brake-lever. It is not 

 necessary to reverse the crank by putting one's whole 

 weight on the same, straining the gearing, and, in fact, 

 the whole mechanism, as was the case with some of the 

 reversing-devices that have been offered the public, but 

 which have never become popular. Yes, one can not only 

 reverse without stopping, but when the reel is at rest. 



The mechanism needs to be seen and tried to be appre- 

 ciated. Unfortunately we were not able to get it ready 

 for the exposition at St. Louis in time to show; but the 

 machines will be on exhibition at most of our branch 

 offices and agencies very soon. The price is the same as 

 the regular Cowan. We are prepared to furnish the 

 two- frame automatics, but can not conscientiously rec- 

 ommend them, as they are not as perfect in action as 

 the four, six, and eight frame. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



The government bulletin on lettuce is 15 cts. instead 

 of 10, as I gave it last issue. 



The Beaux Arts Mfg. Co., see advertisement in this 

 issue, have sent me a very pretty watch-fob with my 

 initials in gold plate, with a very beautiful queen-bee in 

 silver, reposing on the letters. As I was in the jewelry 

 business a good part of my life I think I may be a judge 

 of such work. It is certainly an elegant and substan- 

 tial piece of work for the amount of money they ask. 



THE ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE ONCE MORE. 

 Temperance and righteousness have again prevailed 

 over the brewers, and intoxicating liquors are to be kept 

 shut out of Indian Territory for at least 21 yeai-s. May 

 God be praised for having heard and answered the 

 prayers of his people. 



NITRO-CULTURE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The price of Bulletin No. 71 (page 140, last issue) is 15 

 cents within the United States; outside this counti-y, 20 

 cents. Address Superintendent of Documents, Govern- 

 ment Printing Office, Washington, D. C. A circular in- 

 forms us that they can not send nitro-culture outside of 

 the United States because they are at present unable to 

 meet the demand of applicants in this country. They 

 are making arrangements to have the nitro-culture 

 handled by seedsmen in the near future. 



COLD-FRAME OR HOT-BED SASH, MADE OF CYPRESS. 



The sash are of the regular size, 3 feet 2Vi' inches by 6 

 feet, for four rows of glass 8 inches wide. These sash 

 are usually shipped knocked down at a low rate of 

 freight, fourth class, and they can be put together by 



anybody. They are I'/a inches thick, outside bars 2V2 

 inches wide, and inside ones about VA. The bars are 

 grooved to slip the glass in place. If a light of glass is 

 broken, move them up close and slide another in from 

 the bottom end. 1 



Price of one sash, in the flat, for sample, without 

 glass, 80 cents; 5 in the flat, 75 cents each; 10 in the flat, 

 70 cents each. Glass. 8x10. just right for the above, $2.40 

 per box of 90 lights; 5 boxes, $2.30; 10 boxes, $2.20. ' , 



Sash put up, no glass or paint, 10 cents each extra; 

 10 cents each extra for each coat of paint, and $1.15 each 

 extra for glass set in place, making the sash put up, 

 painted two coats, and filled with glass, at $2.10 each in 

 lots of 5. The risk and charges are so much more ship- 

 ed put up with glass that we do not recommend this 

 way. We can not well pack less than 5 safely. 



We would not advise shipping less than 5. If you 

 take our advice you will have all your glass sash ship- 

 ped in the flat. Put up complete they will have to go as 

 first-class, and some roads rate them as double first- 

 class. We can ship glass and sash in flat from our Chi- 

 cago and Philadelphia warehouses, and from Medina, 

 complete or K. D. 



A LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER'S HIGH-PRESSURE GARDEN- 

 ING ; CONCLUDED FROM LAST ISSUE. 



Mr. Root:—l am glad you liked the apples. I am sorry 

 I did not send more Mcintosh. I thought you would 

 have them in plenty, and put in only a few to show you 

 what I called a particularly fine strain. I have not seen 

 their equal at any fruit-show that I have been to. They 

 are grown in grass that is mown with a lawn-mower 

 once a week. The clippings are allowed to rot on the 

 ground. I think the true lovers of flowers and fruit (or 

 the cranks, as we are called), when they find a good 

 thing are willing to pass it along. If you or any of your 

 friends would like any cions from this tree, and will let 

 me know what month you graft in, I shall be glad to 

 send them. The Palmer Greenings are my particular 

 favorites. My family (wife and three children) think 

 they are the best winter apple that grows. They keep 

 here in an ordinary cellar until April. I should like to 

 have you eat one now, and then later try them again; 

 and some time when you are not busy let me know what 

 you think of them. 



I have been a locomotive engineer for 21 years, but 

 have always had a natural love for flowers and fruit; 

 and last, but not least, my bees. I own a cottage house 

 of eight rooms, with one-half acre of land. I have not 

 much room for trees, so I have grafted three or four 

 varieties on a tree. I do the work myself. When they 

 come to bearing I shall have 18 varieties of apples, 14 of 

 pears, and 5 of plums. I have 11 of grapes, 3 of rasp- 

 berries, 8 of strawberries, blackberries, and American 

 and English gooseberries. I raise more vegetables than 

 we can use. I have enough celery, carrots, beets, etc., 

 and 46 "Delicious " squashes to go through the winter; 

 and, by the way, if you have never tried the Delicious, 

 send to Gregory and get some seed. You will never use 

 any other afterward. I am just comfortably outside of 

 a large piece of pie made from one of them. I also want 

 to call your attention to the Mignonette lettuce, if you 

 have not used it. It is fit for a king. I have an aspara- 

 gus-bed. I cut my first last spring when it was 60 cts. a 

 bunch in Boston— rather high living. I cut about 12 

 bunches a week— enough for our own use. 



I have about 20 rose-bushes, a Japan maple, Japan 

 snowball, syringa, and a number of other shrubs, and 

 a hardy hydrangea, six years old that is nine feet high 

 and had over 200 blossoms. It was so heavy I had to 

 brace it to keep the wind from blowing it over. I have 

 six Crimson Rambler roses growing on a trellis made by 

 putting three wagon-tires edgewise on a post four feet 

 high so as to form a ball. It was handsome. People 

 came from all around to see it. I have a Page fence 

 around my place, covered with woodbine. It is hand- 

 some in the fall when the leaves turn. 



I was just going to renew my subscription, but your 

 kindness got ahead of me, and I will put that money 

 into the Youths' Companion for the little ones. 



Ayer, Mass.. Dec. 12. F. P. Briggs. 



